Will Jacques scored the fastest half-century for England in the T20 World Cup.Image Credit source: PTI
T20 World Cup 2026 is proving to be a difficult challenge for many big teams. While Pakistan and England narrowly lost to the associate teams in their first match, Zimbabwe once again surprised Australia. This trend continues in the group stage and once again England got caught in it. In the struggle to reach the Super-8 round, two-time champions England had to struggle to score a strong score against a new team like Italy.
In the Group C match on Monday 16 February at Eden Gardens Stadium, Kolkata. England and Italy Were face to face. The Italian team, which was participating in the tournament for the first time, had just impressed with its performance. This team also registered its first win by defeating Nepal by 10 wickets. But hardly anyone would have expected that even England, full of great players, would have to struggle against him.
Jacques scored the fastest half century
Despite deciding to bat first at Eden, the English team, full of batsmen like Jos Buttler, Phil Salt and captain Harry Brook, lost 5 wickets for just 105 runs. In such a situation, it did not seem that the team would be able to reach even 150 runs. But it was here that the wonder of depth in England’s batting was seen. All-rounder Will Jacques, who came to bat at number seven, turned the tables here. This right-handed batsman started hitting boundaries as soon as he came to the crease.
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Jacques brought England’s score back on track by hitting 2 consecutive sixes and 1 four in the over of spinner Ben Manenti. From here it became difficult for Italy to return. Within no time, Will Jacques completed his half-century in just 21 balls. This was also the first half-century of his T20 International career. At the same time, he also made the record of the fastest fifty for England in the T20 World Cup. Earlier this feat was done by Jos Buttler in 25 balls.
took England to a big score
Will Jacques played an unbeaten inning of 53 runs in 22 balls, in which he hit 4 sixes and 3 fours. On the basis of his innings, England scored 202 runs losing 7 wickets in 20 overs. During this period, Jacques made a quick partnership of 54 runs with Sam Curran. Karan scored 25 runs, while in the end Jamie Overton also helped in reaching this score by scoring 15 runs in 9 balls.
