Chennai, Feb. 2 -- Italy defeatec Canada by 10 runs in the first warm upmatch ahead of the World T20 championship beginning on February six atthe MA Chidambaram here tonight. .
Batting first, Italy scored 156 or four, with middle order batter Smuts top scoringwith 49 runs of 37 balls with five fours and a six.
Thanks to short contributions from the top and middle order, Italy managed to crossthe 150-mark.
In reply, Canada fell apart at the late stages after a good start adding 55 in 6.4 oversand fell short by ten runs.
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