Spain win T20I with 118 balls to spare after bowling out Isle of Man for 10

The Isle of Man had fared better in the previous games of the six-match tour of Spain, which the hosts took 5-0. Their average score in the four games they had batted in previously was 102.5

The Isle of Man have set a record low total in men's T20 cricket after being bowled out by Spain for 10 runs.

Spain's Awais Ahmed sealed the remarkable defeat by hitting two sixes to reach the required total with 118 balls remaining.

The Isle of Man had fared better in the previous games of the six-match tour of Spain, which the hosts took 5-0. Their average score in the four games in which they had batted was 102.5 (the second game of the series was a no result without the Isle of Man going out to bat).

But what was shaping up to be an un-noteworthy series win for Spain has turned into international news, with the Isle of Man now in the record books for the wrong reasons.

The defeat was the second matchup between the sides of the day. The morning T20 was more competitive, with the Isle of Man posting 132 for 8 which Spain chased with seven wickets remaining.

What accounted for the huge change in fortune in the days second game is difficult to say. There was a slight change to the Isle of Man's lineup for the afternoon. Nathan Knights dropped out having registered a duck in the morning game, while Dollin Jansen made way despite hitting 27.

Spain's bowlers can't have had too many days like this. Atif Mehmood took 4 for 6, Mohammad Kamran 4 for 4, Lorne Burns 2 for 0 and Ahmed claimed three dismissals.

The previous lowest score in men's T20 was the 15 made by the Sydney Thunder last year. Prior to today's game the lowest men's international T20 score was set by Turkey against Czech Republic in 2019, when they scrambled to 21.

There have been three lower team totals in the women's game.

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