Isle of Man have won the European Under 17B Championships on their own grounds with a five wickets victory over Italy in the final at King William’s College.

Spain suffered agony for the second day in a row as France beat them by one wicket off the penultimate ball of their third-place play-off match at Cronkbourne.

Switzerland finished fifth after a five wickets win over Belgium at KWC 2 with captain Trystan George leading from the front.

Harmanjot Singh was the destroyer in chief as Germany dismissed Hellas for 69 in their play-off game at St Johns

Gibraltar won their first game of the week as Austria lost five wickets for three runs to go down by 18 runs at Crosby.

Germany and Spain served up the match of the tournament so far before the Germans won their first match of the week by three wickets off the last ball.

Matthew Hunter produced the best bowling figures of the tournament but still ended up on the losing side as Gibraltar lost their last five wickets for four runs to give Belgium a 59 runs victory at Crosby.

Italy were virtually guaranteed a place in the final of the European Under 17B Championships in the Isle of Man before their last group match against Hellas but they made sure with another convincing victory.

Isle of Man booked their place in the final with a 96 runs victory over Austria at KWC 2 but they know they will need to improve if they are to prevent Italy taking the European Under 17B title.

A fourth wicket partnership of 73 steered France to a six wickets victory over Belgium and put them level with Italy at the top of Group A.

Austria lost their last seven wickets for six runs in an amazing collapse to give Spain a 15 runs victory.

Germany were dismissed for the lowest total of the week as Switzerland comfortably defended a total of 108 at St Johns on the fourth day of the European Under 17B Championships.

Hellas won their first game at a European Championship when they beat Gibraltar by two wickets at the Under 17B tournament, beating France in a thriller.

Isle of Man’s young team continue to grow in stature with every match and they completed a third straight win with a 60 runs victory over Spain

Hellas were shot out for 49 as France stayed in the hunt for a place in the final with a seven wickets win

Abdur Bhuiyan took the second hat-trick of the day at the European Under 17B Championships in the Isle of Man as Italy bowled out Gibraltar for 52

Midhun Lal produced the individual performance of the tournament so far when he took four wickets, including a hat-trick, and scored an undefeated 68 as Switzerland beat Austria

Germany and Austria produced the closest finish of the tournament so far with the Austrians scraping home by just six runs in a last over finish.

Italy’s bowlers continue to look a class apart as they dismissed France for just 95 on the second day of the European Under 17B Championships in the Isle of Man.

There was barely time for lunch before Belgium beat Hellas in the quickest win of day two

Hosts made it two wins out of two with an emphatic 93 runs victory over Switzerland to top Group B after two matches

Isle of Man made a confident start to their first ICC tournament as hosts with a 66 runs victory over Germany

Ben Girling took six wickets as Spain made a winning start to the Championships with victory over Switzerland.

France enjoyed an easy day as they piled up 278 in 40 overs to beat Gibraltar by 222 runs.

Italy confirmed they will be the team to beat when they gained sweet revenge over Belgium.

Italy and the Isle of Man, who met in the final of the Under 15 tournament in Bologna last year, are favourites to clash again on the last day of the championships.