Italy national under-19 cricket team

The Italy Under-19 cricket team represents the country of Italy in Under-19 international cricket.

Italy
Personnel
CaptainRoshendra Abewickrama
CoachOe Scuderi
History
First-class debutGibraltar Under-19s
in 1999
at Newforge, Belfast

Since their first match in 1999, the team have played in every edition of the European Under-19 Division Two Championship.[1] In the most recent tournament in 2009 they finished third losing only to Belgium and Isle of Man.[2]

Current squad

The Italy Under-19 squad selected for the 2009 European Under-19 Division Two:[3]

  • Roshendra Suroshan Abewickrama (captain)
  • Abidin Zain UI
  • Wakeel Ahmed
  • Abdur Rahaman Bhuiyan
  • Francis Cooke
  • Aftab Farooq
  • Mainul Islam
  • Lositha Silva Kankanamage
  • Alessandro Merlo
  • Michele Morettini
  • Nourul Ameen Nazar
  • Jakub Sebastian Peret
  • Giorgio Scalco

Future

Italy are due to take part in 2011 European Under-19 Division Two, which provides, for the first time, a chance to qualify for Under-19 Division One in 2012.[4]

References
  1. Other Matches played by Italy Under-19s cricketarchive.com 27/02/11
  2. ICC European Under-19 Championships, 2nd Division 2009 icc-europe.org 27/02/11
  3. ICC European Under-19 Championships, 2nd Division 2009: Squads icc-europe.org 27/02/11
  4. ICC Europe Tournaments Archived 2010-10-07 at the Wayback Machine icc-europe.org 27/02/11


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