CricAddict
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Italy won. Nice.
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*Official* Emerging Nations Cricket Thread
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CricAddict
International Coach
Italy has almost qualified for the next t20 world cup now..between Scotland and Netherlands for the second spot...Joe Burns rings a bell? Australian opener and now captains Italy..
LangleyburyCCPlayer
State Captain
Barring a big NRR swing (please don’t ask me for exact figures!) yes, all they have to do is not get battered by the Netherlands (on current form that does not look likely), and hope that Jersey vs Scotland isn’t a hammering for either side (Jersey ahead on NRR at the moment, if that’s rained off, Scotland are out either way). Barring rain, the Netherlands are in pole position at the moment as they still have Guernsey to play
LangleyburyCCPlayer
State Captain
Very possible it could be Italy and Jersey to qualify, if Italy beat the Dutch and Jersey beat Scotland (even a NR could suit Jersey if the Dutch don’t hammer Guernsey)
SillyCowCorner1
Moooo
Italy beating up on Scotland should be a BIG DEAL
LangleyburyCCPlayer
State Captain
Turns out the tri-series between Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands just before the World Cup in North America was extremely important, Ireland had a horror show at the main event, but by winning the tri-series, they effectively managed to qualify via their ranking and avoid this crapshoot of a qualifier even though the Netherlands and Scotland performed much better at the World Cup
Thala_0710
International Captain
Italy also have Emilio Gay playing for them, who just a few weeks ago was playing for Eng Lions vs Ind A. Another relatively famous name is Thomas Draca, who became the first Italian player ever to register for the IPL.
The star of the show though has been Harry Manenti, their talented Italian-Australian all rounder. In the two games he's returned with figures of 17/3 and 31/5 whilst batting at 4 and also scoring 60 runs in the 2 games.
LangleyburyCCPlayer
State Captain
Italy won’t want Burns to play too well or Australia will want him back!
Thala_0710
International Captain
If it happens, Italy vs Australia would be fun to watch in next year's T20 WC
cnerd123
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It's less surprising when you look at the quality of players they've managed to recruit from England and Australia.
GoodAreasShane
Cricketer Of The Year
Burns pretty much decided to play for Italy because he got cut by Queensland
Still, a damn handy cricketer to have at this level
SillyCowCorner1
Moooo
Wow, Italy is doing it right then.
I hope Turkey is next.
Chubb
International Regular
Moor would have captained Zim if he had stayed there. Never put the numbers expected up for Ireland though he was a beast in their FC.
Just on Italy as well, their League and Union teams both recruit from the massive diaspora so it's not a surprise cricket got in on the act, there are so many Italian Aussies who play cricket it's actually weird it took them so long to get to this level.
Just on Italy as well, their League and Union teams both recruit from the massive diaspora so it's not a surprise cricket got in on the act, there are so many Italian Aussies who play cricket it's actually weird it took them so long to get to this level.
SeamUp
International Coach
It's funny looking at things this side because whilst I see SA have had many cricket players play for Italy (Gian-Piero Meade currently & Jade Dernbach, Garth Berg, Vince Pennazza & Damian Crowley before) I've always felt when I played there was more Portuguese and Greeks that played cricket
in Cape Town. Historically at the top to with Balaskas, and more recently Nic Pothas, Dean Elgar , Andrea Agathangelou and Ricardo Vasconcelos (currently at Northants).
I think Australia have also had a strong Greek connection.
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Chubb
International Regular
There are loads of Greek Australians in Melbourne but I don’t know if Greece has made the same effort to get the diaspora on board. Konstas is one who could play for Greece if he chose to. Hatzoglou is another, he’s local to where I live.
CricAddict
International Coach
Italy and Jersey have a great chance to qualify over Scotland and Netherlands for t20 world cup 2026. Scots struggling vs Jersey right now.
CricAddict
International Coach
If Jersey win Scots, Scots are out and next game is must win for Dutch vs Italy.