German cricket team against Italy in the Netherlands in 2019

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German cricket team against Italy in 2019
  Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Italy.svg
  Germany Italy
Dates 24 – 25 May 2019
Captains Venkatraman Ganesan [n 1] Gayashan Munasinghe
Twenty20 International series
Results Italy won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs Sahir Naqash (38) Joy Perera (88)
Most wickets Ahmed Wardak (2)
Izatullah Dawlatzai (2)
Nicholas Maiolo (4)
Michael Ross (4)

The Germany cricket team toured the Netherlands in May 2019 to play two Twenty20 International (T20I) matches against Italy. [1] [2] These were the first T20I fixtures to be played by Italy, after the International Cricket Council announced that all matches played between Associate Members after 1 January 2019 would have full T20I status. [3] Germany had played their first official T20I matches earlier in the month against Belgium. Both matches were played on 25 May 2019, with the teams using the fixtures as part of their preparation for the European Regional Qualifying Finals tournament for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier. [1] Both teams played a 20-over warm up match against a Netherlands Development XI side on 24 May 2019. [4] Italy won the T20I series 2–0. [5]

Contents

Squads

Flag of Germany.svg  Germany [6] Flag of Italy.svg  Italy [6]

Tour matches

1st T20 match: Netherlands Development XI vs Italy

24 May 2019
11:00
Scorecard
Netherlands Development XI  Flag of the Netherlands.svg
116/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
117/2 (13.1 overs)
Hidde Overdijk 39* (30)
Shameera Arachchige 2/12 (3 overs)
Joy Perera 44 (27)
Ben Cooper 1/21 (2 overs)
Italy won by 8 wickets
Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd, Utrecht
  • Netherlands Development XI won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd T20 match: Netherlands Development XI vs Germany

24 May 2019
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg
129/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Development XI
114/9 (20 overs)
Daniel Weston 32 (35)
Hidde Overdijk 3/17 (4 overs)
Shirase Raoul Rasool 28 (25)
Izatullah Dawlatzai 4/18 (4 overs)
Germany won by 15 runs
Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd, Utrecht
  • Germany won the toss and elected to bat.

T20I series

1st T20I

25 May 2019
11:00
Scorecard
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg
53 (16 overs)
v
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
57/3 (8.4 overs)
Ahmed Wardak 20* (27)
Michael Ross 4/15 (4 overs)
Joy Perera 21 (10)
Izatullah Dawlatzai 2/17 (4 overs)
Italy won by 7 wickets
Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd, Utrecht
Umpires: Rizwan Akram (Ned) and Huub Jansen (Ned)

2nd T20I

25 May 2019
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg
130/6 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
135/4 (15.3 overs)
Sahir Naqash 38* (17)
Nicholas Maiolo 2/13 (4 overs)
Joy Perera 67 (34)
Ahmed Wardak 2/8 (3 overs)
Italy won by 6 wickets
Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd, Utrecht
Umpires: Rizwan Akram (Ned) and Adriaan van den Dries (Ned)
  • Italy won the toss and elected to field.

Notes

  1. 1 2 Venkatraman Ganesan was announced as Germany's captain, but Rishi Pillai captained the side as Ganesan did not play due to injury.

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