German cricket team against Italy in the Netherlands in 2019

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]

German cricket team against Italy in 2019
 
  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)

Squads
 Germany[6]  Italy[6]

Tour matches

1st T20 match: Netherlands Development XI vs Italy
24 May 2019
11:00
Scorecard
Netherlands Development XI 
116/8 (20 overs)
v
 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 
129/8 (20 overs)
v
 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 
53 (16 overs)
v
 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 
130/6 (20 overs)
v
 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. Venkatraman Ganesan was announced as Germany's captain, but Rishi Pillai captained the side as Ganesan did not play due to injury.

References
  1. "Germany announce dates for first T20Is". CricketEurope. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  2. @Cricket_Germany (13 May 2019). "Following our weekend of T20I action against @CricketBelgium the show moves on to Utrecht, Netherlands where we will play two more T20is on 25th May against Italy @FedCricket" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  4. "Germany, Netherlands XI and Italy to compete in T20 series". European Cricket Network. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  5. "Germany v Italy T20I Series in Netherlands, 2019". CricBuzz. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  6. "Squads announced for the Germany, Netherlands XI and Italy series". European Cricket Network. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
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