Cricket Germany (DCB) have announced that their senior men’s squad will be playing a 3-match T20I series against Belgium and a 2-match series against Italy in May 2019. All the matches will be official T20I games and will be counted towards ranking points for global T20I team rankings.
Germany will be travelling to Brussels to take on host’s Belgium first, followed by a trip to Netherlands to play against Italy. Belgium will host Germany at Royal Brussels Cricket Club on 11th May (2xT20I matches) and 12th May respectively, while Kampong Cricket Club in Uthrecht, Netherlands will host the T20I matches between Germany and Italy on 25th May 2019.
Both Germany and Italy will also be involved in 2020 Men’s T20 World Cup European regional finals, to be held in Jun 2019 in Guernsey and the matches will aid in their preparations for the tournament (6-nation), from which the top country will advance to the Global qualifiers, to be hosted by UAE in Oct/Nov 2019.
While Belgium will play couple of T20 matches against Netherlands “A” in Apr 2019, both Germany and Italy will also play T20 matches against Netherlands Development XI on 24th May, prior to their 2-match T20I series on 25th May 2019.
Belgium Squad
Abdul Rashid Karim Dostikhel, Ashiqullah Said, Aziz Mohammad Babakrkhail, Mamoon Latif, Mohammad Noman Kamawi, Murid Ekrami, Noor Momand, Raja Saqlain Ali, Raja Waqas Ali, Shaheryar Butt, Syed Mussayab Jamil, Syed Zaki Ul Hassan Shah, Soheel Hussain & Saber Zakhil
Italy Squad
Bentota Perera, Gayashan Munasinghe (Captain), Shameera Arachchige, Rakibul Hasan, Qasim Janjua, Fida Hussain, Nicolas Maiolo, Gian Meade, Baljit Singh, Michael Ross, Jaspreet SIngh, Manpreet Singh, Rehman Abdul & Charanjeet Singh
Germany Squad (Belgium Series)
Venkatraman Ganesan (Captain), Muslim Yar Ashraf, Izatullah Dawlatzai, Talha Khan, Sajid Liaqat, Amir Mangal, Asad Mohammad, Mudassar Muhammad, Sahir Naqash, Abdul Shakoor Rahimzei, Amith Sarma, Vijay Shankar, Rohit Singh, Harish Srinivasan, Hamid Wardak & Daniel Weston
Germany Squad (Italy Series)
Venkatraman Gansean (Captain), Muslim Yar Ashraf, Izatullah Dawlatzai, Sahir Naqash, Amir Mangal, Sajid Liaqat, Â Asad Mohammad, Mudassar Muhammad, Rishi Pillai, Abdul-Shakoor Rahimzei, Vijay Shankar, Rohit Singh, Hamid Wardak & Daniel Weston
Germany Men’s tour of Belgium Schedule
11th May 2019: 1st T20I (Scorecard) and 2nd T20I (Scorecard)
12th May 2019: 3rd T20I (Scorecard)
Germany/Italy Men’s tour of Netherlands Schedule
25th May 2019: Germany vs Italy – 1st T20I (Scorecard) and 2nd T20I (Scorecard)
