Jade Dernbach, the 35-year-old fast bowler who won 58 limited-overs caps for England between 2011 and 2014, will be seen representing Italy for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier next month. Dernbach’s opportunities in county cricket have been limited in recent times and he will leave Surrey at the end of this season, but he has found a way of resuming his international career after being persuaded to declare for Italy.

Jake Dernbach, seems to have qualified through his mother – by Gareth Berg, the Northamptonshire allrounder who will captain and coach the side. Grant Stewart, the Australian-born allrounder who played for Kent in their T20 Blast triumph on Saturday, is another fresh inclusion in the team, Leinster Lightning batter Jamie Grassi has also received a call-up. 

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Owais Shah, the former England international and a team-mate of Berg’s at Middesex and Hampshire will be serving as his assistant coach.

Jake Dernbach has played 24 ODIs picking up 31 wickets at 42.19. He also played 34 T20Is picking up 39 wickets at 26.15. Now, he will continue his international career with Italy and help them stand a chance to qualify for the T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia.

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Italy reached October’s qualifier – which will be teh platform for the teams to qualify for the 2022 T20 World Cup – by virtue of their T20I ranking after the sub-qualifier events were canceled by the ICC due to Covid-19. They will be locking horns with Jersey, Germany, and Denmark from October 15-21 in Spain, with the top two teams progressing to the global qualifiers in early 2022.

Italy squad for ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier: Gareth Berg (captain/head coach), Jade Dernbach, Madupa Fernando, Jamie Grassi, Grant Stewart, Darren Low, Dinidu Marage, Gian-Piero Meade, Joy Perera, Amir Sharif, Baljith Singh, Jaspreet Singh, Manpreet Singh, Nikolai Smith.