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The Wisden Cricketer - August 2007

How cricket made Italian football

Aug 16, 2007: Matthew Barker reports on the links between Italy's Serie A football side, Genoa, and cricket

Italy: Bologna and Capannelle on the run

Jun 3, 2001: Half way through the preliminary phase of the European Incoming Services Cup (the Italian Championship), Bologna Web Italia and defending Champions Capannelle Sharp are on the run

European Domestic Starting Dates

Apr 11, 2001: With some countries already in full whites, 'Beyond The Test World' thought it was appropriate to brief you on when the various European competitions get underway

Italy: April Fool's Day start to the Italian season

Apr 11, 2001: The off season story of Italian cricket saying that the only way Brera Milan could lose the Italian Cup was by not turning up at the ground proved shortlived when the odds on favorites suffered a dramatic 7 run defeat in the preliminary round at

Development Express: Cameroon, Ethiopia, Hong Kong, Wisden's 'Cricket Around The World', Darrell Hair, Burkina Faso

Apr 11, 2001: Finding a balance between prudent economic mamagement and encouraging development remains a delicate task for cricket's various governing bodies

Road to Toronto: First national ICC Trophy squad to be named on Monday

Mar 21, 2001: East & Central Africa, which will play as a composite side for the last time at the ICC Trophy in June/July, will ironically be the first Associate member to name its squad for the 24 team event when it does so on Monday

How Portugal regained their title

Feb 22, 2001: Portugal was privileged to play host to the fourth European Cricket Council's (E.C.C.) Indoor Cricket Championship

ICC Trophy: Second Division teams face tough road to 2003 World Cup

Feb 5, 2001: Teams competing in the Second Division of this year's ICC Trophy in Canada in June/July will need good luck and good weather if they are to qualify for the 2003 World Cup

Italy: Bologna and Lazio lift youth trophies

Oct 25, 2000: Italy's seven month season came to a closure with two exciting national youth tournaments

BTTW's first unofficial list of cricket playing countries or 'How To Start An Argument'

Oct 25, 2000: One of the challenges the 'true aficionados' of our game set themselves is uncovering every last pocket that cricket is played in

Italy: The Return of the Green Horse

Oct 10, 2000: The Holy Year of Roman sports which has seen the national titles of soccer(Lazio), rugby (RDS Roma) and volleyball (Piaggio Roma) already land in the eternal city was completed yesterday when Capannelle conquered the cricket pennant, EIS Cup, beating

Olympic Games: Why Associates want cricket to join the Olympic party

Sep 21, 2000: The International Cricket Council has no intention of seeking Olympic status for the sport in the near future, and what's more it sees no urgent need to do so

Italy: Its a Capannelle - Trentino Final

Sep 21, 2000: With Italy's surprising fifth place at Scotland's Euro 2000 and a less convincing tour of England by the Under 19s now history (two draws and three defeats), September 3rd saw the start of the second phase of the Italian season which will terminate

ICC Trophy: Groups announced but format of final stages still unresolved

Jun 28, 2000: The format for the knockout stage of next year's ICC Trophy is still unresolved following last week's meeting of the Associate members in London

Italy: Three for one play off place

Jun 26, 2000: With only the last preliminary round left, three teams still hope to conquer the last playoff berth which looks likely to be decided by the direct match between Trentino and Murri Catania, currently lying fifth and sixth and separated only by one

Italy: Two on the run

Jun 16, 2000: With six of the nine preliminary rounds gone, the fight for the playoffs is now confined to fourth place

Totally Home Grown - Valerio Zuppiroli

May 29, 2000: What countries have you played cricket in: Germany, Greece, Argentina, Ireland, South Africa, Namibia, Denmark, England, Malaysia, Holland

Italy: Pianora On The Run, For a Change

May 29, 2000: Sunday May 7th saw the start of the EIS Cup, Italy's cricketing championship, with Pianoro defending the pennant they have won for the last four seasons on the trot

Italy: Trentino win a cup full of ice cream

May 16, 2000: Thanks to one of the most incredible one man shows in the history of Italian cricket, performed by Aamir Shah, Trentino lifted the Coppa Italia, the competition for Italian players only played under Cricket Max rules

Trentino stun Pianoro, Maremma and Lazio record landslide wins in Italian cricket

May 1, 2000: The preliminary stage of the Italian Cup is completed