Samantha Ketipe
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Samantha Ketipe is a Sri Lanka
n-born Italian
cricket
er. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler who has represented Italy
since 2002.
Ketipe first represented Italy at a 2002 European Championship warm-up match, making his debut against Austria
, and taking three wickets in an eight-over bowling spell. He performed well in 2002, despite the Italian team being relegated into Division Two.
However, the Italians were immediately to be re-promoted to Division One, finishing top of the 2004 table and undefeated, and, two years later, Ketipe was once again to excel in the top division. Most recently, Ketipe is an upper-middle order batsman for the Italian side.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
n-born Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler who has represented Italy
Italian cricket team
The Italy national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Italy in international cricket matches. They have been an associate member of the International Cricket Council since 1995, having previously been an affiliate member since 1984...
since 2002.
Ketipe first represented Italy at a 2002 European Championship warm-up match, making his debut against Austria
Austrian cricket team
The Austrian Cricket Team is the representative cricket team of the country of Austria.Austria was elected to the ICC in 1992 and is today an ICC Affiliate Member....
, and taking three wickets in an eight-over bowling spell. He performed well in 2002, despite the Italian team being relegated into Division Two.
However, the Italians were immediately to be re-promoted to Division One, finishing top of the 2004 table and undefeated, and, two years later, Ketipe was once again to excel in the top division. Most recently, Ketipe is an upper-middle order batsman for the Italian side.
External links
- Samantha Ketipe at Cricket Archive