Carl Stephen Sandri (born 11 July 1983) is an Italian-Australian

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coach and former player. He represented

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from 2012 to 2017 and also played a single season with the

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. He is an

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who bats right-handed and bowls

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. He coached

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from 2021 to 2022.

Playing career

Sandri played for the Victoria Second XI in the 2005/06 Australian season. Sandri later moved to England, where he played a single match in

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for the Worcestershire Second XI against the Yorkshire Second XI in 2008, but unable to force his way into the Worcestershire first eleven. While in England, he also played in the

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in 2008 for

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, and in the Lancashire League for Lowerhouse in 2009. By 2012, he had qualified to play for

by way of his Italian heritage. He was selected as part of Italy's fourteen man squad for the 2012 World Twenty20 Qualifier in the

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in March 2012. He made his

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debut during the tournament against

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. He made eight further appearances during the tournament, the last of which came against

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. In his nine matches, he took 13 wickets with the ball at a

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of 19.23, with best figures of 4/9. He ended the tournament as Italy's joint leading wicket-taker alongside

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. With the bat, he scored 122 runs at an average of 20.33, with a high score of 49

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. Italy finished the tournament in tenth place and therefore missed out on qualification for the 2012 World Twenty in Sri Lanka. In April 2013, he was selected in Italy's fourteen man squad for the World Cricket League Division Three in Bermuda. In the same year he also played for

In September 2017, he took the most wickets for Italy in the

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tournament, with a total of thirteen dismissals in five matches.

Coaching career

In March 2021, Sandri was appointed as coach of the

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, replacing fellow Australian

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. He resigned in August 2022, having coached the team to its maiden World Cup appearance at the

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in the Middle East.

References

External links

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