Esteban Nino (born May 5, 1986) is an

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...

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er. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He was born in

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. Nino's debut cricket match was contested between the North and South of Argentina, in 2002, Nino representing the North along with future first-class team-mates Gaston Arizaga and

Alejandro Ferguson Alejandro "Alec" Ferguson (born July 19, 1978) is an Argentine cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who has played for Argentina since 1994. Ferguson made his debut as a fifteen-year-old lower-middle order batsman, though h ...

. The following year, Nino represented the youth national team in four games in the Americas Under-19 Championship, and again in the same competition during 2005. In 2006, Nino played for the senior Argentine team for the first time, in Division Two of the ICC World Cricket League, playing games against

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and the

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. Argentina were promoted from their group and Nino played in Division One games against

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and the

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. The World Cricket League was reformatted for 2007, and Argentina were placed in Division Three, where Nino played five games, and were promoted into the second division at the first attempt. Nino maintained a good bowling average, taking six wickets during the competition. Argentina were promoted at the end of the campaign into Division Two, despite losing their first fixture, a last-ball game against an Italian team including former

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all-rounder

Joe Scuderi Joseph Charles Scuderi (born 24 December 1968) is a professional cricketer. From a young age through school he showed much potential to become a great cricketing prospect as a much respected all-rounder, later being inducted into the Australi ...

. However, the team finished bottom of the table in the 2007-08 campaign. In November 2021, he was named in Argentina's

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(T20I) squad for the

2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier The 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier was a cricket tournament that was played as part of the qualification process for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. It took place in November 2021 in Antigua, with the top two teams progressing t ...

tournament in Antigua. He made his T20I debut on 10 November 2021, for Argentina against

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