Jamie Brian Grassi (born 9 October 1998) is an Irish

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er who represents the

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. Grassi's father is Italian, and he qualified to play for Italy in 2021, after his three-year exclusion period had expired. Grassi made his List A debut for

Leinster Lightning Leinster Lightning is one of three provincial cricket teams in Ireland. Along with the North West Warriors and Northern Knights it makes up the Inter-Provincial Championship, Interprovincial One-Day Trophy and Interprovincial Twenty20 Cup. T ...

in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Cup on 1 May 2017. He made his

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cricket debut for

Munster Reds Munster Reds is an Irish inter-provincial cricket team based in Cork, in the province of Munster. In April 2017, Cricket Ireland approved the participation of the team in the Interprovincial Twenty20 Cup, the highest level of T20 domestic cri ...

in the

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on 26 May 2017. In December 2017, he was named in Ireland's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In September 2021, he was named in Italy's

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(T20I) squad for the Regional Final of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier tournament. He made his T20I debut on 15 October 2021, for Italy against

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Grassi, Jamie 1998 births Living people Italian cricketers Italy Twenty20 International cricketers Leinster Lightning cricketers Munster Reds cricketers Cricketers from Dublin (city) Wicket-keepers