Carl Sandri

Who is Carl Sandri?

Carl Stephen Sandri is an Australian-born Italian cricketer. Sandri is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born at Melbourne, Victoria.

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 county cricket 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 Central Lancashire League in 2008 for Radcliffe, and in the Lancashire League for Lowerhouse in 2009. By 2012, he had qualified to play for Italy 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 United Arab Emirates in March 2012. He made his Twenty20 debut during the tournament against Oman. He made eight further appearances during the tournament, the last of which came against Kenya. In his nine matches, he took 13 wickets with the ball at a bowling average of 19.23, with best figures of 4/9. He ended the tournament as Italy's joint leading wicket-taker alongside Damian Crowley.