Italy

Italian Cricket Championship Clubs
Fair warning: I generated enough in OOTP to have 16 teams if expansion is ever on the cards. I've only selected 8 for now, though.
Catania CCFiorentina CCGenoa CFCNapoli CC
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Il Verde, Catania - Poor.
The definition of a village cricket ground. The groundsman spends most of his time checking football results.
Cosmo Parco, Fiorentina - Poor.
Surrounded on three sides by trees, and on one side by 17th-century architecture. A candidate for the world's most costly 6?
Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa - Excellent
Unlike the other seven clubs, Genoa (or at least a version of them) actually exist. Makes finding a ground pic easier.
Campo Rurale, outside Naples - Normal
No room was found in Naples for a ground, so instead the team plays in what used to be a wheat farm an hour from the city.
Milano CCRoma CCTurin CCVeneto CC
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Stadio Berlusconi, Milan - Excellent.
Milan are bankrolled by a certain political figure who also bought their new international stadium's naming rights.
Stadio Olimpico, Roma - Normal.
(The big boundaries hinder batsmen, but due to its dual purpose nature, the track is usually flat.)
La Ovale, Turin- Normal.
Some say they stole this name from the British, as they did with their football team colours.
Aquaparco, Venice - Poor.
Veneto officials had to get... creative to make a usable pitch in the city. Please ignore that the picture is of a football field in Singapore.

The three international stadiums to start will be Florence, Milan and Roma. A popular legend in Italian cricket is that Venice was originally likely instead of Florence, but the WCC failed to approve a floating pitch.
 
Italian Squad
Today, the inaugral 15-man Italian squad was announced.

:bat: [F] Gian Marco CASCIO (top order accumulator)
:bat: [N] Cristian d'ALESSANDRO (top order accumulator)
:bat: [C] Emanuele GARZELLI (top order hitter [1 bonus point used])
:bat: [C] Antonio MINUZZI (top order accumulator)
:bat: [F] Riccardo MASTROMONACO (middle order run machine [1 bonus point used])
:bat: [V] Gianni RALLI (middle order hitter)
:ar: [M] Gennaro SCAGLIA (middle order accumulator, stock medium pacer)
:ar: [T] Samuele TRAINOTTI (middle order accumulator, stock finger spinner [1 bonus point used])
:wkb: [R] Antonio STURZO (lower order hitter, plus WK)
:ar: [N] Umberto d'ADDARIO (lower order firefighter, first change medium-fast)
:ar: [R] Natale BRANCELEONE (lower order firefighter, first change offspinner)
:bwl: [V] Davide CARUSO (plucky tail, first change medium-fast)
:bwl: [F] Enrico BASSO (bunny, strike wristspinner [1 bonus point used])
:bwl: [V] Vitale DOSSENA (bunny, strike fast bowler [1 bonus point used])
:bwl: [M] Samuel PALESI (bunny, first change fast bowler)
 
Club Squads
:redo:
means the player is currently in the Italy squad.
:purpo: designates a 1999/2000 rookie.
Catania:
:bat: Gasparo Andretti (age 29)
:bat: Edi di Tacchio :purpo: (age 20)
:bat: Emanuele Garzelli :redo: (age 25)
:bat: Gianni Greco (age 26)
:bat: Antonio Minuzzi :redo:(age 23)
:bat: Tommaso Videsott (age 22)
:wkb: Ciro Romano (age 24)
:wk: Fabrizio Mossi (age 27)
:ar: Ezio di Matteo (b/mf, age 36)
:ar: Cosimo Marangoni (mf/b, age 27)
:ar: Giacomo Salutari (b/os, age 25)
:bwl: Luca di Nicolo (f, age 33)
:bwl: Matteo Flaiano (mf, age 27)
:bwl: Luigi Gallia :purpo: (f, age 19)
:bwl: Primo Mataresi (ls, age 29)
:bwl: Diego Paolini (os, age 24)
:bwl: Anselmo Piana (f, age 34)
:bwl: Ivano Vita (mf, age 24)
Fiorentina:
:bat: Gabriele Bordonaro (age 26)
:bat: Renzo Botelli (age 27)
:bat: Flavio Capogna :purpo: (age 21)
:bat: Gianmarco Cascio :redo: (age 29)
:bat: Pietro Grieco (age 32)
:bat: Luigi Lazzarini (age 29)
:bat: Riccardo Mastromonaco :redo: (age 31)
:wkb: Lorenzo Bruno (age 33)
:wkb: Gabriele Sacchetti (age 25)
:ar: Claudio Ferrari (mf/b, age 39)
:ar: Rodolfo Romani (ls/b, age 25)
:ar: Leonardo Vincenti (b/mf, age 26)
:bwl: Enrico Basso :redo: (ls, age 22)
:bwl: Matteo Cafasso (f, age 24)
:bwl: Cino Ferrero :purpo: (os, age 22)
:bwl: Giovanni Lezzerini (mf, age 32)
:bwl: Santo Miglioli (os, age 33)
:bwl: Thomas Pozzetto (mf, age 22)
Genoa:
:bat: Jacopo Balducci (age 26)
:bat: Diego Cudini (age 35)
:bat: Ivan Falcon (age 25)*
:bat: Romano Ferri (age 31)
:bat: Pasquale Navarra (age 30)
:bat: Luciano Veneziano (age 23)
:wkb: Rosario Pasticcio (age 27)
:wkb: Luca Sarini (age 21)
:ar: Antonino Calipari (b/m, age 25)
:ar: Salvatore Compagnoni (mf/b, age 28)
:ar: Domenico Gabionetta (f/b, age 23)
:bwl: Francesco Bocelli (ls, age 22)
:bwl: Fabrizio Castelletti :purpo: (f, age 22)
:bwl: Pierluigi Como (f, age 28)
:bwl: Rodolfo di Pietro (os, age 35)
:bwl: Adriano Fusi (os, age 29)
:bwl: Giorgino Garagiola (mf, age 31)
:bwl: Christian Rossini (mf, age 25)
Milan:
:bat: Fabrizio Fiorelli (age 28)
:bat: Antonio Pollaiuolo (age 29)
:bat: Matteo Ponsat (age 33)
:bat: Gian Sanna :purpo: (age 21)
:bat: Ferdinando Soragna (age 27)
:wkb: Romano Chico :purpo: (age 18)
:wkb: Luca Monelli (age 41)
:ar: Diego Bardelli (b/slow, age 23)
:ar: Francesco Coria (b/mf, age 30)
:ar: Lorenzo Salvadore (f/b, age 30)
:ar: Gennaro Scaglia :redo: (b/m, age 37)
:ar: Dylan Velez (mf/b, age 21)^
:bwl: Sergio Amato :purpo: (f, age 22)
:bwl: Michele 'Mimo' Amicis (mf, age 25)
:bwl: Massimo Bozzo (os, age 33)
:bwl: Mario Mailungo (ls, age 22)
:bwl: Massimiliano Milano (ls, age 26)
:bwl: Samuel Palesi :redo:(f, age 26)
Napoli:
:bat: Vito Arrigoni (age 32)
:bat: Nico Bartoccini (age 29)
:bat: Cristian d'Alessandro :redo: (age 23)
:bat: Fabrizio Fonzio (age 30)
:bat: Giorgio Scalfaro (age 24)
:bat: Emiliano Tardelli (age 34)
:wkb: Pietro d'Angelo (age 31)
:wkb: Demetrio Farrona (age 29)
:ar: Giuseppe Amadei (b/mf, age 25)
:ar: Umberto d'Addario :redo: (mf/b, age 26)
:ar: Giulio Franco (b/os, age 28)
:ar: Cristian Montorsi (mf/b, age 27)
:bwl: Dennis Carbonetti (f, age 34)
:bwl: Giancarlo Culpo (os, age 26)
:bwl: Samuele Meggiorini (ls, age 22)
:bwl: Armando Pasquale (f, age 24)
:bwl: Cristian Peschisolido (ls, age 32)
:bwl: Errico Titian :purpo: (mf, age 21)
Roma:
:bat: Luca Fanti (age 33)
:bat: Ferruccio Migliorati (age 31)
:bat: Christian Pasquale (age 28)
:bat: Gabriele Piacenti :purpo: (age 20)
:bat: Giacomo Rosi (age 34)
:wkb: Lorenzo Marconi (age 22)
:wkb: Antonio Sturzo :redo: (age 27)
:ar: Natale Branceleone :redo: (os/b, age 29)
:ar: Mattia da Volterra (b/ls, age 29)
:ar: Luca Fanti (b/m, age 32)
:ar: Diego Romeo (f/b, age 26)
:ar: Daniele Signori (b/mf, age 24)
:bwl: Salvatore Borcellino (os, age 25)
:bwl: Paolo Borghini (f, age 31)
:bwl: Davide Cappiello :purpo: (ls, age 22)
:bwl: Samuele Manca (mf, age 28)
:bwl: Samuel Matteucci :purpo: (mf, age 21)
:bwl: Mauro Vaccari (mf, age 25)
Turin:
:bat: Domenico Agnolutto (age 24)
:bat: Orazio Cade (age 35)
:bat: Oddo Campani (age 24)
:bat: Simone Ferraris (age 26)
:bat: Giancarlo Lombardi (age 22)
:bat: Gabriele Terlizzi (age 32)
:wkb: Giovanni di Lucia (age 31)
:wkb: Alessio Fiore (age 31)
:ar: Ezio Romani (b/m, age 30)
:ar: Mario Romani (os/b, age 27)
:ar: Samuele Trainotti :redo: (b/os, age 25)
:ar: Bruno Venditti (mf/b, age 28)
:bwl: Alexandre Cantona (ls, age 31)
:bwl: Leonardo Cuoghi (os, age 26)
:bwl: Angelo Fanti (f, age 31)
:bwl: Donato Marras :purpo: (f, age 19)
:bwl: Davide Rosati :purpo:(os, age 20)
:bwl: Christian Zorro :purpo: (mf, age 21)
Venezia:
:bat: Francesco Baldini (age 32)
:bat: Ivan Bettini (age 35)
:bat: Giustiniano Guareschi (age 28)
:bat: Tristan Martin (age 27)#
:bat: Gianni Ralli :redo: (age 23)
:bat: Enrico Sonzogni :purpo: (age 21)
:wkb: Gerbino Grella (age 36)
:wkb: Andrea Mancini (age 31)
:ar: Vincenzo Ramociotti (mf/b, age 20)
:ar: Adolf Riedler (b/mf, age 26)
:ar: Cristian Tomba (b/os, age 29)
:bwl: Enrico Caliumi (f, age 22)
:bwl: Davide Caruso :redo: (mf, age 35)
:bwl: Vitale Dossena :redo: (f, age 32)
:bwl: Egidio Gherardi (os, age 36)
:bwl: Matteo Mannin :purpo: (mf, age 20)
:bwl: Gioele Martina (f, age 27)
:bwl: Claudio Moretto (ls, age 24)

* Falcon was born in Spain but is a naturalised Italian citizen.
^ Velez is Mexican. He's fair game for any MX manager to select.
# Martin was born in Ireland but is a naturalised Italian citizen.
 
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Domestic Tables
TBD - domestic season is not snow season. League will run from April to July (given I have work and other commitments, some matches may be postponed)
 
Invitation

As a founding member,
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ENGLAND CRICKET formally invite
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CRICKET ITALIA to be a EUROCON member.

Later this year, the confederation plans on holding the inaugural edition of a biennial European Championship with a prospective Champions League-esque club competition on the agenda as well.
 

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