Amith Sarma (born 23 October 1982) is a German cricketer, who has played for the national team.[1] He was named in Germany's squad for the 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Five tournament in South Africa.[2] He played in Germany's opening fixture, against Ghana, on 3 September 2017.[3]

Amith Sarma
Personal information
Born (1982-10-23) 23 October 1982 (age 41)
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 12)11 May 2019 v Belgium
Last T20I11 September 2021 v Spain
Source: Cricinfo, 11 September 2021

He played a key role in Germany's Division 2 Europe success, helping them secure promotion and winning Division 1 to reach the 2017 Global ICC Qualifier in Benoni, South Africa. He has also captained several times and was also added to the squad for the 2021 ICC T20 Global Qualifiers in Oman where Germany finished 4th place in Group A.

In May 2019, he was named in Germany's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their three-match series against Belgium. The matches were the first T20Is to be played by the German cricket team.[4] He made his T20I debut for Germany as Captain against Belgium on 11 May 2019.[5] In June 2019, he was added to Germany's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier tournament in Guernsey.[6]

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  1. ^ "Amith Sarma". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Road to ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 starts in South Africa". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Group B, ICC World Cricket League Division Five at Benoni, Sep 3 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Germany announce dates for first T20Is". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 20 March 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  5. ^ "1st T20I, Germany tour of Belgium at Waterloo, May 11 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Denmark remain in contention". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 2 September 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.

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