Gareth Berg

Gareth Kyle Berg (born 18 January 1981) is a South African-born English-Italian cricketer who plays for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club.[1] Born in South Africa, he attended Edgemead Primary School and then SACS (South African College School) . He is not considered a Kolpak player, and is qualified by residency for England as well as holding an Italian passport.[2] In January 2021, Berg was named as the head coach of the Italian cricket team.[3]

Gareth Berg

Personal information
Full name	Gareth Kyle Berg
Born	18 January 1981 Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
Nickname	Ice, Bergy, Ford, The Iceberg
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-fast
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	Italy (2012–present)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2001/02–2002/03	Western Province B
2004	Northamptonshire
2007–2014	Middlesex
2015–2019	Hampshire (squad no. 13)
2019	→ Northamptonshire (on loan)
2020–present	Northamptonshire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 133 103 94 Runs scored 5,011 1,474 1,083 Batting average 28.15 23.03 21.66 100s/50s 2/27 0/7 0/3 Top score 130* 75 90 Balls bowled 17,432 3,634 1,621 Wickets 279 97 74 Bowling average 31.46 32.82 29.22 5 wickets in innings 5 1 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 Best bowling 6/56 5/26 4/20 Catches/stumpings 68/– 39/– 24/–
Source: CricInfo, 20 September 2020

Career

Berg's career began at Western Province where he appeared in a handful of one day matches, before moving to England where he signed with Northamptonshire, playing second XI cricket for the county. He signed with Middlesex in 2007, again playing in the second XI before breaking into the first team in 2008, making his List A debut against Surrey at the Oval and his First Class debut a few days later at Lord's against Glamorgan. He received his county cap in 2010.[4]

He played for Italy in the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 qualifiers.[5] In May 2019, he was named in Italy's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier tournament in Guernsey.[6]

On 30 August 2019, it was confirmed that Berg would join Northamptonshire on loan for the remainder of the 2019 season, ahead of a permanent move from 2020 onwards. In November 2019, he was named in Italy's squad for the Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament in Oman.[7]

References

1. "Associate player roundup from Round 2 of the Bob Willis Trophy". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
2. http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/44394.html
3. "Gareth Berg named playing head coach of Italy". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-08-05. Retrieved 2012-08-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. Andrew Nixon (5 February 2012). "Middlesex all-rounder Gareth Berg in Italy squad". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
6. "Squads announced for ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Final 2019". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
7. "ICC Calling Cricket World Cup Challenge League group B" (PDF). Federazione Cricket Italiana. Retrieved 7 November 2019.

External links

• Gareth Berg at ESPNcricinfo