Gareth Kyle Berg (born 18 January 1981) is a South African-born English-Italian cricketer who last played domestic cricket for

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. Born in South Africa, he attended Edgemead Primary School and then SACS (

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) . He is not considered a Kolpak player, and is qualified by residency for England as well as holding an Italian passport. In January 2021, Berg was named as the head coach of the Italian cricket team and still continues to play for them.

Career

Berg's career began at

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where he appeared in a handful of one day matches, before moving to England where he signed with

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, playing second XI cricket for the county. He signed with

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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. He played for

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in the

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qualifiers. 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. 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. In September 2021, he was named as the captain of Italy's

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(T20I) squad for the Regional Final of the

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tournament. He made his T20I debut on 15 October 2021, for Italy against

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. He announced his retirement from professional cricket in September 2023 although he has continued to play for Italy.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Berg, Gareth 1981 births Living people South African cricketers Middlesex cricketers Western Province cricketers Italian cricketers Italy Twenty20 International cricketers Hampshire cricketers Northamptonshire cricketers South African emigrants to Italy Naturalised citizens of Italy South African emigrants to the United Kingdom Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom English cricketers Cricketers from Cape Town Coaches of national cricket teams Alumni of South African College Schools