Jade Winston Dernbach (born 3 March 1986) is a former professional

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er. Born in

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, he represented

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(2003–2021),

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(2011–2014) and Italy (2021). He made his first-class debut in 2003 and won the NBC Denis Compton Award in 2004 and 2009. In 2021, Dernbach qualified to represent the Italy national cricket team. Born in South Africa and initially schooled at St John's College, Johannesburg, he moved to England at the age of 14 and gained British citizenship, making him eligible for the England cricket team. After impressing for the England Lions in the West Indies in the early part of 2011, he was called up to the senior team as a replacement for Ajmal Shahzad for the knock out stages of the

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and made his

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and ODI debuts later that year against

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. Dernbach made his international debut for Italy in October 2021.

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described him in ''

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who is capable of obtaining conventional and

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, as well as of deceiving the batsman by bowling a variety of slower balls.

Personal life

Dernbach was born in

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, South Africa to a South African father and an Italian mother and has used an Italian passport. He moved with his family to England in 2000 when he was 14. In South Africa, his preferred sport was

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, but he began to develop as a cricketer in England. After bowling at an under-15s net session at

, he quickly moved through the age groups. Although born in South Africa, after his first call-up to the England squad, he stated that "I don't owe anything to South Africa. I was just born there, did a bit of schooling there, my whole cricket career has been based in the UK, and UK is my home. I want to give everything I can to England cricket, that's the country I love and that's the country that has given me everything I have now."

County cricket

His consistency and regular wicket-taking for

was rewarded with a place on the 2011 England Lions tour to the West Indies, before a late call-up to England's 2011 World Cup squad made him the first Surrey youth academy graduate to secure recognition at this level. He continued to perform well for Surrey whenever available. His 2011 season was capped with a Man of the Match performance in the CB40 Final, where his 4/30 helped lift Surrey to victory. Dernbach was effective in Surrey's successful T20 campaign in 2013, and was the side's leading wicket taker with 18 wickets (at an average of 16.44) as Surrey reached the Finals Day at Edgbaston for the first time since 2006. In July 2021, Dernbach joined

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on loan from Surrey to play in the last four group games of the

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. It was announced in July 2021 that Dernbach was to leave Surrey at the end of the season due to a lack of playing time.

International cricket

In 2010, Dernbach was selected for the England Performance Programme tour of Australia and subsequent England Lions tour of the West Indies where they participated in the domestic

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. In the latter, he took 19 wickets at an average of 15.63, making him the leading English bowler. He was called up to the senior team as a replacement for Ajmal Shahzad for the knock out stages of the

but was not picked to play. At the beginning of the English season, he was then picked for the Lions to face the touring

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. He took 9 wickets in the match, although the Lions ultimately lost the match. However his performance saw him included in the senior squad for the second Test after an injury to James Anderson. He had to wait until the limited overs games to make his debut; taking 1–18 in his first

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and 2–25 in his first ODI. Dernbach was a member of the England ODI squad for their match against Ireland in August 2011. He has gone on to make 24 appearances for the ODI and 34 for the England t20 side. In the 2012 ICC World T20, he and

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equalled the tournament record for the highest 10th wicket partnership. At the time of his final international appearance to date, Dernbach had the worst career economy rate in both ODIs (bowlers bowling more than 1000 balls) and T20Is (bowlers bowling more than 500 balls). As of September 2018, his record is third-worst and fifth-worst respectively. He announced his retirement from international cricket in July 2019, five years after his last T20I appearance. In September 2021, he was named in

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's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier. He made his T20I debut for Italy on 15 October 2021, against

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References

External links

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Surrey County Cricket Club Player Profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dernbach, Jade 1986 births Living people Surrey cricketers Wellington cricketers Cricketers at the 2011 Cricket World Cup England Twenty20 International cricketers England One Day International cricketers South African people of Italian descent English people of Italian descent Sportspeople of Italian descent English cricketers Italian cricketers Italy Twenty20 International cricketers Cricketers from Johannesburg NBC Denis Compton Award recipients South African emigrants to the United Kingdom Melbourne Stars cricketers Alumni of St John's College (Johannesburg) London Spirit cricketers Dual international cricketers Jamaica Tallawahs cricketers