Joseph Charles Scuderi (born 24 December 1968) is a professional

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and coach. From a young age Scuderi showed potential as an

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, being inducted into the

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, South Australia.

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and

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sought to recruit him with South Australia winning Scuderi's services and he made his debut for South Australia in the 1988/89 season. Scuderi was a regular for South Australia from 1988 until 1999. During that time he played in two Prime Minister's XI matches and was selected in the provisional

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squad in 1992. He signed a two-year deal in 2000 to play for

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in the English County Championship. Scuderi also joined the Italian national cricket team (he is of Italian heritage) where he became Captain/Coach until 2008 and then Coach until 2016. Scuderi now lives in Lancashire and is a professional cricket coach.Play-Cricket - joe scuderi - Statistics
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