Hayden Patrizi

Hayden Peter Patrizi Dell’Agnello (born 1 October 1985) is an Australian-born Italian cricketer. Patrizi is a right-handed batsman who fields as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia.

While in Australia, Patrizi played for Western Australia at Under-17 and Under-19 level between the 2002/03 and 2004/05 seasons. He also played for the Western Australia Second XI in the 2004/05 and 2005/06 seasons, though he was unable to force his way into the first eleven. In 2009, he played a single Second XI match in England for the Hampshire Second XI against the Somerset Second XI. Patrizi qualified to play for Italy due to his Italian heritage. His first appearance for Italy came against Ireland A in the 2010 European Cricket Championship Division One, in which Patrizi played five matches. He was then selected as part of Italy's squad for the 2010 World Cricket League Division Four, which was hosted by Italy. He made five appearances during the tournament, helping Italy earn promotion to the 2011 World Cricket League Division Three. Division Three was played in Hong Kong in January 2011, with Patrizi selected as part of Italy's thirteen man squad. He played in all six of Italy's matches in the tournament, scoring 158 runs at an average of 31.60, with a high score of 78. This was one of two half centuries he made in the tournament. Behind the stumps he took nine catches and made a single stumping.