Captain Madsen "Quietly Confident" Ahead Of 2026 Campaign
02.04.26, 16:58 Updated 02.04.26, 21:25 4 Minute Read
Matthew Rhodes
Before discussing Derbyshire’s prospects ahead of the new season, Madsen touched on his experience of being part of Italy’s squad for the recent ICC T20 World Cup. On the pitch, Madsen could not have been more unfortunate. The veteran batter suffered a dislocated shoulder in just the fourth over of Italy’s opening match of the tournament against Scotland, which ruled him out of the rest of the competition. Despite that huge blow, Madsen regards the time in the Italian camp as a very special moment; not just for his own career, but for the direction of Italian cricket:
“What an amazing experience to go to a cricket World Cup and to be able to be on the world stage like that. It was a huge honour and I was extremely proud to represent Italy. As you say, we’re not known as a cricketing nation, but it was a great opportunity to show the world what we can do and how we want to grow the game in Italy going forward. Obviously, it didn’t go exactly to plan for me personally. It was only three or four overs in when I picked up the injury. But as an experience as a group of players, it was fantastic. We really embraced it; we played some good cricket throughout the competition, and we showed what we can do and what we can achieve. That was really pleasing.”
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Matthew Rhodes Matthew is a freelance sports broadcaster, commentator and journalist. He provides live audio commentaries and on the whistle written match reports on football games for Flashscore. He also spent four years as North Derbyshire Radio's senior sports editor. Matthew was born in Chesterfield and grew up in the town.