Michael James Di Venuto is an Australian born cricketer of Italian descent who currently plays for Italy having previously played first-class cricket for Tasmanian Tigers and One Day Internationals for Australia. Although he retired from representative cricket in Australia, he continued playing for Durham CCC till July 2012, when he announced retirement from County Cricket. He has also previously played cricket in England for Derbyshire and Sussex. A left hand opening batsman, his form for Tasmania throughout the mid-1990s earned him a call up for the Australian national cricket team in the One Day International arena, although after nine games he was dropped. Like some of his contemporary Tasmanian team-mates such as Jamie Cox, Dene Hills, and Shaun Young, Di Venuto can be considered unlucky to have not had a more successful international career, as he was playing at a time when the Australian national cricket team was highly dominant, and difficult to earn selection for. After retiring from Durham, he was appointed Australian national cricket team's full-time batting coach by head coach Mickey Arthur. [More at Wikipedia]

December 12th, 1973 in Hobart (Age 50)