Moises Henriques, who played four Tests, 16 ODIs and 24 T20Is for Australia, will lead Portugal as they attempt to qualify for the T20 World Cup for the first time. The 39-year-old has been named Portugal’s captain for the Men’s T20 World Cup Europe Sub-Regional Qualifier C in Finland, where the team will attempt to progress through the qualification pathway for the global tournament in Australia and New Zealand, according to ESPNcricinfo.
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Portugal, ranked 37th in the ICC Men’s T20I rankings, will face Israel, Germany, Greece and Czechia in Group B of the Europe Sub-Regional Qualifier C between August 14 and 20. The group winner will meet the winner of Group A in the final on August 21. The top two teams from the European regional final will progress to the global qualifier, from where teams will compete for places at the 2028 T20 World Cup.
Henriques currently has a contract with Glasgow Cosmic in the inaugural European T20 Premier League and will now turn his attention to Portugal’s qualification campaign. The overall winner will then advance to the European regional final, where Scotland, Jersey and Denmark await. Sebastian de Oliveira, who played a List A match for Gauteng alongside current South Africa batter Ryan Rickelton, and Bangladesh-born spinner Siraj Ullah Khadem, who featured on the longlist for this year’s Hundred auction, are also in the squad.
