Queensland's Joe Burns has been named captain of Italy's T20 cricket team.

Joe will lead the team in June for qualification games to secure a sport in the Cricket World Cup.

He told Jason Matthews on Wide World of Sports, "As a player, you hear people say all the time, you want to leave the game in a better place than what you found it, it's a great opportunity to do that."

Queensland's Joe Burns has been named captain of Italy's T20 cricket team.
Joe will lead the team in June for qualification games to secure a sport in the Cricket World Cup.
He told Jason Matthews on Wide World of Sports, "As a player, you hear people say all the time, you want to leave the game in a better place than what you found it, it's a great opportunity to do that."

Wide World of Sports is a brand sports lovers know and love, and now Queensland listeners have their very own edition of the show.

Each day, Peter Psaltis will be joined by some of the biggest names to have taken to the sporting field and we’ll be checking in with all your favourite teams.

It’s the show sports fans can’t miss, with the opinions you want to hear and all the breaking news as it comes to hand.

Wide World of Sports is a brand sports lovers know and love, and now Queensland listeners have their very own edition of the show.
Each day, Peter Psaltis will be joined by some of the biggest names to have taken to the sporting field and we&rsquo;ll be checking in with all your favourite teams.
It&rsquo;s the show sports fans can&rsquo;t miss, with the opinions you want to hear and all the breaking news as it comes to hand.

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