in april 2018, the icc decided to grant full twenty20 international (t20i) status to all its members. therefore, all twenty20 matches played between italy and other icc members after 1 january 2019 will be a full t20i. italy played their first t20i against germany in may 2019. from august 2019, italy will play in the 2019–21 icc cricket world cup challenge league.