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 teammates 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.
His form in the TCA competition soon drew the attention of state selectors, and Di Venuto was selected to make his first-class debut in the 1991–92 whilst still a teenager.
His return worked well, and he won the Roger Wolley Medal for man-of-the-match in that season's TCA Grand Final, guiding them to the championship in the process.
Although his first-class career occupied much of his time, Di Venuto has returned to North Hobart occasionally, such as in March 2009, when a superbly-made 111 helped the Demons to victory over Clarence District Cricket Club to reach the TCA Grand Final, although the final was lost to arch-rivals University of Tasmania Cricket Club.
His 791 runs at 43.94 saw him end the season as Tasmania's third most effective batsman, behind only experienced opener Dene Hills, and international legend David Boon.
This was the second highest season tally behind only Queensland Bulls batsman Jimmy Maher, and earned him a call up to the Australian One Day International side.
The mainstay of the top of the Tiger's batting order for over a decade, he is Tasmania's leading one-day run-scorer, and has the most "50's" in Pura Cup history.
[11] He played a key role in helping Durham win back-to-back first-class County Championship titles, including a huge haul of 1,654 runs with two double hundreds when they won the competition for a second time in 2009.
South Africa won the toss and chose to field, and Di Venuto opened the batting alongside Mark Taylor.
[12] Di Venuto was omitted for the second match, and it didn't help his cause that his replacement, the experienced Mark Waugh scored 115 not out, carrying his bat through the innings to guide Australia to a victory by 7 wickets and level the series 1–1.
[15] Faced with a premature end to his international career, Di Venuto needed a big innings in the fifth match of the series, and he provided it.
But Di Venuto carried on, scoring 89 off 135 balls, but finally fell a disappointing 11 runs short of a maiden One Day International century.
Australia made 258, and won by 8 runs to take a 2–3 lead in the series, and Di Venuto's top score for the Australians earned him the man-of-the-match award, which later proved to be the highlight of his one-day career.
[18] In match three against New Zealand at the Adelaide Oval, Di Venuto returned his second best career score of 77, and starring alongside Mark Waugh (104 runs) in an excellent opening stand of 156 for the first wicket.
In match four the Australians again met South Africa, this time at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, but Di Venuto failed again with only 6 runs.
Although a talented batsman, his aggressive, attacking style of play which was shown by his strike-rate of 85.76, led him to give his wicket away cheaply too often, as he sought to go on the offensive early on in his innings.