Jersey cricket team

Jersey
ICC membership granted 2005
ICC member status Associate member
ICC development region Europe
World Cricket League division Four
Captain Peter Gough
Coach Neil McRae
First recorded match 1957 v Guernsey
As of 18 August 2009

The Jersey cricket team is the team that represents the Crown dependency of Jersey in international cricket matches. They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council in 2005, and an associate member in 2007.[1]

They are currently ranked at 29th in the world by the ICC, and at sixth amongst European non-test teams. They are in Division Four of the World Cricket League[2] and Division One of the European Championship.[3]

History

Jersey first played international cricket against neighbouring Channel Island of Guernsey in the inaugural Inter-insular match in 1957. The match was drawn, Jersey eventually picking up their first win in 1960. They won ten of the matches in a row between 1992 and 2001, before a run of five consecutive victories for Guernsey until 2006.[4]

Jersey became an affiliate member of the ICC in 2005,[1] and took part in Division Two of the European Championship in Scotland in 2006, losing to Norway in the final.[5] The following March, they beat Italy in a three match series that they had to win to be promoted to associate membership of the ICC.[6] They were granted associate status at an ICC meeting at Lord's in June.[7]

In August, Jersey won the inter-insular by 4 runs to end Guernsey's run of wins,[8] but lost the first inter-insular Twenty20 match in September by five wickets.[9]

In May 2008, Jersey hosted Division Five of the World Cricket League. Jersey performed well and topped Group B after the group qualifying matches. Jersey then beat the United States in their semi-final before losing the final to Afghanistan. As Division Five runners-up, Jersey were promoted to Division Four of the World Cricket League.[10]

In August 2008, Jersey travelled to neighbours Guernsey to take part in Division Two of the European Championship against; Croatia, France, Germany, Gibraltar and Guernsey. Jersey improved on their 2006 performance, edging out Guernsey by one run in the final group match to win the tournament undefeated.[11]

In October 2008, Jersey travelled to Tanzania to participate in Division Four of the World Cricket League. Division Four proved to be a step too far for Jersey, as with a series of poor batting displays Jersey won only one group match, before losing to Fiji in a positional playoff and finishing sixth. On the basis of their sixth place finish in this tournament, Jersey were relegated back to Division Five.[12]In 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Five in Nepal,they finished 5th to be relegated to 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Six in Malaysia,where they finished 4th to remain in 2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Six. During the 2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Six, Jersey remained unbeaten in their 5 games, going on to win and gain promotion to the 2013 ICC world Cricket League Division Five.In March 2014 WCL5 was held in Malaysia. Jersey were again unbeaten and gained promotion to WCL4. The squad for the WCL4 Tournament being held in Singapore is Peter Gough (Captain), Edward Farley, Ben Stevens, Anthony Hawkins-Kay, Dean Morrison, Nat Watkins, Andrew Dewhurst, Sam Dewhurst, Tom Minty, Charles Perchard, Jonty Jenner, Corey Bisson, James Duckett and Corne Bodenstein.


Tournament history

European Cricket Championship

World Cricket League

The future


Jersey will play in the 2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Four to qualify for the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup.

Squad

Performances by Jersey's cricketers in World Cricket League matches and European regional competitions, as of 29 June 2014

Current Players
Name Matches Runs Wickets
Peter Gough 48 1610 21
Ben Stevens 43 875 75
Andy Dewhurst 34 416 15
Edward Farley 31 451 0
Tom Minty 28 72 33
Dean Morrison 28 961 0
Anthony Hawkins-Kay 21 151 32
Charles Perchard 19 129 27
Corey Bisson 18 410 0
Cornelis Bodenstein 18 44 31
Sam Dewhurst 14 67 4
Nat Watkins 12 375 19
Jonty Jenner 9 176 0
James Duckett 3 9 0
Notable Former Players
Name Matches Runs Wickets
Matt Hague 27 550 31
Jonny Gough 25 219 2
Ryan Driver 24 724 43
Samuel de la Haye 17 332 0
Bobby Minty 16 101 0
Chris Jones 16 104 18
James Faudemer 13 2 12
Steve Carlyon 12 244 1
Sachin Patidir 11 45 0
Paul Connolly 10 5 4

Highest Scores+

Nat Watkins - 116 vs Malaysia at Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur on 13 March 2014

Peter Gough - 100 vs Bahrain at Les Quennevais, St Brelade on 22 July 2013

Ryan Driver - 92* vs Bahamas at FB Fields, St Clement on 26 May 2008

Edward Farley - 86* vs Cayman Islands at Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur on 10 March 2014

Ben Stevens - 84 vs Malaysia at Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur on 13 March 2014

Best bowling figures

Andy Dewhurst - 6/20 vs Bahamas at FB Fields, St Clement on 26 May 2008

Ben Stevens - 5/38 vs Argentina at Grainville, St Saviour on 25 July 2013

Matt Hague - 5/38 vs USA at FB Fields, St Clement on 20 May 2008

Ryan Driver - 4/16 vs Italy at Leaders Club, Dar-es-Salaam on 7 October 2008

Ben Stevens - 4/22 vs Vanuatu at Farmers CC, St Martin on 27 July 2013

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jersey at CricketArchive
  2. ↑ ICC's one-day rankings
  3. ↑ Ireland to host European Championship, ICC Europe Media Release
  4. ↑ Inter-insular records
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 2006 European Division Two Championship at CricketEurope
  6. ↑ Mission accomplished by Andrew Nixon, 28 March 2007 at CricketEurope
  7. ↑ Jersey granted associate status, ICC Europe Media Release, 3 July 2007
  8. ↑ 4-run win for Jersey in inter-insular thriller by David Piesing, 12 August 2007 at CricketEurope
  9. ↑ Guernsey win inaugural Twenty20 inter-insular by David Piesing, 1 October 2007 at CricketEurope
  10. ↑ Cricinfo, Accessed 17 October 2008
  11. ↑ ICC Europe, Accessed 18 October 2008
  12. ↑ Cricinfo, Accessed 17 October 2008
  13. ↑ ICC Europe, Accessed 18 October 2008
  14. ↑ Cricinfo, Accessed October 2008
  15. ↑ Cricinfo, Accessed October 2008

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