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BBC News
29-05-2025
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Jersey out of T20 World Cup qualifiers after Sweden loss
Jersey's hopes of reaching the Women's T20 World Cup are over after they surprisingly lost to bottom side Sweden by 18 skipper Chloe Greechan had taken a hat-trick for the islanders as they restricted the Swedes to in reply, Jersey's batting woes continued as Gaya Jayaweera took a hat-trick and the islanders were bowled out for 110 in 18 overs. The loss means any hopes Jersey had of catching Germany for second place, and a spot in the first division of European qualifying later this year, are over. Jersey were the second-highest ranked side going into the six-team round-robin tournament but won just two beat Spain and the Isle of Man after losing to hosts and tournament winners Italy and the Germans in their first two games. Swedish openers Anya Vaidya (25) and Eman Asim (45) put on 64 for the opening wicket. Elsa Thelander's 21 not out held the innings together as Jersey took regular wickets before Greechan got her hat-trick with the final three deliveries of the innings to return figures of reply, Jersey's poor form with the bat continued. They were reduced to 22-3 off four overs as top order batters Analise Merritt, Grace Wetherall and Mia Maguire scored eight runs between it not for opener Aimee Aikenhead's 58 not out the islanders would have been lucky to make 50 - extras of 28 were the second-highest contributor to Jersey's total as no other player scored more than eight runs. Their poor display was typified when Jayaweera dismissed Annabel Mossop, Nia Greig and Kate Follain in successive balls in the 16th over to leave Jersey on tried her best to bring Jersey home as she hit eight boundaries in a 53-ball knock. But when tail-ender Olivia Bastin was caught off Jayaweera for a seven-ball duck, the game was over as Jersey were bowled out for 110 off 18 overs. "We've just got to regroup as a team and take a lot of positives away from this tournament," Greechan said after the game."There are lots of things to improve on, but overall there's mixed emotions in the camp right now."
BBC News
28-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Jersey beat Isle of Man to keep World Cup hope alive
Jersey batter Trinity Smith helped keep the island's T20 Women's World Cup hopes alive as she hit 44 in a 49-run win over the Isle of Man in their European Division Two Jersey slumped to 54-5 off nine overs, Smith and skipper Chloe Greechan came together and put on 74 runs in 9.4 overs as Jersey ended on 140-6 in reply, Isle of Man - who lost twice to Jersey in a warm-up tournament last month - could only make 91 all out in 17.1 overs as Analise Merritt took win keeps Jersey's hopes of a top-two finish in the six-team round-robin event alive and, with it, progress to the final round of European qualifying in move up to second place in the group, ahead of Germany thanks to a better run rate after the Germans were beaten by hosts Italians are now guaranteed to qualify, having won all four of their matches, but Germany have a game in hand on Jersey and will progress if they win both of their final two games, having beaten the islanders on face bottom side Sweden in their final fixture on Friday morning. Having lost the toss, Jersey started well with Merritt and Aimee Aikenhead putting on 36 for the first Merritt was caught for 24 midway through the sixth over and Grace Wetherall was out for a duck with the very next was sloppily run out an over later for 11 before Florence Tanguy was caught for four to leave Jersey on 45-4 as Alanya Thorpe took 3-25. Smith was lucky not to be caught soon after, before she and skipper Greechan came together for the sixth Jersey's middle and lower order having struggled all tournament, the pressure was on the pair but they delivered to stabilise the innings as each picked their knock came off 40 balls and included five fours while Greechan went on to hit 28 not out from 32 balls to guide Jersey to reply, the Manx batters could not deal with Jersey's superior bowling attack as they slumped to 28-4 off 5.1 and Tanguy each took two wickets as Clare Crowe's career-best knock of 25 off 32 balls was the only real Manx when she was run out to take the score to 91-9, Jersey wasted little time in finishing the game off as Greechan took the remaining wicket with the next delivery.
