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a day ago
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Guernsey lose to Papua New Guinea by six wickets
Guernsey lost to Papua New Guinea by six wickets in a close T20 encounter at the KGV. The game was the first between the sides and comes as the Papuans prepare to travel to Jersey next week for the ICC Challenge League first, Guernsey made 165-6 from their 20 overs as Tom Nightingale hit 75 while Zak Damarell got 45. In reply, the visitors reached 168-4 to win with four balls to spare as Charlie Forshaw took three wickets. The two sides will face one another in 50-over matches at the KGV on Saturday and Sunday. Guernsey lost openers Josh Butler (13) and Lucas Barker (1) cheaply as they reached 20-2 off four they rallied well as Nightingale and his brother Ollie put on 49 for the third wicket before the latter was run out for 8 to leave Guernsey 69-3 off 11 Nightingale and Damarell had an excellent fourth-wicket stand of 73 before Nightingale was caught for 75 off 51 balls after hitting nine fours and two sixes to leave Guernsey on 142-4 off 17.5 was dismissed for a 27-ball 45 an over later as the Sarnians reached bowled Papuan opener Peter Karoho (7) midway through the fourth over to leave the visitors on fellow opener Sese Bau and Boio Ray put on what proved to be a match-defining second-wicket stand of 99 before Josh Butler bowled Ray for 46 to leave Papua New Guinea on 121-2 off 14 went on to make 85 off 52 balls, including 13 fours and two sixes, before being caught by Damarell off Forshaw's first ball of the 19th then trapped his replacement Kipling Doriga lbw with the very next ball to leave the visitors on Papua New Guinea were able to see the game out to clinch the win.
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4 days ago
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Guernsey's cricketers set to face Papua New Guinea
Guernsey will face Papua New Guinea in a series of international matches this are in the Channel Islands ahead of the ICC Challenge League A tournament in Jersey later this month. The two sides will play a T20 international on Thursday before 50-over games on Saturday and Sunday - all games will be played at the KGV. Guernsey lost to Jersey by eight wickets in a 50-over inter-island clash on Saturday - a month after they competed in the final round of qualifying for the T20 World Cup for the first time. PNG are currently 22nd in the ICC's T20 rankings and qualified for the 2021 and 2024 T20 World were beaten by Jersey in a one-day match when the sides last met in 2024. "This obviously represents yet another significant step up for us," Guernsey team manager Rob Thomson said."However, it is an opportunity too good to turn down and a win would give us a big boost to our ranking points. It's certainly something all the squad are fully embracing."Knowing they were heading this way, I reached out to their board and put forward a proposal which sees their pre-tournament preparations take place here in Guernsey, which is a huge coup for the island."Alongside the T20I, PNG will utilize our top-class facilities at KGV on Friday for training before concluding their short visit with two 50-over games at the weekend."
BBC News
09-08-2025
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Jersey cruise to eight-wicket win over Guernsey
Jersey cruised to an eight-wicket win over Guernsey in the 50-over inter-insular at the KGV. The win was the fifth Jersey's men have got over Guernsey in all formats this season as they warm up for the ICC Challenge League A tournament they will host later this month. Batting first, Jersey restricted the hosts to 150 all out off 43 overs as George Richardson returned impressive figures of 5-38 off his 10 reply Jersey needed just 25.2 overs to reach 152 as Harrison Carlyon hit 85. Jersey showed their intentions from the opening delivery when Lucas Barker was caught by Charlie Brennan at square leg off Julius Sumerauer for a first-ball duck. Barker's fellow opener Ben Fitchet was bowled for nought by Richardson in the next over to league Guernsey on 4-2. Matt Stokes and Martin Dale Bradley put on 31 for the next wicket before Stokes was bowled by Richardson for 13 to leave Guernsey on 33-3 off 5.5 dismissed Guernsey skipper Ollie Nightingale for a single two overs later before Bradley fell victim to Sumerauer for 28 to leave the Sarnians on 49-5 off 13 Nightingale and Ben Ferbrache steadied the Guernsey innings with a 43-run sixth-wicket stand before Richardson bowled Nightingale for 23. Ferbrache went on to make 29 off 64 balls before Harrison Carlyon trapped him lbw to leave Guernsey on 118-5 with 16 overs to man in Luke Bichard showed some resistance with a 39-ball 29 that included the only six of the innings, but Guernsey were bowled out for 150 off 43 overs. Jersey - who had beaten Guernsey in their T20 inter-insulars and in the T20 World Cup qualifiers - were in no mood to hang around as they put Guernsey's bowlers to the Nick Greenwood went for 20 after Adam Martel trapped him lbw, but Carlyon and Glamorgan star Asa Tribe came together to put on 108 for the second wicket in 19 hit 12 fours and two sixes in his 80-ball knock before he was caught by Tom Nightingale off Charlie Forshaw's bowling. Tribe went on to score an unbeaten 41 off 52 balls as Jersey kept their unbeaten run over Guernsey going for another year - Guernsey have not beaten Jersey over 50 overs since 2015.
