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BBC News
09-07-2025
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Guernsey end T20 World Cup campaign with Dutch loss
ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier, Voorburg Cricket Club, The HagueNetherlands 172-1 (20 overs): O'Dowd 92*, Edwards 48*Guernsey xxx (xx): Bradley 26, Martel 18* ; Levitt 3-11Netherlands win by 73 runsMatch scorecard Guernsey's first ever campaign in the final stages of qualification for the T20 World Cup ended with a 73-run loss to hosts the Netherlands. The Sarnians lost all three games that they played in The Hague, with the match against Scotland on Sunday being abandoned due to rain. The Dutch made 172-1 off their 20 overs as Max O'Dowd hit a tournament-high 92 not reply Guernsey could only make 99-8 from their 20 overs. The win moved Netherlands up to second place in the qualifying group behind leaders Italy, who beat Scotland earlier on two sides play one another on Friday with the winners guaranteed a place in the 2026 T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka. Guernsey's Channel Island rivals Jersey face Scotland in Friday's first match - and should Italy go on to beat the Dutch then the winner between the two British teams would qualify. Knowing they needed a win to stay in the hunt to again reach the T20 World Cup - and that net run rate could be key - the Dutch wasted little time in putting runs on the raced to 56 before losing their first wicket at the end of the seventh over when Michael Levitt was caught by Tom Nightingale off Martin Dale Bradley for 25, made from 23 opener Max O'Dowd reach his 16th T20 international half-century off 32 balls as the Netherlands brought up their 100 at the start of the 13th over. Bradley was the pick of the Guernsey bowlers with figures of 1-28 from his four overs as the islanders managed to restrict the scoring rate by O'Dowd and skipper Scott Edwards as the innings went that, they could not remove the pair, who shared an unbroken second wicket stand of 116, O'Dowd finishing on 92 not out off 57 balls, with 11 fours and a six, while Edwards made 48 off reply Guernsey's batters had another tough start - opener Ben Fitchet making 1, Tom Nightingale 6 and Matt Stokes 2 as they slipped to 38-3 off 7.1 - who opened the batting - provided some resistance with 26 off 25 balls before was caught to leave the score on 43-5 off 9.1 Damarell (14), Ben Ferbrache (16) and Adam Martel (18 not out) also made double figures but Guernsey could not reach 100 as they ended on 99-8.
BBC News
09-06-2025
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Jersey beat Guernsey in nail-biting T20 series
Jersey narrowly beat Guernsey 2-1 to retain their inter-island T20 title in a rain-affected set of won the final game at Grainville by three runs in a nail-biting finish as skipper Charles Perchard restricted Guernsey in the final over, having earlier hit 26 not had won Friday's opening game by eight wickets via the Duckworth Lewis Stern method (DLS) before the hosts hit back to level the series with a rain-affected seven-wicket games doubled up as warm-ups for this summer's final round of European qualifying for the T20 World Cup in the Netherlands where both islands will be taking part."It's been a long time since we lost a trophy to Guernsey in inter-insular cricket and I'm delighted to gave got the win," Perchard told BBC Radio Jersey."As we build up towards a big summer we've still got work to do to get better - we weren't at our sharpest."But that trophy is staying on Jersey soil so I'm really delighted at that." Rain hits first two matches Zak Tribe's 28 and 25 from Nick Greenwood were the highlights of Jersey's innings in the opening fixture on Friday as they made 116-8 from their 20 bowler Martin Dale Bradley impressed with 4-17 and Luke Bichard took 2-17, while Patrick Gouge contributed 21 not out. With rain forecast, Guernsey wasted no time in trying to get the runs they needed as opener Josh Butler hit 33 not out off 30 were 65-2 off 10 overs when the game was abandoned because of rain - ahead of the rate needed for weather reduced the second game to 13 overs per side and Guernsey started well - Ben Fitchet (37) and Butler (24) putting on 55 for the opening wicket before Tom Nightingale (16) and Matthew Stokes (15) helped them reach 107-7 despite Perchard taking a revised score of 114 to win from their 13, Jersey reached their target with five balls to lost opener Harrison Carlyon to the opening ball of the innings, they recovered as Greenwood (45) and Tribe (19) shared a second-wicket stand of Jenner hit 32 in a match-winning fourth-wicket stand of 42 with while Julius Sumerauer (15 not out) as Jersey reached 116-3. Deciding game drama The rain held off for the deciding match at Grainville, and having won the toss Jersey opted to bat first. It was a decision they looked like they would regret as they lost their opening three wickets for just two runs as Carlyon, Greenwood and Jenner were all sent back to the played an innings-steadying knock of 34 off 21 balls but they were 58-4 when he was bowled by Stokes in the eighth then lost four cheap wickets as they slumped to 74-8 off 11.4 overs as Guernsey seemed certain for a first-ever T20 series win over their rivals - and a first in any format for a Will Perchard and Charles Perchard came together in an unbroken ninth-wicket stand of 56 - Will hitting 29 off 28 balls and Charles 26 off 23 as Jersey ended on reply Guernsey's batters also faltered as they slipped to 46-4 at the start of the ninth - who went on to score a series-high 66 not out off 48 balls - and Ollie Nightingale (17) advanced the total on to 96-5 with four overs to go. But Guernsey's batters continued to struggle to support Stokes as Charles Perchard returned figures of 3-15 by dismissing Luke Bichard and Adam Martel in the final over. Needing just seven runs, Perchard conceded just three off the over as Guernsey ended on 127-8, giving Jersey the most nerve-wracking of wins."I'm delighted to have got us over the line," added Perchard."I fancy those pressure moments and I'm the captain, I take responsibility for the team."I'm delighted to have executed my skills and backed up by some amazing fielding in that last over as well."
