LA competition awaits after Jersey's victory in ICC tournament

Wednesday 01 June 2016

Jersey cricketers have batted their way up the World Cricket League ladder and are heading for LA later this year.

The home side were promoted to Division 4 after a convincing 44-run victory against top seeds Oman in the finals of the ICC Division 5 tournament at the weekend.

Both teams will lock horns again when they head to the States in November.

Host Jersey only lost one match when it suffered a 58-run defeat to the runners up earlier in the tournament.

Captain Peter Gough said: “It was a massive psychological battle, and the whole team came together.

“As we reduced the run-rate, the bowlers just came in and out to keep the batsmen on their toes. Our fielders were stopping balls that could go for twos and threes, and not giving any runs at all, and that was frustrating for the Oman batsmen.

“Oman, we know, is a good team and we like to pitch ourselves against those teams. We have come up short against them a few times now, so to come back in a determined way and beat them in the final was massive for us. We look forward to meeting them in division four.”

Meanwhile, Guernsey, which defeated Vanuatu by 19 runs to finish third, has retained its place in Division 5.

Vanuatu, along with fifth-placed Tanzania and sixth-placed Nigeria, have been relegated to respective regional-qualifying events.

Vanuatu will head down to the East-Asian qualifying event, while Nigeria and Tanzania will have to fight for a spot in Division 5 via the African regional qualifying event.

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