Guernsey cricket team
The Guernsey cricket team is the team that represents the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a Crown dependency in international cricket. They became a member in 2005 and an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2008.
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Jersey cricket team
The Jersey national cricket team is the team that represents the Bailiwick of Jersey, a Crown dependency in international cricket. They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2005, and an associate member ...
from 31 May to 1 June 2019 to contest the 2019 T20 Inter-Insular Cup, consisted of three
Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.
The series took place at two grounds in
Guernsey
Guernsey (; Guernésiais: ''Guernési''; french: Guernesey) is an island in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy that is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown Dependency.
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College Field in
Saint Peter Port and
King George V Sports Ground
The King George V Sports Ground is a cricket ground in Castel, Guernsey. It hosted matches in the 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Seven tournament, and hosted matches in the Regional Finals
In geography, regions, otherwise referred to ...
in
Castel.
The two sides had played an
Inter-Insular match
Inter-Insular cricket refers to cricket contests between representative teams of Jersey and Guernsey in the Channel Islands. An inter-insular match has been played annually between the two sides since 1950 and often attracts crowds above 1,000. I ...
annually since 1950, generally as 50-over contests.
A
Twenty20 series was played for the first time in
2018
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, with Jersey winning the inaugural series 3–0.
Following the
International Cricket Council's decision to grant T20I status to all matches played between Associate Members after 1 January 2019, this edition was the first to have this enhanced status.
Both teams made their T20I debuts with fixtures providing part of their preparations for the
European Regional Qualifying tournament for the
2019 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier
The 2019 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier was a cricket tournament held during October and November 2019 in the United Arab Emirates to determine which teams would qualify for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament. The six teams finishing ...
.
Jersey again won the series 3–0.
The first match of the series was the thirteenth
tied T20I match, and the ninth to be won by a
Super Over. Jersey's
Dominic Blampied
Dominic Blampied (born 10 July 1996) is a cricketer who plays for Jersey. In May 2019, he was named in Jersey's squad for the 2019 T20 Inter-Insular Cup against Guernsey. He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Jersey against Guerns ...
was named player of the series after scoring 92 runs and taking 6 wickets.
On 31 May 2019, there was also a one-off
Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) fixture between the two women's teams. Guernsey won the one-off WT20I match by seven wickets. It was the first WT20I match for both teams.
On 31 August 2019, the men's teams played the traditional annual 50-over
Inter-Insular Trophy match. This had been replaced by the T20 Cup series in 2018,
but both formats will now be played each year with a separate trophy awarded.
T20I series
Squads
1st T20I
2nd T20I
3rd T20I
WT20I match
Squads
Only WT20I
50-over Inter-Insular Trophy
The T20I series was followed later in the year by a 50-over match played on 31 August 2019, which was the 67th annual
Inter-Insular Trophy match between the two sides.
The Trophy match had been replaced by the T20 Cup series in 2018,
but both formats will now be played each year with a separate trophy awarded.
Jersey won the rain-affected match by five-wickets to retain the Inter-Insular Trophy.
Squads
Match
Notes
See also
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Inter-Insular cricket
Inter-Insular cricket refers to cricket contests between representative teams of Jersey and Guernsey in the Channel Islands. An inter-insular match has been played annually between the two sides since 1950 and often attracts crowds above 1,000. It ...
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2018 T20 Inter-Insular Cup
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2022 Men's T20I Inter-Insular Series
References
External links
Series home at ESPN Cricinfo (Men)
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Associate international cricket competitions in 2019
International cricket competitions in Guernsey