The Jersey national cricket team is the team that represents the Bailiwick of Jersey, a Crown dependency in

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. They became an affiliate member of the

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(ICC) in 2005, and an associate member in 2007.Jersey
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History

Jersey first played international cricket against neighbouring Channel Island of Guernsey in the inaugural annual

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in 1950. They won ten of the matches in a row between 1992 and 2001, before a run of five consecutive victories for Guernsey until 2006. Jersey became an affiliate member of the ICC in 2005, and took part in Division Two of the European Championship in

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in 2006, losing to

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in the final.2006 European Division Two Championship
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in a three match series that they had to win to be promoted to

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. They were granted associate status at an ICC meeting at Lord's in June. In August, Jersey won the inter-insular by 4 runs to end Guernsey's run of wins, but lost the first inter-insular

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match in September by five wickets. * 2008, Jersey hosted Division Five of the

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in May. Jersey performed well and topped Group B after the group qualifying matches. Jersey then beat the

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in their semi-final before losing the final to

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. As Division Five runners-up, Jersey were promoted to Division Four of the World Cricket League. * 2008, Jersey travelled to neighbours Guernsey in August to take part in Division Two of the European Championship against;

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and Guernsey. Jersey improved on their 2006 performance, edging out Guernsey by one run in the final group match to win the tournament undefeated. * 2008, Jersey travelled to

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in October to participate in

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of the

. Division Four proved to be a step too far for Jersey, as with a series of poor batting displays Jersey won only one group match, before losing to Fiji in a positional playoff and finishing sixth. On the basis of their sixth-place finish in this tournament, Jersey were relegated back to Division Five. *

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in Nepal, they finished 5th to be relegated to 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Six in Malaysia, where they finished 4th to remain in Division Six. * 2011 ICC European T20 Championship Division One, hosted by Jersey, losing to

in semi-final. *

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, Jersey losing to

in semi-final. *

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, Jersey remained unbeaten in their 5 games, going on to win and gain promotion to WCL5 * 2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Five was held in March in Malaysia. Jersey were again unbeaten and gained promotion to WCL4. * 2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Four matches, saw Jersey win only one of their 5 matches in the round robin and relegation back to WCL5. *

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competition saw Jersey come out on top and win entry into the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier. *

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held in Scotland and Ireland in July saw Jersey end in 6th place in Group A, 11th overall. * 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Five competition saw an improved result winning four out of five and promotion back to WCL4 * 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Four competition took place in Los Angeles. Two wins was not sufficient, demoted to WCL5

2018-Present

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full

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(T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all

matches played between Jersey and other

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after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I. In September 2018, Jersey qualified from Group B of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Europe Qualifier to the Regional Finals of the tournament. Jersey played their first T20I against Guernsey on 31 May 2019.

Grounds

Tournament history

World Cricket League

*2008: Division Five Runner-up - promoted *2008:

Sixth place - relegated *2010: Division Five Fifth place - relegated *2011: Division Six Fourth place *2013: Division Six Winner - promoted *2014: Division Five Winner - promoted *2014:

Sixth place - relegated *2016: Division Five Winner - promoted *2016:

Fifth place - relegated *2018:

Fourth place

European Cricket Championship

*1996 to 2004 inclusive: Not eligible, not an ICC member *2006: Division Two Runner-up *2008: Division Two Winner - promoted *2010: Division One Winner *2011:

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Third place *2013:

Semi-Finals *2015:

Winner

World T20 Qualifier

* 2015: 11th place *

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: 10th place * 2022 (Qualifier B): 7th place

Records and Statistics

International Match Summary — Jersey ''Last updated 17 July 2022''

Twenty20 International

* Highest team total: 185/7 v Guernsey on 21 May 2022 at King George V Sports Ground, Castel. * Highest individual score: 96 *, Jonty Jenner v

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on 21 October 2021 at

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. * Best individual bowling figures: 5/17, Charles Perchard v Guernsey on 1 June 2019 at King George V Sports Ground, Castel. Most T20I runs for Jersey Most T20I wickets for Jersey T20I record versus other nations ''Records complete to T20I #1666. Last updated 17 July 2022.''

Squad

This lists all the players who were named in the most recent One-day or T20I squad. Updated as of 17 July 2022.

Notable players

Four players have played for Jersey and at first-class level for another team (or teams): * Corne Bodenstein – debuted for Jersey in 2011, also played for Oxford MCC University *

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– played for Jersey between 2005 and 2011, and earlier for

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, and

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* Albert Geary – played for Jersey between 1932 and 1940, and earlier for Surrey * Jonty Jenner - debuted for Jersey in from 2014, also played for Sussex, played as substitute fielder for

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during the first

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between England and South Africa. * Nathaniel Watkins – debuted for Jersey in 2012, also played for Oxfordshire and Durham MCC University Several other first-class players were born on the island, including: *

Arthur Coode Arthur Trevenen Coode (5 February 1876 – 28 December 1940) was an English first-class cricketer active 1898–1901 who played for Middlesex. He was born in St Helier, Jersey and died in Hazlemere Hazlemere is a large village and civil pa ...

– first-class matches for

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, and the MCC *

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– first-class matches for the MCC and North of England, football for Scotland * Herbert Lyon – first-class matches for

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* Robert Osborne-Smith – one first-class match for the

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Robert Osborne-Smith
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References

External links

Official WebsiteCricket Europe-Jersey
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