Guernsey cricket team hosted
Jersey cricket team from 31 May to 1 June 2019 to contest the 2019 T20 Inter-Insular Cup, consisted of three
Twenty20 International
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(T20I) matches.
The series took place at two grounds in
Guernsey
Guernsey ( ; Guernésiais: ''Guernési''; ) is the second-largest island in the Channel Islands, located west of the Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy. It is the largest island in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, which includes five other inhabited isl ...
:
College Field in
Saint Peter Port
St. Peter Port () is a town and one of the ten parishes on the island of Guernsey in the Channel Islands. It is the capital of the Bailiwick of Guernsey as well as the main port. The population in 2019 was 18,958.
St. Peter Port is a small tow ...
and
King George V Sports Ground in
Castel.
The two sides had played an
Inter-Insular match annually since 1950, generally as 50-over contests.
A
Twenty20
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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
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'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.
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
Super Over, also known as a one-over eliminator or a one over per side eliminator, is a Tiebreaker, tie-breaking method used in Limited overs cricket, limited-overs cricket matches. If a match ends in a "Result (cricket)#Tie, tie", it proceeds t ...
. Jersey's
Dominic Blampied 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
Women's Twenty20 international (WT20I) is the shortest form of women's international cricket. A women's Twenty20 international is a 20 overs-per-side cricket match between two of the International Cricket Council (ICC) members. The very firs ...
(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
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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