Beyond the Boundary!

World Cricket League Division Five gets under-way in Jersey in less than two weeks, and teams are warming-up with varying degrees of success.
Nepal played the Pakistan Cricket Academy, losing the first two matches but gaining an unlikely win in the last. Vanuatu lost 2-0 to Fiji in a three match series, whilst Singapore whitewashed Malaysia […]

Guernsey have beaten Jersey by five wickets in the inaugural Twenty20 inter-insular in front of a great crowd of between 1,000 and 1,200.
More here.

Jersey confirmed themselves as an up and coming European side with another youth tournament win today. They beat France in the final of the European Under-23 2nd Division championship, to add to their title in the Under-19 equivalent last month.
Full details of the tournament can be found here.

Originally an eight-team event, WCL Division Five has been expanded to twelve teams. The Bahamas, Germany and Mozambique have been added, with a second EAP qualifier to come from a tournament later this year.
The tournament’s host has been confirmed as Jersey. More here.

On the heels of their recent win over Italy, Jersey played a match against English minor county Norfolk yesterday, winning by one run. A full report on that can be found on the BBC’s Jersey website here.
Also on the BBC Jersey website are photos from the afore-mentioned Italy v Jersey series.

Jersey will be touring Italy at the end of March to play a three-match series against the national side. They need to win at least one match to be able to have their application for associate membership heard at the ICC’s meeting in June.
More here.

Our year in review continues at breakneck pace as today we cover Jersey to the Maldives.
Jersey
Jersey’s first campaign in the European Championship Second Division got off to an unfortunate start when protests meant that their opening game against Israel was cancelled. They then lost against France. But a win against Norway in the final group […]

According to an ECC media release, Jersey and Vanuatu have applied for associate membership of the ICC. Both are probably one of the strongest affiliates in their respective region, and Jersey for sure have plenty of turf wickets, so it makes sense that they’re associates. It’s a little surprising that Norway haven’t applied, as they’ve […]

Guernsey and Jersey have been playing the inter insular match for many years now. Next year, the 50 over match will be joined for the first time by a Twenty20 match, to take place on the same day as the Lord’s Taverners match between Glamorgan and another English county at the end of September.
Finland and […]

The scorecard for the recent Jersey v Guernsey game follows. Once again, many thanks to David Piesing of the Guernsey Cricket Board!

HSBC INTER-INSULAR CHALLENGE TROPHY 2006
Played at Grainville (Jersey) on 2nd September 2006
Guernsey won by 15 runs (D/L method)
Toss won by Guernsey who elected to bat
GUERNSEY
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