Guernsey Press

Two wins from two for Guernsey

GUERNSEY got their ICC European Division One T20 Championship campaign off to the perfect start on Saturday.

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The Sarnians won both of their opening day fixtures at Grainville, starting with a first ever senior victory over Denmark, by 21 runs, before they overcame Norway by 23 runs in the afternoon.

Tom Kimber was man of the match in both games having hit back-to-back half centuries.

Jersey also won their opening two games - against Norway and Italy - and they top the table on net run-rate.

Guernsey will face France and Italy on Monday before their final game against Jersey on Wednesday.

  • Match reports in Monday's Guernsey Press.

Scores in brief

Morning matches:

At Farmers

Jersey 236 for five, 20 overs (J Jenner 81, P Gough 63; S Umran 1-33)

Norway 128 for nine, 20 overs (E Ul-Haq 51; N Watkins 2-11, B Stevens 2-20)

Jersey won by 108 runs

At Grainville

Guernsey 131 for seven, 20 overs (T Kimber 55, T Ravenscroft 19; S Shah 3-22)

Denmark 110 all out, 19.1 overs (M Henriksen 35, F Klokker 22; D Hooper 2-16)

Guernsey won by 21 runs

At FB Fields

France 150 for eight, 20 overs (W Bhatti 63, K Thavalingam 41; C Sandri 3-28)

Italy 151 for four, 20 overs (C Sandri 51 not out, D Marage 26; W Singh 1-21)

Italy won by 6 wickets

Afternoon matches:

At Farmers

Italy 155 for four, 20 overs (P Petricola 54, D Crowley 54 not out; N Watkins 2-25)

Jersey 159 for six, 19.5 overs (E Farley 39; J Jenner 39; D Marage 3-11)

Jersey won by 4 wickets

At Grainville

Guernsey 172 for eight, 20 overs (T Kimber 87, B Ferbrache 25; S Hayat 3-30)

Norway 149 for six, 20 overs (E Ul-Haq 54, M Shahbaz Butt 46 not out; J Martel 2-27)

Guernsey won by 23 runs

At FB Fields

France 117 for seven, 20 overs (U Khan 37, W Bhatti 26; M Henriksen 1-6)

Denmark 118 for two, 12.5 overs (A Ahmed 54; Z Khan 32, W Singh 1-19)

Denmark won by 8 wickets

Sunday is a rest/reserve day

Monday's fixtures

Morning

At Farmers: Italy v Norway

At Grainville: Denmark v Jersey

At FB Fields: France v Guernsey

Afternoon

At Farmers: Italy v Guernsey

At Grainville: France v Jersey

At FB Fields: Norway v Denmark

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