Hail Guernsey's run rioters
CENTURION Matt Stokes says Guernsey 'want to send a message out' to the other teams in ICC World Cricket League Six that they are not about to let their standards drop.
The Sarnians registered a second successive convincing win in Essex yesterday as they saw off Botswana by 151 runs at Frinton, with opening batsman Stokes carrying his bat for a typically classy 135 not out.
That laid the foundations for his side's 313 for 3, with Tim Ravenscroft and Ben Ferbrache both smashing quick-fire half-centuries in a perfectly paced innings, before the opposition were bowled out for 162.
'It was quite nice to score some runs,' said a laughing Stokes, with his ton coming the day after a second-ball duck.
'I got off to a good start, I did not want to get too bogged down early on and although between 10 and 20 overs the run-rate slowed down considerably, we knew that if we had eight or nine wickets in hand for the last 20 overs, we could score at a better rate.'
Today is a rest day with Guernsey facing Suriname tomorrow in a top-of-the-table clash in group A.
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