Chance blown

PROMOTION hopes are all but over for Guernsey's cricketers.

Yesterday's agonising four-run, last-over defeat to the unbeaten Malaysia in Singapore means that only a minor miracle can see the Greens finish in the top two of Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division Five.

Mathematically, if tomorrow Guernsey thrash the Cayman Islands and the hosts lose to Argentina, the Sarnians can overtake Singapore and move into second spot and the showpiece final.

But that was far from the thoughts of a gutted squad in the immediate aftermath of their second defeat of the week.