Jersey's captain leads by example in comfortable win
IT WAS a convincing win for Jersey at Farmer's Field on Saturday, as captain and man-of-the-match Peter Gough led his team to their third successive inter-insular triumph.
The six-wicket defeat of the old enemy was the perfect way to all but finish what has been a long season for head coach Neil MacRae and his players.
While many Guernsey batsmen provided a level of resistance, few went on to score lots of runs.
Number nine Tom Kimber was the anomaly in an otherwise poor batting performance, scoring an unbeaten 41 from 49 balls to help his team limp to 168 all out.
As the day warmed up, Jersey's top order had the advantage of playing on what had quickly turned into an excellent batting surface.
Batting right the way through the innings was Jersey skipper Gough who, other than being dropped in the slips by Frith on 11 in the eighth over, rarely looked troubled as he scored an unbeaten 88 runs from 110 deliveries.
With the scores level and Jersey four wickets down, Gough completed a fine captain's performance by clipping a Will Peatfield delivery off his legs for four to confirm his team's triumph with 15.5 overs to spare.
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