Batting spots up for grabs
GUERNSEY will keep Jersey and the public guessing on their final XI for the Odey Wealth Inter-Insular – now eight days away – until the morning of the game.
Skipper Jamie Nussbaumer yesterday confirmed that the team will be chosen from the 14 heading off to next month's World League Division Six tournament, but admitted that they already hand a clearer vision of how they will line up at Port Soif next week.
'I think we are pretty much down to 12,' said the captain, adding: 'we have three people vying for two batting spots'.
Whoever gets the nod, Nussbaumer is confident that a new era of success is close.
'When we all met up at the hotel last Sunday afternoon, having come in from all over, I looked around and you could see an air of confidence. There is now a lot more belief in each other.'
Meanwhile, two of Guernsey's U15 cricketers made the 'Dream Team XI' at the conclusion of the five-nation ICC Europe tournament at Rugby School.
All-rounder Dan Le Messurier and spinner Jack Birch made that XI, while the Guernsey captain, Nairn Guilbert, joined his colleagues in finishing in the 'MVP' top 10.
