Greens suffer first defeat as decisions go against them
ON TOP of the world at the start of the day, in danger of leaving it by the end. That was the situation facing Guernsey after their seven-wicket beating by Jersey at Farmers Field yesterday.
Guernsey have slipped off the top of the World Cricket League Division Five table and should they be beaten again by tournament favourites Oman tomorrow, the likelihood is that Jersey will grab second spot and the Greens will have to win a third/fourth play-off on Saturday to survive on the world stage and not slip back into European regional cricket.
Having been asked to bat, Guernsey started well with GH Smit and Matt Stokes putting on 58 for the first wicket, but then wickets started tumbling – a couple of them to controversial caught-behind decisions including that of Stokes – and the Greens were bowled out for 149.
Ben Stevens then hit an unbeaten 67 to guide Jersey home.
'We were not helped by a couple of poor decisions but we know we were below par today. We lost and deserved to lose,' said Guernsey captain Jamie Nussbaumer.
Full report and reaction in Thursdays Guernsey Press.
