Batting woes cost Greens as Jersey take the spoils
JERSEY will travel to the ICC T20 European Qualifier with their heads held high next week, having dented Guernsey’s confidence with a 3-0 InfrasoftTech T20 inter-insular whitewash.
The hosts were made to work for Channel Islands bragging rights in the inaugural tri-series at Farmer’s Field, but Ash Wright’s squad will take little solace from a weekend dominated by Jersey’s fielding unit as batsmen from both sides endured a number of testing outings.
After successfully defending 122 to claim a 14-run triumph and a 1-0 series lead on Friday night, Jersey repeated their efforts on Saturday morning with a seven-run success off 128.
The hat-trick was completed on Saturday afternoon with an eight-wicket win, after Guernsey were skittled out for 110.
After the second game, Guernsey coach Wright said: ‘On both days both teams have fielded and bowled really well. It’s a challenging wicket to get big scores on but we’ve let ourselves down with the bat twice.
‘I would have hoped we could have chased those scores. It’s very disappointing to be honest.
‘We need to get a result over the line. For whatever reason we seem to flap a bit when we come up against Jersey.’
More in Monday's Guernsey Press.
