Weather has had a massive bearing already

IT IS indicative of the summer we have had that the most memorable match outside of the GPL was one decided by the Duckworth-Lewis method... and that was the wrong D/L method at that.

But there can be no doubting that cricket has been hampered by wet weather throughout the season and there can also be no doubt that it has had a big bearing on today's inter-insular squads.

The fact is, neither Guernsey nor Jersey's better players have had the amount of cricket they would have liked ahead of World Cricket League Division Six.

To a large degree, that is why, with Kuala Lumpur looming large on the horizon, both islands have chosen to go with their Malaysia contingents today at the KGV.

• Read the full story in the Guernsey Press. Click here for subscription details. Individual editions are now available online.