Dutch complete the double

GUERNSEY closed the gap considerably on the Netherlands before losing the second ICC U19 Challenge Series match by 77 runs at Port Soif yesterday.

Having been skittled for double figures and comprehensively beaten a day earlier, the Sarnian batsmen showed some decent fight on this occasion, before time ran out on 182 for eight.

That still fell well short of the 259 that the Dutch racked up, the final wicket falling off the final ball of the 50 overs, as Guernsey fought back well.

Having been on 194 for four at one stage, the Dutch lost a glut of wickets late on, as some impressive Guernsey fielding resulted in three separate run-out incidents.