London 15 August : Jersey have kept their dream of qualifying for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 in India alive and beat a tough Uganda by a net run rate of.5 to win their Challenge League group. Despite a loss against Kenya and Uganda’s crushing win against Hong Kong, the Channel Islanders might be able to count on some of their biggest victories earlier in the tournament to guarantee their top spot in the tournament.
This means Chuggy Perchard’s team will move on to the Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off in which they will face the top four players of Cricket World Cup League Two and also the winner of the second Challenge League group, according to ICC.
Jersey were not at their best in the final day at the Grainville Cricket Ground in St.Saviour (Jersey), although it was not a big deal in the overall plan of the team’s hopes of progress.The team was beaten by 172.Jersey were beaten by Kenya who ended the tournament in fourth place.
Except for the day’s final, Jersey played with aplomb in the final phase of the tournament and made the most of the home-like conditions.They defeated Bermuda by 220 runs, and Italy by 45 runs, they won against Uganda as well as Hong Kong as the three teams fought for the top place.
At the point of going to a number-crunching day, the possibility of overcoming Jersey in the standings seemed extremely unlikely, but it did not hinder players from throwing the bat at every single thing in their game against Hong Kong.
Simon Ssesazi and Arnold Otwani put on a stunning opening stand of 290 in just 43 overs with both hitting 28 boundaries in the speed blitz.
Ssesazi’s 137 (134) and Arnold Otwani’s 129 (128) resulted in the Cricket Cranes’ total of 397/3 with Dinesh Nakrani (50 not out off 21 balls) and Riazat Ali Shah (50 off 22) making 103 in the final seven overs.It’s the third highest List A total in matches with two Associate Members.
Kinchit Shah scored a thrilling 53 (51) in reply, however Hong Kong struggled to build partnerships, and were defeated by 179.Kinchit Shah was always present.Frank Nsubuga, a fortnight away from turning 42, racked up 3/27.
Jersey are now waiting to find out who they will play in the Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off, with the top two of the six-team contest moving to the 10-team Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe next year.
With one leg left in the second Challenge League group, Canada are currently the top team for progress as USA, Namibia, Nepal and Papua New Guinea are the teams currently in the bottom four of Cricket World Cup League 2.
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