Bulgaria 2022

T20 European Qualifier Finland 2022

Guernsey v Bulgaria

on 24th July 2022
at Tikkurila Cricket Ground, Vantaa, Vantaa
Toss won by Bulgaria who elected to field
Umpires: Mark Jameson (Germany), Shanaka Fernando (Italy), Allahudien Paleker (South Africa TV)
Referee: Gerrie Pienaar(South Africa)
Guernsey won by 52 runs (D/L)
Man-of-the-match T Nightingale

Guernsey innings			Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Bulgaria bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON
Isaac Damarell		b P Mishra	17	21	1	0	80.95	Asad Ali Rehemtulla	4	0	24	4	6
Luke Le Tissier		b Rehemtulla	0	6	0	0	0	Hristo Lakov	4	0	22	0	5.5
Josh Butler*	c P Mishra	b Sulaiman Ali	18	11	0	2	163.64	Sulaiman Ali	2	0	16	1	8
Matthew Stokes		b Rohit Dhiman	13	20	1	0	65	Prakash Mishra	4	0	28	1	7
Tom Nightingale		b Kevin Dsouza	40	24	4	2	166.67	Rohit Dhiman	3	0	26	1	8.67
Ben Ferbrache	c Nikolov	b Rehemtulla	28	27	1	1	103.7	Kevin Dsouza	2	0	13	1	6.5
Jason Martin+		b Rehemtulla	2	4	0	0	50
Anthony Stokes		b Rehemtulla	0	1	0	0	0
David Hooper	Not out		3	2	0	0	150
William Peatfield	Not out		0	0	0	0	0
Adam Martel	dnb
Extra	(b 0, w 6, nb 2, lb 1)		9
Total	(for 8 wkts in 19 overs)		130

Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Luke Le Tissier - 2.3 ov), 2-32 (Josh Butler - 4.5 ov), 3-49 (Isaac Damarell - 8.5 ov), 4-54 (Matthew Stokes - 9.5 ov), 5-122 (Tom Nightingale - 17.2 ov), 6-127 (Jason Martin - 18.1 ov), 7-127 (Anthony Stokes - 18.2 ov), 8-128 (Ben Ferbrache - 18.5 ov)

Bulgaria innings			Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Guernsey bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON
Hristo Lakov	st Martin	b A Martel	28	32	1	0	87.5	William Peatfield	3	0	11	0	3.67
Ishan A De Silva	c Ferbrache	b ACF Stokes	6	7	1	0	85.71	David Hooper	4	0	21	3	5.25
Saim Hussain+		b DR Hooper	22	25	0	1	88	Matthew Stokes	3	1	8	1	2.67
Kevin Dsouza		b ACF Stokes	1	8	0	0	12.5	Anthony Stokes	4	0	20	3	5
Prakash Mishra*	c Nightingale	b ACF Stokes	3	11	0	0	27.27	Adam Martel	4	0	17	3	4.25
Omar Rasool	st Martin	b DR Hooper	7	5	1	0	140
Mukul Kadyan		b MWR Stokes	0	1	0	0	0
Sulaiman Ali	Not out		3	11	0	0	27.27
Asad Ali Rehemtulla		b DR Hooper	0	1	0	0	0
Rohit Dhiman	st Martin	b A Martel	3	6	0	0	50
Dimo K Nikolov		b A Martel	0	1	0	0	0
Extra	(b 1, w 4, nb 0, lb 0)		5
Total	(in 18 overs)		78

Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Ishan A De Silva - 3.1 ov), 2-60 (Saim Hussain - 10.3 ov), 3-60 (Hristo Lakov - 11.1 ov), 4-63 (Kevin Dsouza - 13.3 ov), 5-66 (Prakash Mishra - 13.6 ov), 6-66 (Mukul Kadyan - 14.1 ov), 7-72 (Omar Rasool - 15.4 ov), 8-72 (Asad A Rehemtulla - 15.5 ov), 9-78 (Rohit Dhiman - 17.5 ov), 10-78 (Dimo K Nikolov - 17.6 ov)

‘Nightingale on song as Greens win opener’ by Gareth Le Prevost

Guernsey Evening Press 25^th July 2022

GUERNSEY are up and running in their quest for promotion. Neither Bulgaria nor the weather could prevent the Greens from opening their ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Sub Regional Europe Qualifier with a 52-run win yesterday at the Tikkurila Cricket Ground in Helsinki.

After Bulgaria had won the toss and opted to bowl, Guernsey’s innings was interrupted by rain in the seventh over, by which time they had already lost two wickets with Luke Le Tissier having departed for a duck while captain Josh Butler was caught attempting to hit his third six in his 11-ball cameo in the powerplay. The delay caused the match to be reduced by one over per side and Guernsey initially struggled to build momentum after the resumption as Zak Damarell was bowled attempting a big shot before Matt Stokes was yorked to leave the Greens 54 for 4 and the Bulgarians sensing an upset.

However, Tom Nightingale and Ben Ferbrache put together the substantial partnership their side required by adding 68 for the fifth wicket, which swung the match firmly in Guernsey’s favour. Nightingale was the main aggressor of the pair, hitting four fours and a couple of sixes in his 40 off just 24 balls while Ferbrache made an important 28 from 27 including a four and a six. ‘I’m really familiar with batting with Ben and he is really good at that role, anchoring it for me, and today it came off, but Ben played a massive part,’ said man-of-the-match Nightingale. A couple of late wickets tumbled towards the death with right-arm seamer Asad Ali Rehemtulla finishing with four wickets, but 130 always looked a competitive total.

Adam Martel photo by Martin Gray (Sportsphotography)

Bulgaria managed to hit boundaries in the first two overs of their reply, but soon the required rate was climbing rapidly as Guernsey turned the screw in the field. Ferbrache took a fine catch at mid-off to make the initial breakthrough off the bowling of Ant Stokes and although Hristo Lakov and Saim Hussain added 41 for the second wicket, once they were separated, wickets fell like dominoes.

The younger Stokes brother ended with three, as did his fellow left-arm spinner Adam Martel and David Hooper while Matt Stokes picked up the other. There were also three stumpings in a fine display from wicketkeeper Jason Martin as Bulgaria subsided to 78 all out with an over to spare. ‘We are a very strong fielding and bowling team and if we bat first we know we can defend whatever we get,’ Nightingale said.