ICC European T20  Division 1 Netherlands 2018

Guernsey v Czech Republic

Successful Guernsey squad promoted to the European play-offs in 2019

Guernsey innings			R	B	4s	6s	SR		Czech Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
LJ Barker		b Arshad Hayat	24	25	1	0	96.00		S Wickramasekara	4	0	25	2	6.25	10	1	0	3	0
J Butler *		b Wickramasekara	37	23	5	0	160.86		SMK Waththage	4	0	41	1	10.25	8	4	2	1	0
MWR Stokes	lbw	b Waththage	80	53	8	0	150.94		A Ashokan	2	0	14	0	7	4	1	0	0	0
LC Le Tissier		b Wickramasekara	9	8	1	0	112.50		Arshad Hayat	4	0	35	1	8.75	6	2	0	1	0
LB Ferbrache	not out		23	10	1	2	230.00		Naveed Ahmed	4	0	43	0	10.75	5	5	0	0	0
TW Nightingale	not out		0	1	0	0	0.00		S Udugalage	2	0	20	0	10	4	3	0	0	0
DR Hooper	dnb
IDA Damarell †	dnb
ACF Stokes	dnb
JL Martel	dnb
WA Peatfield	dnb
Extras	(lb 3, w 5)		8
TOTAL	(for 4 wkts in 20 Overs)		181	(at 9.05)
Fall of wickets: 1-67 (LJ Barker, 9.1 ov), 2-139 (J Butler, 16.1 ov), 3-157 (MWR Stokes, 17.4 ov), 4-163 (LC Le Tissier, 18.5 ov)

Czech Republic Innings			R	B	4s	6s	SR		Guernsey Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
S Gladston	c Barker	b MWR Stokes	1	5	0	0	20		TW Nightingale	1	0	8	0	8	4	0	0	3	0
Hilal Ahmad	run out (Stokes)		0	0	0	0	-		MWR Stokes	2	0	5	2	2.5	8	0	0	0	0
EB Knowles *		b ACF Stokes	11	19	2	0	57.89		WA Peatfield	4	0	22	1	5.5	15	4	0	1	0
S Wickramasekara	c Barker	b MWR Stokes	5	10	0	0	50		ACF Stokes	4	0	10	4	2.5	19	1	0	0	0
A Ashokan		b ACF Stokes	5	3	1	0	166.66		JL Martel	3.5	0	11	2	2.86	19	0	1	2	0
J Hoffman †		b Peatfield	0	5	0	0	0		LC Le Tissier	1	0	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	0
S Pokhriyal	c Nightingale	b Martel	22	37	2	1	59.45
S Udugalage	c Ferbrache	b Martel	2	8	0	0	25
Arshad Hayat	c Peatfield	b ACF Stokes	2	2	0	0	100
Naveed Ahmed		b ACF Stokes	0	1	0	0	0
SMK Waththage	not out		0	5	0	0	0
Extras	(b 2, w 9)		11
TOTAL	(in 15.5 Overs)		59	(at 3.72)
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Hilal Ahmad, 0.2 ov), 2-8 (S Gladston, 1.1 ov), 3-14 (S Wickramasekara, 3.6 ov), 4-23 (A Ashokan, 5.2 ov), 5-24 (J Hoffman, 6.2 ov), 6-30 (EB Knowles, 7.3 ov), 7-36 (S Udugalage, 10.4 ov), 8-38 (Arshad Hayat, 11.2 ov), 9-38 (Naveed Ahmed, 11.3 ov), 10-59 (S Pokhriyal, 15.5 ov)

Ant Stokes going for the run out

Another success for Ant Stokes

A pleas from Ant Stokes that it must be out

Jordan Martel’s fine spell

Lucas Barker makes an excellent catch

Luke Le Tissier finishes the match off with a six

Matt Stokes approaches his 50 with a clip to leg

Tom Nightingale delivers a tidy over

‘Finalists confirmed after final day’s play’     Andrew Nixon        Cricket Europe

The line-up for next year’s European regional qualifying final has been confirmed, with Germany, Guernsey and Jersey joining Italy, Denmark and Norway, who all secured their  place yesterday.

In Group A, Germany qualified despite a two run defeat to Austria. Armaan Randhawa top scored for the Austrians with 42 as they scored 142-6 from their 20 overs. Germany fell just short with 140-6, but the Austrians hadn’t won by enough to lift their net run rate above that of Germany.
The other group A matches saw Denmark easily beat France by 73 runs, largely thanks to Rizwan Mahmood’s knock of 72, and Portugal pick up their first win of the tournament with a five wicket win over Cyprus.

In Group B, Jersey batted first after winning the toss against Finland. Benjamin Ward and Jonty Jenner put on 72 for the first wicket before the latter was out for 40 from the first ball of the ninth over. Ward was eventually the fourth man out having scored 36. The final total for Jersey was 130. Ben Kynman then took 4-10 to bowl the Finns out for 66 to secure a 64 run win and their place in the regional final.
The other group B matches saw Italy complete a relatively simple 8 wicket win over the Isle of Man and Spain beat Belgium by 4 wickets.

Guernsey’s place in the final was confirmed by a thumping win over the Czech Republic in Group C. Batting first, a Matt Stokes innings of 80 helped the Channel Islanders score 181-4 from their 20 overs. Anthony Stokes then took 4-10 as the Czechs were bundled out for just 59, losing by 122 runs.
In the other Group C matches, Sweden beat Gibraltar by 31 runs thanks to an unbeaten 72 by Raz Ahsik Imitaz, whilst Norway beat Israel by 24 runs.

Matt Stokes receives his player-of-the-match award

Group A	P	Pts	NRR		Group B	P	Pts	NRR		Group C	P	Pts	NRR
Denmark	5	10	3.39		Italy	5	10	1.696		Norway	5	10	2.356
Germany	5	6	2.53		Jersey	5	8	2.113		Guernsey	5	8	1.895
Austria	5	6	0.73		Spain	5	4	-0.445		Sweden	5	6	0.203
France	5	4	-2.48		Belgium	5	4	-0.806		Israel	5	2	-0.438
Portugal	5	2	-0.8		Finland	5	2	-1.276		Czech Republic	5	2	-1.66
Cyprus	5	2	-2.45		Isle of Man	5	2	-1.657		Gibraltar	5	2	-2.273

Next year Guernsey, Jersey, Denmark, Italy, Norway and Germany will play in a tournament to determine the qualifier from the European region for the global 2020 T20 event in Australia.

The Stats for the European qualifier Group C just played as far as Guernsey is concerned are;

Highest team score: 1st with 181 for 4 v Czech Republic
Largest wins:    1st with 122 runs v Czech Republic and 1st with 10 wickets v Gibraltar
Most runs:   Matt Stokes 3rd with 132,  Lucas Barker 5th with 119 and Josh Butler 6th with 116
Highest score:  Matt Stokes 1st with 80, Lucas Barker and Josh Butler 6th with 52*
Average:   Josh Butler 4th with 38.7 and Matt Stokes 7th with 33
Most 50s:   Matt Stokes, Josh Butler and Lucas Barker joint 1st with 1
Most boundaries in innings:  Lucas Barker 2nd with 38 runs scored as 8×4 and 1×6
Most wickets:  Ant Stokes 1st with 14 wickets and Will Peatfield 2nd with 11 wickets
Best bowling:  Ant Stokes 3rd with 4-0-10-4
Average:  Ant Stokes 2nd at 5.35 (14 wkts for 75), Jordan Martel 3rd at 5.5 (2 wkts for 11), Will Peatfield 7th at 7.63 (11 wkts for 84)
Economy rate:  Jordan Martel 1st at 2.86, Luke Le Tissier 4th at 3.68 and Ant Stokes 5th at 3.75
Strike rate:  Ant Stokes 3rd at 8.5 and Will Peatfield 7th at 10.8
Wicketkeeping:  Zak Damarell 5th with 3 (1 ct 2 st)
Fielding:  Luke Le Tissier 1st with 4 and Lucas Barker 3rd with 3
Partnerships:  L Barker / J Butler 1st with 76*, J Butler / M Stokes 2nd with 72, L Barker / J Butler 5th with 67 and M Stokes / L Le Tissier 8th with 58