Inter Insular #6 T20 2025 Game 3
| Jersey innings | Run | Ball | 4s | 6s | SR | Guernsey Bowling | Ov | Mdn | Run | Wkt | ECON | WD | NB | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Carlyon | c †Damarell | b H Johnson | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | Harry Johnson | 4 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 8.75 | 2 | 0 | |
| Nick Greenwood | b Bichard | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | Luke Bichard | 4 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 6.75 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zak Tribe | c ACF Stokes | b M Bradley | 23 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 121.05 | Martin-Dale Bradley | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jonty Jenner | c †Damarell | b L Bichard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Matthew Stokes | 4 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 7.25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Julius Sumerauer | b MW Stokes | 34 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 161.9 | Anthony Stokes | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Brennan | c Bichard | b ACF Stokes | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 50 | Adam Martel | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patrick Gouge † | c Fitchet | b ACF Stokes | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |||||||||
| Stanley Norman | c & | b ACF Stokes | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | |||||||||
| William Perchard | not out | 29 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 103.57 | ||||||||||
| Charles Perchard* | not out | 26 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 113.04 | ||||||||||
| Theo Pullman | dnb | |||||||||||||||
| Extras | (lb 1, w 3) | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Total | (for 8 wkts) | 130 | ||||||||||||||
| Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Harrison Carlyon, 0.5 ov), 2-2 (Nick Greenwood, 1.1 ov), 3-2 (Jonty Jenner, 1.2 ov), 4-58 (Julius Sumerauer, 7.2 ov), 5-64 (Zak Tribe, 8.4 ov), 6-65 (Patrick Gouge, 9.1 ov), 7-73 (Stanley Norman, 11.1 ov), 8-74 (Charlie Brennan, 11.4 ov) | ||||||||||||||||
| Guernsey innings | Run | Ball | 4s | 6s | SR | Jersey Bowling | Ov | Mdn | Run | Wkt | ECON | WD | NB | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Butler | c Norman | b Pullman | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 150 | Theo Pullman | 3 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 8.66 | 3 | 0 | |
| Ben Fitchet | b Sumerauer | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 38.46 | Nick Greenwood | 4 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 4.25 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Nightingale | c Carlyon | b Greenwood | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 125 | Julius Sumerauer | 4 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | |
| Matthew Stokes | not out | 66 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 146.66 | Harrison Carlyon | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Isaac Damarell † | b CW Perchard | 7 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 43.75 | Charles Perchard | 4 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 3.75 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oliver Nightingale* | run out (CPerchard/Carlyon) | 17 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 73.91 | William Perchard | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Martin-Dale Bradley | b Sumerauer | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 55.55 | ||||||||||
| Luke Bichard | c & | b CW Perchard | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |||||||||
| Adam Martel | c †Gouge | b CW Perchard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Anthony Stokes | not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | ||||||||||
| Harry Johnson | dnb | |||||||||||||||
| Extras | (b 3, lb 2, nb 1, w 8) | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Total | (for 8 wkts) | 127 | ||||||||||||||
| Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Josh Butler, 0.4 ov), 2-14 (Tom Nightingale, 1.5 ov), 3-31 (Ben Fitchet, 4.5 ov), 4-46 (Isaac Damarell, 8.1 ov), 5-96 (Oliver Nightingale, 15.5 ov), 6-113 (Martin-Dale Bradley, 18.2 ov), 7-126 (Luke Thomas Bichard, 19.4 ov), 8-126 (Adam Martel, 19.5 ov) | ||||||||||||||||
Jersey retain T20I Inter-Insular after thrilling 2-1 series win
Joy for Jersey as they beat Guernsey by just three runs in a thrilling decider, despite Stokes’ valiant efforts
by Elliot Corbel Jersey Post 9th June 2025
Guernsey’s Matt Stokes hit an unbeaten 66 GARY GRIMSHAW
JERSEY men’s cricketers retained their T20I Inter Insular trophy with a 2-1 series win over Guernsey after a thrilling three-run victory in game three split the difference on Saturday evening.
The rain poured at the National Cricket Centre at Grainville, but incredibly, all three games of cricket were able to provide results. A massive tip of the hat must go to the groundstaff of Daniel Birrell and Pete Gough, along with many helpers on Saturday morning, for their efforts in getting the ground fit for play. And it’s a good thing they did, because what the local cricket fans were witness to was of the highest drama.
Winning the toss, Perchard opted to bat first in the decider, hoping to continue their batting momentum from game two. The Sarnians knew though that this was arguably their best chance in a long time to snatch a series win over their greatest rivals and came flying out of the blocks. A pumped-up home crowd quickly fell into stunned silence, as one, two, three wickets fell in the space of four balls, Carlyon, Greenwood and Jenner back in the hutch, contributing just two runs between them. With the score at 2 for 3 midway through the second over, the visitors showed no sign of letting Jersey off the hook.
Sumerauer and Tribe combined to put some pressure back on with a partnership worth over 50, the former smashing 34 from 21 balls, before he too was removed bowled by Matt Stokes, the score now 58 for 4. Tribe would follow soon after, well caught in the covers by the impressive Ant Stokes for 23, before Patrick Gouge, Charlie Brennan and Stan Norman all followed cheaply in quick succession.
The deciding game of the inter insular series and the home side found themselves 74 for 8 after just 11 overs. If ever there was a time for a captain’s performance, it was now, but it was not just the one Perchard who stepped up.
Captain Chuggy joined all-rounder and cousin, Will Perchard at the crease, with their side on its knees. The two Farmers players however were not going to go down without a fight, and they set about batting the remaining overs out. As they nudged and nurdled, the score gradually nudged up towards the 100 mark, an already impressive feat from where they were at the start of the innings. However the pair were not done, commencing an onslaught in the final 3 overs, including a mighty six from the captain and an impressive switch hit for four from the final ball by Will. From 2 for 3 and 74 for 8, Jersey had somehow managed to post a more than competitive total of 130 for 8 and the momentum of the innings had well and truly swung back in their favour.
With their tails up, Jersey hit the ground hard with the ball, as Theo Pullman, called up for his T20I debut for this match, took the new ball and had an immediate impact, producing a false shot and subsequent leading edge from Josh Butler to the hands of Stan Norman for the early wicket they so badly wanted. The hard-hitting Tom Nightingale was next to go, slicing a big swipe high to Carlyon off Greenwood’s canny off-spin, before the pace of Sumerauer proved too much for Fitchet, Jersey pegging their visitors back to 31 for 3 in the powerplay.
In at four for Guernsey came Matt Stokes, a classy all-rounder, who looked a cut above the rest on a now very challenging wicket. Stokes would go on to calmly pass his half century, his fourth in T20I’s, surpassing Guernsey’s previous record of three by teammate Josh Butler. With Zac Damarell’s departure at 46 for 4, captain Ollie Nightingale strolled to the crease and he combined with Stokes to swing things back in the Sarnian’s favour. They used the pace, found the gaps and ran extremely well to continue to tick the scoreboard along while ensuring they didn’t lose any further wickets. It looked as though Guernsey may have just made themselves favourites, when the big moment came. Nightingale took off for a quick single, punching one towards mid-off, however a flying Carlyon was on hand to swoop in, pick up one handed and flick the ball towards his captain at the stumps. The bails were whipped off, but Nightingale looked unperturbed, which soon turned to abject horror as he saw the umpires finger signal his demise. Sumerauer returned to remove Martin-Dale Bradley in fairly unfortunate style, as he managed to hit his own stumps after attempting a big strike over the leg side. However, Stokes made the shot look much easier, as he climbed into another short ball from Sumerauer, depositing him on top of the Grainville bank, followed up by a cut shot for four to take it from 20 off 12 balls, to just 7 runs needed for victory from the final over. Cometh the hour, and it was skipper Perchard to stand up once again.
Captain Perchard continued: “Honestly, I live for those sorts of moments, it’s what gets me out of bed in the mornings. “I always back myself and I know where my strengths are, I had complete belief in myself that we could get over the line there.”
With Stokes sat on 65 not out at the other end, a couple of singles came from the first three balls, before Perchard struck, producing a knick from Luke Bichard which was smartly held up to the stumps by keeper Gouge, 5 runs needed from the final 2 balls. Adam Martel was the new man, but with Stokes still sat agonizingly at the other end, he could only manage to chip one back to Perchard first ball, leaving Ant Stokes to join his brother and have just one ball for heroic status, needing 5 to win or 4 to tie. His attempted reverse sweep was gloved limply into the off-side, sealing the win for the home side by just 3 runs, their narrowest ever margin of victory in T20I’s and a big sigh of relief from the home supporters. Thoughts went out to the excellent Matt Stokes, who finished unbeaten on 66, which moved him again above teammate Butler to 914 T20I runs, a new record for Guernsey.
After lifting the trophy and collecting the player of the match award, Perchard concluded: “I’ll look back on moments like these in years to come and will be incredibly proud of that performance. We made a lot of people happy with this win and I’m extremely proud of this group for this achievement.”
