Inter Insular #71 2025

Guernsey v Jersey

on Saturday 9th August 2025

at KGV, Guernsey

Toss won by Guernsey who elected to bat

Umpires: Carl Brooks (G) Suthan Selvachandran (J)
Scorers: Bob O’Brien (G) John Collier (J) Matthew Merrien (Online)
Player of the Match: George Richardson (J)

Jersey won by 8 wickets

Guernsey innings			Run	Ball	4s	6s	SR		Jersey Bowling	Ov	Mdn	Dot	Run	Wkt	Econ
Lucas Barker+	c C Brennan	b J Sumerauer	0	1	0	0	0		J Sumerauer	9	1	35	32	2	3.56	(2 w)
Ben Fitchet		b G Richardson	0	1	0	0	0		G Richardson	10	1	43	38	5	3.8	(4 w)
Martin-D Bradley	c A Tribe	b J Sumerauer	28	42	5	0	66.67		C Perchard*	5	0	19	16	0	3.2
Matt Stokes		b G Richardson	13	15	2	0	86.67		H Carlyon	10	0	44	25	1	2.5	(2 w)
Ollie Nightingale*	c J Dunford	b G Richardson	1	7	0	0	14.29		E Giles	3	0	9	12	0	4
Tom Nightingale		b G Richardson	23	48	1	0	47.92		N Greenwood	4	0	17	18	0	4.5
Ben Ferbrache	lbw	b H Carlyon	29	64	2	0	45.31		J Lawrenson	2	0	7	5	2	2.5
Adam Martel		b G Richardson	2	13	0	0	15.38
Luke Bichard	c&	b J Lawrenson	29	39	3	1	74.36
Anthony Stokes	c J Sumerauer	b J Lawrenson	12	26	1	0	46.15
Charlie Forshaw	not out		1	2	0	0	50
Extras	(b 0 lb 4 w 8 nb 0 )		12
Total	(in 43.0 overs )		150
FoW	1-0 (L Barker 0.1ov), 2-4 (B Fitchet 1.1ov), 3-33 (M Stokes 5.5ov), 4-35 (O Nightingale 7.5ov), 5-49 (M Bradley 12.6ov), 6-92 (T Nightingale 24.6ov), 7-98 (A Martel 28.6ov), 8-115 (B Ferbrache 33.5ov), 9-149 (A Stokes 42.2ov), 10-150 (L Bichard 42.6ov)

Jersey innings			Run	Ball	4s	6s	SR		Guernsey Bowling	Ov	Mdn	Dot	Run	Wkt	Econ
Harrison Carlyon	c T Nightingale	b C Forshaw	85	80	12	2	106.25		Luke Bichard	2	0	7	17	0	8.5
Nick Greenwood	lbw	b A Martel	20	14	3	1	142.86		Matt Stokes	4	0	13	30	0	7.5
Asa Tribe	not out		41	52	5	0	78.85		Adam Martel	3	0	11	21	1	7
Josh Lawrenson	not out		0	6	0	0	0		Martin-Dale Bradley	5	0	17	29	0	5.8	(1 w)
Zak Tribe	dnb								Anthony Stokes	8	0	26	28	0	3.5	(1 w)
Charles Perchard*	dnb								Charlie Forshaw	3.2	1	11	23	1	6.9
Jake Dunford †	dnb
Julius Sumerauer	dnb
Charlie Brennan	dnb
George Richardson	dnb
Ed Giles	dnb
Extras	(b 4 lb 0 w 2 nb 0 )		6
Total	(for 2 wickets in 25.2 overs)		152
FoW	1-39 (N Greenwood 4.5ov), 2-147 (H Carlyon 23.5ov)

‘Greens aiming to take the game to the opposition’ Gareth Le Prevost Guernsey Press Fri 8th Aug

Old foes renew acquaintances tomorrow and if the recent instalments of the rivalry are anything to go by, the Inter-Insular Trophy clash could be a cracker.

CBO Inter-Insular Trophy – Saturday 9 August, 10.30am (KGV)

Guernsey and Jersey have served up some real treats this summer, but those encounters have been over the short white-ball format in which the Reds edged a thrilling T20I Series 2-1 before getting the better of the Sarnians at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Europe Final tournament in the Netherlands despite the record-breaking partnership between Matt Stokes and Ollie Nightingale that threatened to pull off a remarkable turnaround victory for a while.

Those performances have given the Greens a degree of confidence that they can get their hands back on the 50-over silverware for the first time in 10 years this weekend.

‘We’ve always got a chance,’ said skipper Nightingale. ‘I think against Jersey earlier in the year in the T20s, we could have easily won that series 3-0. So if we’d won that 3-0 and we were going into a one-off game, you’d probably give us a good chance. ‘They’ll go in as favourites and rightly so, because they’re a good team. Look, they beat 13th in the world three weeks ago, so I guess it’s different to your other inter-island matches, but look, we’ve got a great opportunity to go out there and take the game to them and see what we can do.’

Jersey will be without Jonty Jenner, who scored a brilliant century the last time the inter-insular was held at the KGV, but they are boosted by the availability of Glamorgan batter Asa Tribe.

Guernsey have four squad regulars unavailable in Charlie Birch, Josh Butler, Zak Damarell and Charlie Simmonds, but they have welcomed Lucas Barker back into the fold and they will be hoping he can bring his fine domestic form to the inter-insular stage. ‘A couple of guys made themselves unavailable for various reasons, which is pretty disappointing, but Lucas is back,’ Nightingale said. ‘He brings a lot of energy, brings something a bit different, so he’s been good around the group the last couple of weeks and hopefully there’s a bit of a longer term play there. He’s really keen to come back, so I’m looking forward to having him involved. ‘I don’t think we’ve played one game of cricket with our first XI, or what on paper would be your first XI, this season, and we’re probably not going to do so. ‘We know it’s going to be tough, but look, we’ve played some good cricket in patches, and it takes a couple of blokes to have a day out and we’ll be in with a good chance.’

The captain added that although the squad’s focus has largely been on T20 cricket for much of the season for obvious reasons, he is not concerned about being undercooked in the 50-over format. ‘We’re pretty used to chopping and changing. Obviously the squad stays fairly similar, so I guess it’s just about getting in the nets and maybe applying ourselves a bit more and looking at playing longer format cricket again.

‘Obviously at the tournament [in the Netherlands] we spoke a lot about doing things better for longer, so I guess this is a great chance to go and do things better for a longer period of time with it being 50 overs. ‘I think the nature of KGV at the moment is it’s going to be high run scoring. So if we go out there and sit and expect things to happen, then we’re going to be in a bit of trouble. ‘[The key to success is] probably being aggressive. When we’re playing well, we’re taking the game to the opposition, and when we’re not playing well, we tend to sit back and wait for things to happen. Against the side that they’re bringing, we’re not going to be able to do that, so hopefully we’ll go out there, give it a good go and see what we can do.’

Squads

Guernsey: Ollie Nightingale (captain), Lucas Barker, Luke Bichard, Martin-Dale Bradley, Ollie Clapham, Ben Ferbrache, Ben Fitchet, Charlie Forshaw, Harry Johnson, Adam Martel, Tom Nightingale, Ed Robinson, Ant Stokes, Matt Stokes.

Jersey: Chuggy Perchard (captain), Charlie Brennan, Harrison Carlyon, Jake Dunford, Ed Giles, Patrick Gouge, Nick Greenwood, Josh Lawrenson, Will Perchard, Theo Pullman, George Richardson, Julius Sumerauer, Asa Tribe, Zak Tribe.

‘Jersey dominate to retain trophy’        Gareth Le Prevost   Mon 11^th Aug 2025     GEP

Jersey dominated, literally, from first ball to last on Saturday as they retained the Inter-Insular Trophy with plenty to spare – nearly half their overs in fact.

Such was their superiority on the day that, after the presentation following their eight-wicket win, some of the visiting squad even went back out to the middle to get some practice in ahead of their upcoming ICC Challenge League tournament.

It was certainly a sobering experience for Guernsey who have made improvements under their current management but were given a stark reminder that they have a long was to go to catch their neighbours.

Everything was set up for a feast of runs with the KGV pitch like the proverbial road and the outfield like lightning. The hosts would have been chuffed too, when skipper Ollie Nightingale won the toss and took the opportunity to get first use of the strip by opting to bat. It was the right decision – one even backed by the only man to captain both sides in the inter-insular, Ward Jenner.

But Sarnian hope very quickly turned into a nightmare. The recalled Lucas Barker took strike for the first ball of the day from paceman Julius Sumerauer, it turned out to be a drag down and perhaps such a loosener caught the batter out because his attempted pull shot was so mistimed that the ball, seemingly in slow motion, looped up into the leg side when Charlie Brennan eventually got moving to take a diving catch to give Jersey the perfect start.

A streaky four later in the over from Martin-Dale Bradley put the first runs on the board, but then George Richardson matched his new-ball partner by taking a wicket with his first ball, as Ben Fitchet tried to defend a rising delivery but only succeeded in playing it on to his stumps. Both openers had fallen for golden ducks before the travelling Jersey fans, as well as many Guernsey supporters, had even arrived.

Things could not get much worse for the hosts, but they only improved marginally. Bradley played a couple of positive shots while Matt Stokes typically looked to have more time than any other home batter while he was at the crease. Everyone knew though that Stokes was the big wicket and unfortunately for Guernsey he was also to fall in the power-play. It was a bizarre dismissal at the time with Richardson and his teammates going up for a big LBW shout as Stokes played a forward defensive, but despite the umpire’s finger staying down, the appeal turned into celebration as the slips noticed the ball had squeezed through and rolled onto off stump to dislodge the bail. Stokes could not quite believe it but 13 was unlucky for both him and Guernsey.

Captain Nightingale did not last long as he managed to get a tickle to wicketkeeper Jake Dunford down the leg side from one of Richardson’s rare poor deliveries and the hosts lost their fifth wicket before they had reached 50 when Bradley, who had batted nicely for his 28, was well caught by Glamorgan professional Asa Tribe in the gully as he tried to cut Sumerauer.

Having dug themselves into such a deep hole they were never likely to recover against a ruthless Jersey side. Tom Nightingale and Ben Ferbrache put together the best partnership of the innings as they showed what was possible with a little application, but even adding 43 for the sixth wicket did not get their side to three figures before the former became Richardson’s next victim, bowled by a full-pitch delivery. The Jersey debutant then claimed his five-for with the final ball of his 10 overs when Adam Martel played on with the Sarnians still not having reached 100.

It was only thanks to a few more runs from Ferbrache and the sensible approach from a capable tail that Guernsey managed to nudge their way up to 150. Ferbrache fell for 29 as he missed an attempt to sweep a straight one from Harrison Carlyon before Luke Bichard brought an almost relieved cheer from the crowd when he struck the first six of the day with a lovely drive over long-off. He was to add three boundaries as he finished joint top-scorer with Ferbrache and his ninth-wicket partnership of 34 with Ant Stokes was the second highest for their side. However, both fell in the same over – Stokes brilliantly caught over his shoulder by Sumerauer and Bichard chipping a chance straight back to bowler Josh Lawrenson – as the Guernsey innings finished as it began, with a whimper.

In total contrast, Jersey showed what a lovely day to bat it really was. Carlyon was typically positive with powerful shots both sides of the wicket and Nick Greenwood was also quick onto anything loose. Nightingale had to turn to his spin options early on in the reply and although Martel’s first ball was a juicy full toss that got the treatment it deserved, he did make the breakthrough later in the over as Greenwood was trapped LBW going for a slog sweep. Carlyon kept on his merry way, though, having been joined by Tribe who respected any decent delivery while caressing any bad one to the rope. Together they added 108 for the second wicket and took Jersey to within one shot of victory. It was in trying to finish the match in style that Carlyon fell for a quality 85, caught at deep cover by Tom Nightingale to give 18-year-old Charlie Forshaw a wicket, so instead it was left to Tribe to hit the winning runs in just the 26^th over.