The Cricket World Cup Challenge League, the third tier of international one-day cricket, began this past week in Nairobi, and the Channel Islanders of Jersey find themselves on top of the table after a successful tour.

They started the trip with a six wicket defeat against hosts Kenya on the opening day, but recovered well, beating Qatar by 168 runs the next day thanks to a maiden List A century by Zak Tribe. This was followed by a seven wicket win over Papua New Guinea, freshly relegated from the last incarnation of World Cup League 2.

With Asa Tribe back in the side after playing in the conclusion to Glamorgan's season, the Tribe brothers both made fifties and shared in a 101 run partnership in a 123 run win over Kuwait. The tour ended today with a 52 run win over European rivals Denmark.

Josh Lawrenson leaps in celebration

PNG's loss to Jersey was their only defeat of this leg, but Jersey are just ahead on net run rate. With Jersey set to host the next leg of Group A, they find themselves well placed to return to the Men's Cricket World Cup Qualifier play-off.

Kuwait finished third, with their lonly defeats coming against Jersey and PNG, whilst hosts Kenya were unable to capitalise on their opening day win and finished fourth with only one futther win coming in the tournament. They were just ahead of Denmark on net run rate, whilst Qatar lost every match and find themselves firmly on the backfoot at the bottom of the table.

Group B of the Challenge League begins next month in Uganda, with the hosts welcoming Bahrain, Hong Kong, Italy, Singapore and Tanzania.