World Cup Challenge League A 2024-27
P | W | T | NR | L | Pts | NRR | |
Jersey | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 2.03 |
Kuwait | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0.11 |
Papua New Guinea | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -0.13 |
Denmark | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | -0.37 |
Kenya | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -0.89 |
Qatar | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | -1.46 |
World Cup League 2
Canada lost to Namibia by 24 runs.

King City, Toronto, 2 September.



Jersey beat Qatar by 8 wickets.

Grainville, 31 August.


Denmark beat Kenya by 188 runs.

Farmers, 31 August.


Papua New Guinea v Qatar - no result.

Farmers, 30 August.


'Smash and Grab' in progress at Farmers as Qatar reduced PNG to 55-6. The predicted rain arrived to halt the action But back in action for the time being with Qatar hoping to run through the remaining batting in quick time. Peter Karoho and Damien Ravu held them up with a partnership of 75, but once it was broken the final four wickets fell in just three overs. Hard to get any details from ICC but it looks like it's going to be a 40 over second innings. PNG get five overs in before they're off again for the last time.
Kenya v Kuwait - no result.

Grainville, 30 August.


Mohammad Amin and Ali Zaheer rebuilding after Kenya take early wickets but rain has intervened. The weather radar not very encouraging, showing a short break before the next band of rain arrives. And in the end they call it a day.
Kuwait beat Denmark by 7 wickets.

Grainville, 28 August.


Denmark bowled out in just over 35 overs - and they have their number 10 Delawar Khan to thank for some sort of total, his 36* came off 20 balls, 2x4, 3x6. Five wickets for Nitish Lathief - he of the Sunil Narine lookalike action, as the Danes struggled to make headway against the Kuwaiti spinners. Early wickets for the Danes but Meet Bhavsay and Ali Zaheer added 122 in an unbroken fourth wicket partnership to claim the win.
Jersey beat Papua New Guinea by 160 runs.

Farmers, 28 August.



Asa Tribe freed from duty with Glamorgan back into the side and do Jersey need him today wickets tumbling around him! Two wickets fall with him on 99*. Last man George Richardson survives two balls and Tribe completes his century next over. Tribe turning down singles to farm the strike. 150 for Tribe and the Fifty partnership with Richardson on 0!! Simply magnificent hitting as the 49th goes 4,4,6,6,4, and the single to face the last over. He's caught first ball on the long-off boundary - a 10th wicket partnership of 78 - Tribe 78, Richardson 0. In their reply PNG sank to 11-4, two wickets each for Carlyon and Sumerauer and there was no way back despite resistance from Vagi Guba and Damien Ravu. 'Spin to Win' they say and today it was two wickets for each of the Jersey spin quartet, Greenwood, Blampied, Richardson and Carlyon.
Denmark v Qatar - no result.

Farmers, 27 August.


Kenya v Papua New Guinea - no result.

Grainville, 27 August.


Jersey beat Denmark by 89 runs.

Grainville, 25 August.



The Jersey Boys put in a performance worthy of their namesakes to entertain a large Bank-Holiday crowd at a sun drenched Granville. A 214 second wicket partnership between Nick Greenwood and Josh Lawrenson the highlight of an innings that also saw Zac Tribe and Jonty Jenner pepper the crowd on the bank with late runs. Solid start from the Danes 87-1 at the first drinks break but the required rate is already over 9 per over. 'Nelson' claims two wickets - a double strike in the 25th over by Nick Greenwood - Musa Shaheen lbw missing a reverse sweep and Saif Ahmad caught second ball. In the end scoreboard pressure inevitably gifted wickets to the spinners and the hosts ran out comfortable winners.
Qatar beat Kenya by 8 wickets.

Grainville, 24 August.



Kuwait beat Papua New Guinea by 4 wickets.

Farmers, 24 August.


Jersey tied with Kuwait

Farmers, 23 August.


A late flurry of runs from Yasin Patel and Shiraz Khan who added fifty for the eighth wicket has left the hosts chasing a rather bigger total than looked likely for most of the Kuwaiti innings. Josh Lawrenson again in the wickets adding three today to the four he claimed versus Kenya. Harrison Carlyon and Josh Lawrensen added 124 but both out within an over of each other. Jonty Jenner and Zac Tribe start the rebuilding job but Jenner drags on for only 6. Middle order wobble. Less than 20 needed but Sumerauer and Blampied both gone Five overs and 3 wickets left with 18 needed. Two needed off the final over and Dunford gives it the charge and slaps a catch to short mid wicket off the first! Dot to Chuggy and a single, 2 dots to Zac, one ball left scores tied! Hit hard to mid on and Tribe can't beat the fielder to the stumps - a tie!! You wonder whether trying to hit a boundary cost Jersey the win - hittting hard at the ball when 'tip and run' might have been the answer.
Denmark beat Papua New Guinea by 18 runs.

Grainville, 22 August.


Danish skipper Hamid Shah leading the way with a half century after they elected to bat first and his good work carried on by Lucky Ali. Not much else forthcoming for the Danes as wickets fell, Alei Nao claiming three, Michael Charlie two with one each for Sese Bau and John Kariko. Shakeel Zeb with the big wickets of Sese Bau and Assad Vala as PNG struggle to make headway in the chase, 79-4 at the halfway stage with 145 more needed. Kipling Doriga and Patrick Nou add 85 of those to keep PNG hopes alive before Nou chips tamely to mid off. 40 required off the final 5 overs but just 3 wickets in hand. Singles not enough and a couple of catches in the deep off Surya Anand sees the Barramundis fall 19 runs short.
Kuwait beat Qatar by 22 runs.

Grainville, 21 August.



A massive 181 run fourth wicket partnership between Ali Zaheer and Meet Bhavsar ended when Zaheer skied Maria-Louis to mid off on 99. Theirs the only two scores past 20 in the innings - but 300 a huge ask for Qatar who had their own fourth wicket stand of 95 between Muhammad Asim and Muhammad Tanvir. Still in there fighting with ten overs to go and 70 required but Asim out for 94 sets back their cause in a big way and eight an over for the last six was too big a task for the tail. Qatar were never ahead in the chase but a couple more overs of the Tanveer / Asim partnership might have made all the difference.
Jersey beat Kenya by 7 wickets.

Farmers, 21 August.



The Jersey Boys keeping the once mighty Kenya under strict control in the opening overs, captain Charles Perchard with the breakthrough in his first over. A real struggle for Kenya, off-spinner Josh Lawrenson removing the middle order and Nick Greenwood picking up the rest. Jersey lose a wicket in the first over of the chase, a loose waft outside off sees Greenwood drag his first delivery back onto the stumps and Lawrenson follows also without scoring and Carlyon survives a simple drop at extra cover, a nervy start from the hosts! And no third life for Carlyon as he chips tamely to mid on - three for Nelson Odhiambo. A half century partnership between Zac Tribe and Jonty Jenner steadied the ship and they made it a century with the winning run.
Kenya lost to Papua New Guinea by 1 wicket

Gymkhana, Nairobi, 5 October.


Kuwait lost to Papua New Guinea by 8 wickets

Ruaraka, Nairobi, 4 October.


A big blow to Kuwaiti hopes as they crumbled to 13/6 after being asked to bat by PNG. No way back from there although late order double figures from Shiraz Khan and Bilal Tahir plus those from top-scorer Aslam enabled them to scramble to 65. With Sese Bau leading the charge with 32 off 26 (7x4) PNG ended Kuwait's misery in double quick time, two boundaries from Charles Amini off the final two balls of the initial Powerplay claiming the win.
Kenya beat Qatar by 3 wickets

Gymkhana, Nairobi, 4 October.


A win for hosts Kenya in this basement battle sees Qatar winless after completing their fixtures. Qatar’s last three wickets doubled the score setting Kenya a below par 163 for victory, an unbeaten 63 from Rushab Patel steering them to the win
Jersey beat Denmark by 52 runs

Ruaraka, Nairobi, 5 October.


Kenya lost to Kuwait by 97 runs

Ruaraka, Nairobi, 2 October.


Runs all down the order for Kuwait as they bounced back from yesterday's batting failure against Jersey. Hosts Kenya no doubt disappointed that they could not wrap things up when they had 8 down for 238, allowing Lathief and Monib to add an unbeaten 74 for the ninth wicket. And those late runs proved to be secret of Kuwait's success as the hosts chase never threatened to get up to the required scoring rate. Kuwait join Jersey at the top of the points table but with a much inferior NRR to that of the Channel Islanders.
Denmark beat Qatar by 3 wickets

Gymkhana, Nairobi, 2 October.


Denmark claimed five wickets in the final five overs of the Qatar innings ruling out any late surge in a steady but unspectacular batting display. A five-for from Saif Ahmad who took his final two with the first and second deliveries of the final over. And it is Ahmad leading the Danish reply with an unbeaten half-century. He'll be the MOM if Denmark get the 74 they need off the final 10 overs. Ahmad stumped as the asking rate climbs and Hald run out as Thanikaithasan looks to be the hero retaining the strike. An over of long hops from Sajjad that goes for 10 keeps Denmark in it - 22 required of 18. Fifteen of them come from the 48th over and it looks like we will be saying 'a well paced chase'. Only 3 balls of the 49th required - Single, Four, Wide, SIX! Dalawar Khan finishing things in the grand manner - 29* off just 11 balls. In truth the final 21 balls from Qatar were shocking conceding 38 runs throwing away a good chance to claim the win.
Qatar lost to Papua New Guinea by 7 wickets

Ruaraka, Nairobi, 1 October.


Winless Qatar would have been delighted to be knocking on the door of a 300 total, but familiar faces for PNG, Tony Ura and Assad Valla took their side past 200 in a spectacular partnership worth 177 before Ura was run out off the final delivery of the thirtieth over. No stopping Assad Vala though as he powered on to an unbeaten 129 in an unbroken fourth wicket partnership of 91 with Hiri Hiri.
Jersey beat Kuwait by 123 runs

Gymkhana, Nairobi, 1 October.


A big win for the Jersey Boys over previously unbeaten Kuwait and a big boost to their already impressive NRR. A 101 run partnership for the third wicket between the Tribe brothers the basis of what looked like a vulnerable total of 219. The Kuwait reply in trouble from the off against the pace of Julius Sumerauer and the off-spin of Harrison Carlyon, who between them reduced their opponents to 23/5. No way back for the Kuwaitis as Josh Lawrenson then ran through what was left of their batting to claim a five-for in a one-sided contest.
Denmark beat Kenya by 4 wickets

Gymkhana, Nairobi, 29 September.


Jersey beat Papua New Guinea by 7 wickets
Gymkhana, Nairobi, 28 September.


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