Jersey Stun Scots To Stay In Hunt For T20 World Cup

T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier

Scotland 133-7: Cross 43, Watt 28; Carlyon 3-26, Ward 2-24

Jersey 134-9: Greenwood 49

Jersey triumph by 1 wicket

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Jersey stunned Scotland pinch a final-ball, one-wicket triumph to put them successful contention for a spot astatine nan T20 World Cup for nan first time.

Needing 1 tally from nan past transportation pinch 9 wickets down, Jake Dunford scrambled nan required single.

A triumph for Italy against nan Netherlands successful nan past fixture of nan European Qualifier would time off Jersey 2nd successful nan standings, which would return them to nan T20 World Cup successful India adjacent year.

A Dutch triumph would consequence successful them taking complete from nan Italians astatine nan top, pinch 2nd spot decided connected nett tally rate.

Scotland miss retired connected a 5th successive T20 World Cup, having been nan highest classed broadside astatine nan tournament.

"The adjacent fewer hours is perchance life defining for immoderate of our guys, but there's thing really we tin do astir it isolated from to bask our victory," Jersey skipper Charles Perchard told ICCTV.

"Years of graft and difficult activity and immoderate existent disappointments each led up to this infinitesimal and we're delighted.

"We've ne'er beaten a broadside arsenic bully arsenic Scotland before, truthful location was decidedly immoderate nerves successful nan camp.

"The coaches were trying to show america to enactment level and possibly we did, possibly we didn't, but we sewage complete nan statement successful nan end."

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