'Tremendous' Jersey win six out of six in Cyprus
Jersey's women have not lost a game in any format since July last year
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Jersey put in a "tremendous" performance as they won all six of their T20 international matches in Cyprus over Easter.
The islanders faced Isle of Man, Denmark and the hosts as part of preparations for next month's T20 World Cup qualifying tournament in Rome.
Jersey beat the Isle of Man by nine wickets and eight wickets in their two games, registered 76-run and eight-wicket wins over Cyprus and beat Denmark by 145 runs and eight wickets.
Jersey batter Aimee Aikenhead hit 220 runs in the six games while Analise Merritt scored 165.
Skipper Chole Greechan and Florence Tanguy each took 10 wickets across the six matches in the Cyprus WT20I Cup.
"It was tremendous," head coach Darren Thomas told BBC Sport.
"The girls have put a lot of hard work in this winter and they've reaped a little bit of reward for it in preparation for our Rome Division Two competition at the back end of May.
"We were challenged two to three times during the six games when we were put under real pressure.
"But I think it's testament to the girls' confidence, the way they've gone about their business since our T10 success in Malaga and the way they're embracing the training and philosophy towards T10 and T20 cricket."
Jersey were one win away from progressing in the qualifying tournament for the last T20 World Cup
Jersey will face Isle of Man again along with Germany, Sweden, Spain and hosts Italy in Rome next month.
The top two sides will progress to Division One of European qualifying for the 2026 Women's T20 World Cup and a top-two finish in that tournament would secure a spot in the Global Qualifier.
Jersey will hope to improve on the third place they achieved in the same tournament two years ago when they hosted the event.
"Confidence is everything in sport," added Thomas.
"We had a lot of confidence from our T10 competition back in December, then went to Gibraltar and played two T20 internationals and did very well in them.
"The girls are on a very good winning streak currently. We've had a lot of success and confidence is breeding throughout the squad at the moment, which is really nice to see."