Jersey stun Scotland but miss out on T20 World Cup

Nick Greenwood was the hero with the bat for Jersey, making 49

T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier, The Hague, Netherlands

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

Jersey 134-9: Greenwood 49

Jersey win by one wicket

Scorecard

Jersey stunned Scotland with a final-ball, one-wicket victory but just missed out on qualifying for the T20 World Cup for the first time.

Needing one run from the last delivery with nine wickets down, Jake Dunford scrambled the required single.

The part-time Channel Islanders then had to hope the last fixture of the European Qualifier went their way but a big win for the Netherlands against Italy meant they dropped from second place to third on net run-rate.

Italy will make their tournament bow in India and Sri Lanka next year, while the Dutch topped the five-team table.

Scotland miss out on a fifth successive T20 World Cup, having been the highest ranked side at the event.

"The next few hours is potentially life defining for some of our guys, but there's nothing really we can do about it except to enjoy our victory," Jersey captain Charles Perchard had told ICCTV after a famous win.

"Years of graft and hard work and some real disappointments all led up to this moment and we're delighted.

"We've never beaten a side as good as Scotland before, so there was definitely some nerves in the camp.

"The coaches were trying to tell us to stay level and maybe we did, maybe we didn't, but we got over the line in the end."

Nick Greenwood top scored for Jersey with 49 as they set about chasing Scotland's modest 133-7.

But wickets started to tumble as nerves kicked in, including two frantic run-outs.

Ben Ward got Jersey back on track with thumping six in the penultimate over, only to be denied by a fantastic catch from Brandon McMullen when taking aim for the boundary again.

That left Perchard and Dunford, batters 10 and 11, with five runs to get from the last four balls, which they managed to spark scenes of wild celebrations.

Scotland 'slightly off' to finish fourth out of five

"Unfortunately, we put ourselves under a lot of pressure early in that first innings and a lot of credit has to go to Jersey the way they played the game," said a disconsolate Scottish skipper Richie Berrington.

"They've played good cricket throughout this tournament and we knew we were going to have to be at our best today. Unfortunately, we were slightly off and couldn't quite get over the line in the end.

"But I'm proud of the way we managed to take it to the last ball in the game."

Scotland, who lost to Italy and had their game with Guernsey washed out, had a terrible time of it with the bat, stumbling to 13-3 and 64-6 before Matthew Cross (43 not out) and Mark Watt (28) offered much-needed resistance.

The Scottish bowlers managed to slow Jersey down in the tense closing stages but it was not enough to avoid a hugely damaging defeat.