International Cricket Council (ICC) have announced the schedule for the upcoming Men’s T20 World Cup Europe regional finals, to be hosted by Guernsey Cricket from Jun 13th – 21st, 2019.
Guernsey will be competing along with Jersey, Italy, Denmark, Norway and Germany in the 6-nation tournament for one qualification spot into the global qualifiers, to be held in Oct/Nov 2019 in UAE. All matches in the tournament will be played with official T20I status and will take place at KGV Playing Fields and College Field grounds. Match results will count towards global ICC T20I team rankings.
Italy made their Men’s T20I team debut’s in May 2019 when they played Germany in a 3-match T20I series in Netherlands (Germany made their debut in Belgium 2-weeks prior to travelling to Netherlands, where they play the host’s in a 3-match T20I series).
Jersey and Guernsey play a 3-match T20I Inter-Insular series to prepare themselves for the qualifiers. Denmark travelled to Leinster, Ireland and played their development team in a T20 series in May 2019 to try out few new faces in the squad before the qualifiers.
All matches in the Europe regional finals will be live-streamed on ICC’s Facebook and YouTube platforms.
Official warm-up matches results (in Guernsey):
Guernsey 145/8 in 20 overs (Lucas Barker 48, Ashley Wright 28, David Hooper 15, Sahir Naqash 3/17, Hamid Wardak 2/14, Harmanjot Singh 1/13) beat Germany 130/9 in 20 overs (Harmanjot Singh 28, Asad Mohammad 22 n.o, Rishi Pillai 20, Sahir Naqash 19, Mudassar Muhammad 17, David Hooper 3/20, Anthony Stokes 2/17, Nicholas Buckle 1/13, William Peatfield 1/22) by 15 runs
Italy 150/8 in 20 overs (Manpreet Singh 50 retired hurt, Michael Ross 21, Gian Meade 20, Nicholas Maiolo 20, Rehman Abdul 18, Ali Tafseer 2/10, Javed Maroofkhail 2/16, Abdullah Sheikh 2/22, Nazakat Ali 1/16, Syed Waqas Ahmed 1/20) beat Norway 65 all out in 16 overs (Ehtsham Ul Haq 21, Walid Gul Ghauri 10, Michael Ross 2/4, Charanjeet Singh 2/17, Nicholas Maiolo 1/2, Shameera Kuruppu 1/10, Baljit Singh 1/11, Jasspreet Singh 1/13) by 85 runs
Official T20I matches results:
(T20I) Germany 53 all out in 16 overs (Hamid Wardak 20 n.o, Michael Ross 4/15, Baljit Singh 2/3, Nicholas Maiolo 2/8, Rakibul Hasan 1/6) lost to Italy 57/3 in 8.4 overs (Bentota Perera 21, Rehman Abdul 18 n.o, Izatullah Dawlatzai 2/17) by 7 wickets
(T20I) Germany 130/6 in 20 overs (Sahir Naqash 38 n.o, Mudassar Muhammad 23, Vijay Kumar 21, Abdul-Shakoor Rahimzei 15 n.o, Nicolas Maiolo 2/13, Shameera Arachchige 2/15, Rakibul Hasan 2/20) lost to Italy 135/4 in 15.3 overs (Bentota Perera 68 n.o, Rehman Abdul 28 n.o, Hamid Wardak 2/8, Amir Mangal 1/17) by 6 wickets
(T20I) Jersey 128/9 in 20 overs (Corey Bisson 26, Anthony Hawkins-Kay 25, Dominic Blampied 24, Nic Buckle 3/26, David Hooper 2/21, William Peatfield 2/28) tied with Guernsey 128/8 in 20 overs (Josh Butler 22, Matthew Stokes 21, David Hooper 19 n.o, Ben Ferbrache 17, Elliot Miles 3/17, Dominic Blampied 1/16, Charles Perchard 1/19). Super Over: Jersey (15) beat Guernsey (14)
(T20I) Jersey 164/3 in 20 overs(Nicholas Ferraby 81 n.o, Benjamin Stevens 39, Dominic Blampied 25, Anthony Stokes 1/28) beat Guernsey 123/9 in 20 overs (Josh Butler 38, Matthew Stokes 29, Charles Perchard 5/17, Elliot Miles 2/33, Dominic Blampied 1/25) by 41 runs
(T20I) Jersey 171/6 in 20 overs(Harrison Carlyon 50, Dominic Blampied 43 n.o, Corey Bisson 23, Anthony Hawkins-Kay 17, Luke le Tissier 2/18, Luke Nussbaumer 2/44, Thomas Viellard 1/15) beat Guernsey 95 all out in 18.4 overs (Matthew Stokes 28, Lucas Barker 16, Dominic Blampied 4/20, Julius Sumerauer 2/12, Elliot Miles 2/14) by 76 runs
Unofficial Practice matches results:
Essex Development XI 106/9 in 18.4 overs (Talha Mumtaz 52, M Holmes 20, Nicolaj Damgaard 4/8, Bashir Shah 4/13, Jino Jojo 1/8) lost to Denmark 107/4 in 19 overs (Anders Bulow 39, Anique Uddin 38 n.o, Arafat Bhuiyan 2/19, Jasdev Bassan 1/16) by 6 wickets
Denmark 146/6 in 20 overs (Anders Bulow 32, Jino Jojo 24 n.o, Zishan Shah 24, Anique Uddin 14, Jasdev Bassan 2/28, Tom Ballington 2/24, Harry Phillips 1/6) beat Essex Development XI 107/9 in 19.5 overs (S Joshi 31, Hyatullah Niazi 24, Anique Uddin 3/17, Saif Ahmad 2/8, Nicolaj Damgaard 2/13, Oliver Hald 1/14, Omar Hayat 1/25) by 39 runs
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Europe Regional Finals Schedule:
| Date | Match | Venue | Timing (Local) |
| 15 June 2019 | Guernsey vs Jersey | King George V Sports Ground, Castel | 9:30AM |
| Norway vs Italy | College Fields, Castel | 9:30AM | |
| Germany vs Guernsey | King George V Sports Ground, Castel | 1:50PM | |
| Denmark vs Norway | College Fields, Castel | 1:50PM | |
| 16 June 2019 | Italy vs Germany | King George V Sports Ground, Castel | 9:30AM |
| Jersey vs Denmark | College Fields, Castel | 9:30AM | |
| Guernsey vs Italy | King George V Sports Ground, Castel | 1:50PM | |
| Norway vs Jersey | College Fields, Castel | 1:50PM | |
| 18 June 2019 | Denmark vs Guernsey | King George V Sports Ground, Castel | 9:30AM |
| Germany vs Norway | College Fields, Castel | 9:30AM | |
| Italy vs Denmark | King George V Sports Ground, Castel | 1:50PM | |
| Jersey vs Germany | College Fields, Castel | 1:50PM | |
| 19 June 2019 | Norway vs Guernsey | King George V Sports Ground, Castel | 9:30AM |
| Jersey vs Italy | College Fields, Castel | 9:30AM | |
| Denmark vs Germany | King George V Sports Ground, Castel | 1:50PM |
ICC Europe Regional Finals Squad:
Denmark: Hamid Mazhar Shah (Captain), Omar Hayat, Taranjit Singh Bharaj, Oliver Damgaard Hald, Anique Uddin, Rizwan Tariq Mahmood, Jino Jojo, Nicolaj Damgaard Lægsgaard, Anders Bülow, Saif Ahmad, Zishan Shah, Bashir Shah, Abdul Wahab Hashmi & Delawar Khan
Germany: Venkatraman Ganesan (Captain), Daniel Weston, Muslim Yar Ashraf, Izatullah Dawlatzai, Amir Khan Mangal, Asad Mohammad, Mudassar Muhammad, Vijayshankar Bangalore Chikkannaiah, Harmonjot Singh, Hamid Ahmed Wardak, Rishi Pillai, Sahir Naqash, Abdulshakoor Rahimzei & Craig Meschede
Guernsey: Joshua Butler (Captain), Ashley Wright, Ben Ferbrache, Lucas Barker, Oliver Newey, Jordan Martel, Thomas Veillard, Thomas Kimber, Matthew Stokes, William Peatfield, Luke Le Tissier, David Hooper, Nicholas Buckle & Anthony Stokes
Italy: Gayashan Munasinghe (Captain), Joy Perera, Rakibul Hasan, Nick Maiolo, JP Meade, Rehman Abdul, Shameera Kuruppu, Michael Ross, Simranjit Singh, Baljit Singh, Charanjeet Singh, Jasspreet Singh & Manpreet Singh
Jersey: Charles Perchard (Captain), Corey Bisson, Dom Blampied, Harrison Carlyon, Jake Dunford, Nick Ferraby, Anthony Hawkins-Kay, Jonty Jenner, Elliot Miles, Rhys Palmer, Will Robertson, Ben Stevens, Julius Sumerauer & Ben Ward
Norway: Raza Iqbal (Captain), Khizer Ahmed, Waqas Ahmed, Prithvi Bhart, Walid Ghauri, Henry Glanfield, Ansar Iqbal, Javed Maroofkhail, Faizan Mumtaz, Hayatullah Niazi, Abdullah Sheikh, Junaid Sheikh, Ali Tafseer & Ehtsham Ul Haq
As earlier announced, Germany will no longer have the services of Ollie Rayner and Dieter Klien, as their respective Counties have denied permission for them to travel due to county commitments and similarly, Italy will not have the services of Gareth Berg.
