The Jersey women's cricket team is the team that represents the

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in international

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matches. They became an affiliate member of the

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(ICC) in 2005, and an associate member in 2007.

History

In 2012, Jersey won the European Women's Cricket Festival hosted in

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, defeating

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in the final. In April 2018, the ICC granted full

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(WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all

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matches played between Jersey women and other ICC members after 1 July 2018 have the full WT20I status. Jersey played their first WT20I on 31 May 2019, losing to neighbours

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by seven wickets in the 2019 T20 Inter-Insular Cup at College Field, Saint Peter Port. They got their first WT20I win later that year when they defeated

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by seven wickets on 1 August on day two of the

2019 France Women's T20I Quadrangular Series The 2019 France Women's T20I Quadrangular Series was a women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) cricket tournament held in Nantes, France, from 31 July to 3 August. The participants were the women's national sides of France women's national cricket ...

held in

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. With four victories and two defeats, Jersey finished second behind hosts

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in the tournament which also included

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. Jersey's squad at the event featured several players still at school including

Nia Greig Nia Charlotte Greig (born 21 June 2008) is cricketer from Jersey. Having made her debut for the Jersey women's cricket team aged just 11 years and 40 days old, she holds the world record for being the youngest person to play international cricke ...

who, aged just 11 years and 40 days, became the youngest-ever international cricketer when she played in the islanders' opening match against the French.

Trinity Smith Trinity Smith (born 2 August 2004) is a cricketer who plays for the Jersey women's cricket team. She is the first Jersey woman to score a half-century in a WT20I. Smith is also the first player from the island - male or female - to be nominate ...

scored the first WT20I half-century for Jersey on 6 May 2022, hitting 59 not out off 43 balls against

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at the

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. Unbeaten throughout, Jersey won the tournament in

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which also included France and Austria. The following month, Jersey won the newly-expanded Women's T20I Inter-Insular Cup winning all three matches at home against Guernsey. In January 2023, it was announced that Jersey had been chosen to host the inaugural

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division two tournament to be staged in May and June. At the event, the islanders finished third out of six teams to narrowly miss out on progressing to the next stage of qualification. During the competition, Chloe Greechan became the first Jersey woman to take a five-wicket haul in WT20Is when she bagged 5/4 in a 108-run win against

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on 2 June 2023. Later that month, Jersey played Guernsey in the 2023 edition of the Women's T20I Inter-Insular Cup at King George V Sports Ground in Castel. For the second successive year they swept the contest 3-0 with the highlight being the third match where they scored their highest total in a WT20I to date - 196/3 - before dismissing the hosts for 39 to win by 157 runs which was a new record for their biggest winning margin. Jersey retained the WT20I Inter-insular Cup for a third year in a row in 2024, winning a one-off match at

Grainville Cricket Ground Grainville Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in Saint Saviour, Jersey. History The first recorded match held on the ground came in 1988 when Jersey played the Hampshire Second XI. The ground has since been the venue of a number of internat ...

in St Saviour by 104 runs. Put into bat, the islanders' scored 157 all out with Charlie Miles making 68 off 42 balls, before they dismissed Guernsey for just 53 as Sophia Hanson took 3/7. In December 2024, Jersey won the inaugural T10 European Cricket Championship Challenger Division, going unbeaten throughout the competition in Spain and defeating

by 15 runs in the final. They followed this success up by sweeping a two-match WT20I series against

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, with winning margins of eight-wickets and nine-wickets respectively. In April 2025, Jersey won the Cyprus WT20I Quadrangular Series, topping the table with six victories from six matches at the event which also included the hosts,

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and the

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. In May 2025, Jersey finished third at the 2025 Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier Division Two in

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, recording two wins from their five matches to once again miss out on progressing to the next stage of the competition. On 5 July 2025, Jersey defeated Guernsey by 89 runs under the DLS method in a rain-affected match in Castel to claim the WT20I Inter-Insular Cup for a fourth successive year.

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Jersey Women ''Last updated 5 July 2025''

Twenty20 International

* Highest team total: 214/4 v

on 18 April 2025 at Happy Valley Ground, Episkopi. * Highest individual score: 77, Analise Merritt v

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on 25 May 2025 at

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. * Best individual bowling figures: 5/4, Chloe Greechan v

on 2 June 2023 at

FB Playing Fields FB Playing Fields or Florence Boot Fields is a multi-purpose stadium in the parish of Saint Clement, Jersey, St. Clement, Jersey. The grounds are named after Benefactor (law), benefactor Florence Boot (1863 - 1952) who was the Jersey-born wife ...

, St Clement. T20I record versus other nations ''Records complete to WT20I #2389. Last updated 5 July 2025.''

Tournament history

ICC Women's World Cup

ICC Women's World T20

ICC Women's World Twenty20 Europe Qualifier

Women's European Cricket Championship

Cricket at Summer Olympics Games

ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy

References

External links

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