Matthew Stokes (born 7 October 1995) is a

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er who plays for

Guernsey Guernsey (; Guernésiais: ''Guernési''; french: Guernesey) is an island in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy that is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown Dependency. It is the second largest of the Channel Islands ...

. He played in the

2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Five The 2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Five was a cricket tournament that took place from 6–13 March 2014. It formed part of the ICC World Cricket League and qualification for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. Teams The teams that took part in t ...

tournament. In May 2015 he participated in the

2015 ICC Europe Division One The 2015 ICC Europe Division One was a cricket tournament held in Jersey from 9–13 May 2015. The tournament was organised by ICC Europe, and featured the top six associate members in that region – Denmark, France, Guernsey, Italy, Jersey, and ...

tournament. On 8 September 2015 in the

2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Six The 2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Six was a limited-overs international cricket tournament that took place in England from 7 to 13 September 2015. The majority of matches were played at grounds in Essex, although two matches took place ...

, Stokes scored an unbeaten 135 against

Botswana Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label=Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahar ...

. He played in the

2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Five The 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Five was an international cricket tournament that took place in Jersey during May 2016. It formed part of the 2012–18 ICC World Cricket League, 2012–18 cycle of the World Cricket League (WCL). The J ...

tournament, becoming the second highest run scorer in the competition with 247 runs from 6 matches. In September 2018, he was the leading run-scorer for Guernsey in Group C of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Europe Qualifier tournament, with 132 runs in five matches. In May 2019, he was named in Guernsey's squad for the

2019 T20 Inter-Insular Cup Guernsey cricket team hosted Jersey cricket team from 31 May to 1 June 2019 to contest the 2019 T20 Inter-Insular Cup, consisted of three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. The series took place at two grounds in Guernsey: College Field in ...

. He made his

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(T20I) debut for Guernsey against

Jersey Jersey ( , ; nrf, Jèrri, label=Jèrriais ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (french: Bailliage de Jersey, links=no; Jèrriais: ), is an island country and self-governing Crown Dependencies, Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west F ...

on 31 May 2019. The same month, he was named in Guernsey's squad for the

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of the

2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier The 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier was a cricket tournament that formed part of qualification process for the 2021 ICC T20 World Cup. Twelve regional qualifiers were held by the International Cricket Council (ICC), with 62 teamsZambi ...

tournament in Guernsey. In May 2021, during the Odey Wealth Championship in Guernsey, Stokes scored 213

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from 168 balls in a 50-over match.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stokes, Matthew 1995 births Living people Guernsey cricketers Guernsey Twenty20 International cricketers Place of birth missing (living people)