The Guernsey Cricket Board (GCB), previously known as the Guernsey Cricket Association, is the

cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...

governing body for the

island An island or isle is a piece of land, distinct from a continent, completely surrounded by water. There are continental islands, which were formed by being split from a continent by plate tectonics, and oceanic islands, which have never been ...

Guernsey Guernsey ( ; Guernésiais: ''Guernési''; ) is the second-largest island in the Channel Islands, located west of the Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy. It is the largest island in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, which includes five other inhabited isl ...

in the

Channel Islands The Channel Islands are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They are divided into two Crown Dependencies: the Jersey, Bailiwick of Jersey, which is the largest of the islands; and the Bailiwick of Guernsey, ...

History

It was founded in 1927, and later joined the

England and Wales Cricket Board The England and Wales Cricket Board, aka ECB, is the Sports governing body, national governing body of cricket in England and Wales. It was formed on 1 January 1997 as a single governing body to combine the roles formerly fulfilled by the Test ...

so the

Guernsey cricket team The Guernsey cricket team is the team that represents the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a Crown dependency in international cricket. They became a member in 2005 and an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2008. History 201 ...

could play in the 38 Counties competition. Becoming an affiliate member of the

International Cricket Council The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the global Sports governing body, governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from Australia, England, and South Africa. In 1965, the body wa ...

in its own right in June 2005 and became an associate member in June 2008.

Promotion

The Board is active in promoting the sport and in training players and officials. Ashley Wright is the Head of Cricket and Andy Cornford is the Performance Director.

Matches

Guernsey has the

that plays the annual Inter-insular match against

Jersey Jersey ( ; ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey, is an autonomous and self-governing island territory of the British Islands. Although as a British Crown Dependency it is not a sovereign state, it has its own distinguishing civil and gov ...

, a tournament started in 1957. The team also participates as a national team in: *T20 European tournaments under the

ICC Europe ICC Europe is the International Cricket Council region responsible for administration of the sport of cricket in Europe. It is a subordinate body to the International Cricket Council (ICC). The organisation currently has 34 members, located in E ...

(earlier the

European Cricket Council The European Cricket Council (ECC) was an international body which oversaw cricket in European countries other than the Test cricket, Test-playing cricketing nation of English cricket team, England, the only European Full Member of the ICC for ...

) since 2006 *T20 International tournaments in the

World Cricket League The ICC World Cricket League (WCL) was a series of international one-day cricket tournaments for national teams without Test status (i.e., teams of Associate status) administered by the International Cricket Council. All Associate Members of ...

since 2009 Clubs teams participate in domestic matches.

References

External links

Guernsey Cricket Association
Cricket in Guernsey Cricket governing bodies 1927 establishments in Guernsey Sports organizations established in 1927 {{Guernsey-stub