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The Jersey cricket team is the team that represents the Crown dependency of Jersey in international cricket matches. They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council in 2005, and an associate member in 2007.〔(Jersey ) at CricketArchive〕 They are currently ranked at 29th in the world by the ICC, and at sixth amongst European non-test teams. They are in Division Five of the World Cricket League〔(ICC's one-day rankings )〕 and Division One of the European Championship.〔(Ireland to host European Championship ), ICC Europe Media Release〕 ==History== Jersey first played international cricket against neighbouring Channel Island of Guernsey in the inaugural Inter-insular match in 1957. The match was drawn, Jersey eventually picking up their first win in 1960. They won ten of the matches in a row between 1992 and 2001, before a run of five consecutive victories for Guernsey until 2006.〔(Inter-insular records )〕 Jersey became an affiliate member of the ICC in 2005,〔 and took part in Division Two of the European Championship in Scotland in 2006, losing to Norway in the final.〔(2006 European Division Two Championship ) at CricketEurope〕 The following March, they beat Italy in a three match series that they had to win to be promoted to associate membership of the ICC.〔(Mission accomplished ) by Andrew Nixon, 28 March 2007 at CricketEurope〕 They were granted associate status at an ICC meeting at Lord's in June.〔(Jersey granted associate status ), ICC Europe Media Release, 3 July 2007〕 In August, Jersey won the inter-insular by 4 runs to end Guernsey's run of wins,〔(4-run win for Jersey in inter-insular thriller ) by David Piesing, 12 August 2007 at CricketEurope〕 but lost the first inter-insular Twenty20 match in September by five wickets.〔(Guernsey win inaugural Twenty20 inter-insular ) by David Piesing, 1 October 2007 at CricketEurope〕 In May 2008, Jersey hosted Division Five of the World Cricket League. Jersey performed well and topped Group B after the group qualifying matches. Jersey then beat the United States in their semi-final before losing the final to Afghanistan. As Division Five runners-up, Jersey were promoted to Division Four of the World Cricket League.〔() Cricinfo, Accessed 17 October 2008〕 In August 2008, Jersey travelled to neighbours Guernsey to take part in Division Two of the European Championship against; Croatia, France, Germany, Gibraltar and Guernsey. Jersey improved on their 2006 performance, edging out Guernsey by one run in the final group match to win the tournament undefeated.〔() ICC Europe, Accessed 18 October 2008〕 In October 2008, Jersey travelled to Tanzania to participate in Division Four of the World Cricket League. Division Four proved to be a step too far for Jersey, as with a series of poor batting displays Jersey won only one group match, before losing to Fiji in a positional playoff and finishing sixth. On the basis of their sixth-place finish in this tournament, Jersey were relegated back to Division Five.〔() Cricinfo, Accessed 17 October 2008〕In 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Five in Nepal,they finished 5th to be relegated to 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Six in Malaysia,where they finished 4th to remain in 2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Six. During the 2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Six, Jersey remained unbeaten in their 5 games, going on to win and gain promotion to the 2013 ICC world Cricket League Division Five.In March 2014 WCL5 was held in Malaysia. Jersey were again unbeaten and gained promotion to WCL4. The squad for the WCL4 Tournament being held in Singapore is Peter Gough (Captain), Edward Farley, Ben Stevens, Anthony Hawkins-Kay, Dean Morrison, Nat Watkins, Andrew Dewhurst, Sam Dewhurst, Tom Minty, Charles Perchard, Jonty Jenner, Corey Bisson, James Duckett and Corne Bodenstein. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jersey cricket team」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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