Jersey bowlers tie down Oman to take Division Five title

Anthony Hawkins-Kay’s unbeaten 60 was backed up by a sklllful team bowling performance with the ball as Jersey exacted revenge for a loss during the group stage to defeat Oman by 44 runs at St Saviour on Saturday. Oman raced out of the gate chasing a target of 195 thanks to Zeeshan Maqsood’s 43 off 22 balls, but Oman’s innings floundered after he fell to an athletic return catch by Hawkins-Kay until they were eventually all out for 150 in the 46th over.

Oman won the toss and sent Jersey in under difficult bowling conditions. Rajeshkumar Ranpura seized the movement on offer with a fantastic swing bowling spell, bowling ten overs unbroken at the start of the match to finish with 3 for 21. He removed both openers and Jonty Jenner to peg Jersey back at 51 for 4 in the 19th over. The pressure continued to rise on Jersey with Cornelis Bodenstein taking 31 balls to get off the mark in his innings before he eventually fell edging Ajay Lalcheta behind for 15.

But Hawkins-Kay was joined by Corey Bisson and the pair battled through the next phase for a 71-run stand to give Jersey hope and their confidence was boosted further by being able to see off the threat of Munis Ansari, who offered little support to Ranpura at the start of the innings and was ineffective late as well in finishing with 0 for 51.

Hawkins-Kay had brought up his 50 in 73 balls and though he only scored two boundaries was able to pounce on tired Oman fielding to push hard consistently for twos and threes, scoring ten and three respectively. Oman’s catching …

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