Final
Norway beat Jersey in the final of the 2006 European Division Two Cricket Championship by 49 runs.
Norway, who lost to the island by 9 wickets during the group stages of the competition, opened the batting and finished their 50 overs with a score of 250-7, with Jersey's Tom Minty claiming 4 of Norway's fallen wickets for just 49 runs.
Norway always looked in control of the match after getting off to a great 110-1 start, whilst Jersey never really got going, they were 108-5 before finishing 201 all out in 46.4 overs.
Norwegian bowler Waheed Aamir proved to be the biggest thorn in Jersey's side by taking 4-28, whilst Jersey's top scorers were opener Ian Crocket with 38 and Tom Minty who was 37 not out.
Semi-Final
Jersey beat Germany by 6 wickets to secure a place in the final of the 2006 European 2nd Division Championship.
Germany opened the batting and scored 212-7 in their allotted 50 overs, with Jersey skipper Matt Hague and Tony Carlyon both claiming two German wickets.
In reply Jersey made light work chasing Germany's score, managing to make the runs whilst loosing only 4 wickets, and finishing with a total of 214-4 with nearly six overs to spare.
Peter Gough, Jersey's opening batsman, was the island's top scorer with 59 runs to his name, with Matt Hague behind him on 45 and David Morfee 37 not out.
German left-hand bowler Mian Eksan Latif proved most dangerous to Jersey, claiming 3 of their 4 fallen wickets.
The island team will now face Norway in the final later today.
Jersey have already had a victory over the Norwegian side during the group stages of the competition when they comfortably beat them by 9 wickets.
Group stages
Jersey beat Norway to reach the semi-finals of the 2006 European 2nd Division Championships.
All the last group matches in Glasgow went Jersey’s way to allow the island team to make it to the final four in in what is their debut season of international competition.
Jersey beat group leaders Norway by 9 wickets, their first ever victory in a full international match, to finish in second place in Group 2.
Norway took to the crease first and scored 168-9 with Mark Seralis taking 3-30 off eight overs for the island.
In reply Jersey were 172-1 with 4 overs to spare thanks to a second wicket partnership of 152 runs between Peter Gough, who scored 82 not out, and Matt Hague, 59 not out.
Jersey managed to qualify for Tuesday’s semi-final on a better run difference than Israel, who were also on three points following a no result between the two sides, having lost to France by a margin of 7 runs earlier in the week.
Guernsey failed to progress to the semi-final after they lost to Greece by 9 wickets and finished behind Germany and Gibraltar in the group. | 
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