2023 Women's T20I Inter-Insular Series

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2023 Women's T20I Inter-Insular Series
  Flag of Guernsey.svg Flag of Jersey.svg
  Guernsey Jersey
Dates 24 – 25 June 2023
Captains Krista De La Mare Chloe Greechan
Twenty20 International series
Results Jersey won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs Francesca Bulpitt (31)
Rosie Davis (31)
Grace Wetherall (84)
Most wickets Emily Merrien (5) Chloe Greechan (4)

The 2023 Women's T20I Inter-Insular Series, consisting of three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches, took place in Guernsey in June 2022. [1] The venue for the matches was the King George V Sports Ground in Castel. [2] Jersey were the defending champions, having won the 2022 series in June 2022. [3] [4]

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Jersey again won the series by a margin of 3–0, scoring their highest total in a T20I (196/3) and recording their biggest winning margin (157 runs) in the third match of the series. [5]

Squads

Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey [6] Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey [7]
  • Krista De La Mare (c, wk)
  • Eva Bourgaize
  • Francesca Bulpitt (wk)
  • Alice Davis
  • Rosie Davis
  • Hannah Mechem
  • Rebecca Hubbard
  • Claire Jennings
  • Emily Merrien
  • Elise Millington
  • Olivia Morgan
  • Molly Robinson
  • Philippa Stahelin
  • Elizabeth Wilcocks

T20I series

1st T20I

24 June 2023
11:00
Scorecard
Jersey  Flag of Jersey.svg
139/6 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey
78/9 (20 overs)
Mia Maguire 26* (37)
Emily Merrien 3/24 (3 overs)
Krista De La Mare 23 (27)
Florrie Copley 3/12 (4 overs)
Jersey won by 61 runs
King George V Sports Ground, Castel
Umpires: Stuart Hodgson (Jer) and Mike Kinder (Gue)
Player of the match: Chloe Greechan (Jer)
  • Guernsey won the toss and elected to field.
  • Alice Davis, Rosie Davis, Krista De La Mare and Elise Millington (Gue) all made their T20I debuts.

2nd T20I

24 June 2023
15:00
Scorecard
Guernsey  Flag of Guernsey.svg
84/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey
85/2 (12 overs)
Rosie Davis 22 (45)
Grace Wetherall 2/8 (3 overs)
Lily Greig 26* (40)
Francesca Bulpitt 1/14 (3 overs)
Jersey won by 8 wickets
King George V Sports Ground, Castel
Umpires: Stuart Hodgson (Jer) and Mike Kinder (Gue)
Player of the match: Rosie Davis (Gue)
  • Guernsey won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd T20I

25 June 2023
12:30
Scorecard
Jersey  Flag of Jersey.svg
196/3 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey
38 (13 overs)
Analise Merritt 58 (32)
Molly Robinson 1/17 (2 overs)
Rosie Davis 9 (10)
Rosa Hill 2/4 (2 overs)
Jersey won by 158 runs
King George V Sports Ground, Castel
Umpires: Stuart Hodgson (Jer) and Chris Hurley (Gue)
Player of the match: Analise Merritt (Jer)
  • Guernsey won the toss and elected to field.
  • Eva Bourgaize (Gue) made her T20I debut.

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