Inter-Insular cricket

Inter-Insular cricket refers to cricket contests between representative teams of Jersey and Guernsey in the Channel Islands. An inter-insular match has been played annually between the two sides since 1950 and often attracts crowds above 1,000.[1] It is often referred as ‘reds vs greens’ contest.[2] The format has varied over the years but has been played as a 50-over contest in recent times and a Women’s Inter-Insular match was first played in 2009.[2] In 2018, the format switched to a series of Twenty20 matches, although the traditional 50-over match returned from 2019 in addition to the Twenty20 series.[3][4] The Twenty20 matches have had men's Twenty20 International (T20I) status since 2019, as the International Cricket Council granted T20I status to all of its members from the start of the year. On 31 May 2019, there was also a one-off women's Twenty20 International fixture between the two women's teams.[5] It was the first T20I match for both the teams.[6]

  1. ^ "When did the Guernsey v Jersey Senior Inter-Insular Cricket Series really start?". Guernsey Cricket Stats.
  2. ^ a b "Inter-Insular matches to return in the summer". Emerging Cricket. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Jersey and Guernsey Inter-Insular Trophy switched to T20 format". BBC Sport. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  4. ^ "InfrasoftTech announce continued support for T20 Inter-Insular Cup". Guernsey Cricket. Archived from the original on 14 May 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  5. ^ @guernseycricket (27 May 2019). "T20I Series this weekend to include the T20I match at 1200 on Friday 31st at College Field between the Guernsey and Jersey Women- Men's first match follows at 1600" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ^ "France taste glory in historic quadrangular series". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 August 2019.