{"id":619058,"date":"2026-06-03T15:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T15:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/619058\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T15:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T15:00:10","slug":"jersey-to-face-nepal-and-united-arab-emirates-in-50-over-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/619058\/","title":{"rendered":"Jersey to face Nepal and United Arab Emirates in 50-over matches"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jersey will Nepal and the United Arab Emirates in 50-over matches next month.<\/p>\n

The games will be part of Jersey’s preparation for the final round of ICC Challenge League matches in October.<\/p>\n

They will also serve as warm-up games for Nepal and the UAE, who face Netherlands and Scotland respectively in ICC Cricket World Cup League 2.<\/p>\n

Jersey beat Nepal by seven wickets<\/a> when the sides last played 11 years ago in the final round of qualifying for the T20 World Cup.<\/p>\n

The islanders were beaten by 66 runs by the UAE<\/a> when they last faced them in a 50-over game in a World Cup qualifier in 2023.<\/p>\n

Nepal are currently fifth in the eight-team Cricket World Cup League 2 while UAE are eighth.<\/p>\n

Should they finish outside the top four, they could face Jersey in the World Cup Qualifier play-off if Jersey can keep their place at the top of their Challenge League group.<\/p>\n

Nepal will play Jersey on Monday 13 July and Wednesday 15 July at Grainville while the UAE will come to Jersey on Saturday 27 July and Monday 29 July.<\/p>\n

“Hosting high-quality international opposition is hugely valuable for our players and an exciting opportunity for cricket fans,” said Jersey Cricket chief executive Sarah Gomersall.<\/p>\n

“We are also proud that NCC Grainville continues to be recognised as a venue capable of supporting international cricket and broadcasting the game to audiences worldwide.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jersey will Nepal and the United Arab Emirates in 50-over matches next month. The games will be part…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":619059,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-619058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/619059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}