List of Jersey women Twenty20 International cricketers
This is a list of Jersey women Twenty20 International cricketers. A Twenty20 International is an international cricket match between two representative teams, each having Twenty20 International status, as determined by the International Cricket Council (ICC). A Twenty20 International is played under the rules of Twenty20 cricket.
This list includes all players who have played at least one T20I match and is initially arranged in the order of debut appearance. Where more than one player won their first cap in the same match, those players are initially listed alphabetically at the time of debut.
The following are details on players that do not have articles on Wikipedia. For players with articles on Wikipedia, see links in the table above.
Florrie Copley
Florrie Copley is a retired cricketer who played for the Jersey women's cricket team. She was one of only two players to feature in both the first inter-insular women's cricket match between Jersey and Guernsey and Jersey's inaugural WT20I.
Copley played in the first inter-insular women's cricket match between Jersey and Guernsey in September 2009.[26]
Almost a decade later she was on the field as the two teams met in both countries' first officially recognised WT20I which was contested for the 2019 T20 Inter-Insular Cup at College Field, Saint Peter Port, on 31 May 2019. Batting at number three, Copley top-scored for her side with 39 runs off 45 balls including six boundaries as well as recording bowling figures of 0/15 from her four overs.[27][28]
Copley made her first home WT20I appearances in the newly expanded three-match 2022 Women's Inter-Insular Cup against Guernsey at Grainville Cricket Ground.[31] She took 2/10 in the first game[32] and then claimed two wickets in the space of four balls to finish with identical figures in the third contest, although the latter was not an official WT20I.[33][34][35]
Having announced her intention to retire after the match, Copley made her final appearance for Jersey against Guernsey in the 2024 Inter-insular Cup at Grainville Cricket Ground in St Saviour, taking 3/15 as the islanders' retained the trophy for a third successive year with a 104 run win.[42]
Gouge was part of the Jersey squad which finished third at the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier, with her personal tournament highlight being taking three wickets for six runs in a player of the match winning performance against Turkey.[50][51][52]
Later that year she was in the Jersey team that finished runners-up at the France Women's T20I Quadrangular Series.[53] Greig was the side's top run-scorer and the second highest overall among the four teams at the event.[54] Playing alongside her was her younger sister, Nia, whose appearance aged 11 years and 40 days, made her the youngest person to play international cricket.[55][56]
She made her first home international appearances in the newly expanded three-match 2022 Women's Inter-Insular Cup against Guernsey at Grainville Cricket Ground.[31] Greig top scored for Jersey in both the first and second matches with 29 not out[32] and 23 respectively[59] as the islanders swept the series.
Later that year, she made 26 not out as Jersey successfully chased 85 in just 12 overs to defeat Guernsey in the second match of the 2023 WT20I Inter-Insular Cup and clinch the trophy with a game to spare.[40][61]
Maguire was among the Jersey squad which went one better and lifted the trophy at the 2022 France Women's T20I Quadrangular Series[47] with her personal tournament highlight being a score of 44 off 48 balls in an unbeaten 119-run fifth wicket partnership with Trinity Smith against Spain.[62]
During the 2023 WT20I Inter-Insular Cup, Maguire was joint top scorer in the first match, making 26 not out, as Jersey went on to sweep Guernsey 3–0 in the series.[65][66][67]
She made her first home international appearance in the final match of the newly-expanded three-game 2022 Women's Inter-Insular Cup against Guernsey at Grainville Cricket Ground, taking one wicket for the cost of just four runs in her two overs, although the contest was not an official WT20I.[63][70]
Mallet was part of the Jersey squad which finished third at the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier with her personal tournament highlight being figures of 4/5 off three overs in the islanders' opening match against Italy. Two of her overs were maidens and the performance earned her player of the match honours.[71][72][73]
Aged 12, Merritt played in Jersey's first officially recognised WT20I against neighbours Guernsey for the 2019 T20 Inter-Insular Cup at College Field, Saint Peter Port on 31 May 2019. Opening the batting, she faced the islanders' first WT20I delivery and went on to score 17 off 28 balls, as well as bowling 2.5 overs recording figures of 0/33.[68][74]
Merritt was part of the squad which represented Jersey in the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier. Her personal tournament highlight was smashing six boundaries on the way to making 45 not out off 35 balls against Germany in an unbroken partnership of 101 with Grace Wetherall, which was a new WT20I record for a seventh wicket stand.[75][76][77][78]
She made her first WT20I half-century against Guernsey in the third match of the 2023 WT20I Inter-Insular Cup, hitting nine boundaries in a score of 58 as Jersey sealed a 3–0 series victory.[65][79]
Less than four weeks after her 13th birthday, Tanguy played in Jersey's first officially recognised WT20I against neighbours Guernsey for the 2019 T20 Inter-Insular Cup at College Field, Saint Peter Port, on 31 May 2019. Batting at number four, she scored three runs off 10 balls before recording team-best bowling figures of 1/19 from her three overs.[27][28]
Later that year she was in the Jersey team that finished runners-up at the France Women's T20I Quadrangular Series.[53] During the tournament, Tanguy contributed with both bat and ball, most notably taking 2/22 and then scoring 26 as the islanders won their second match with France[80] and recording figures of 2/13 in a nine-wicket victory over Austria.[81]
After a gap of almost four years, Tanguy returned to the Jersey set-up for the 2023 WT20I Inter-Insular Cup. She was not included in the side for the opening contest but took 1/12 in the second match[61] before bagging 2/7 and scoring six not out in the final game[41][82]as the islanders swept the series 3–0.[40]
Later that year Da Rocha made 26 as Jersey successfully chased a target of 85 in just 12 overs to defeat Guernsey in the second match of the 2023 WT20I Inter-Insular Cup and clinch the trophy with a game to spare.[88][89][61]
She made her debut in the event's opening contest against the hosts taking one wicket for 16 runs from her four overs.[90]
Duffy was then the pick of the Jersey bowlers in the tournament final when the French were again the opposition, registering figures of 1/22 as the islanders' won by six wickets to claim the trophy.[91][47][92] She finished the event at the top of the overall bowling economy rate standings with an average of 4.09 runs coming off each of her overs throughout the competition.[48]
Having taken 2/31 in the first match of a bilateral series against the Netherlands at Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd in Utrecht on 24 August 2023,[94][95] Duffy went on to make her highest international score with the bat in the second contest later the same day, compiling 23 not out off 27 balls.[96]
Aikenhead was a member of the Jersey squad that came third at the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier, narrowly missing out on qualification for the next stage.[60] Having been dismissed without scoring against France,[97] she scored her first international runs in the islanders' final match against Sweden, making 13 as the team ended the tournament on a high with a 108-run win.[98][39]
Aikenhead was in the Jersey squad for a bilateral series against the Netherlands at Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd in Utrecht in August 2023.[101] She opened the batting for the islanders in both completed matches scoring a total of 12 runs as the team struggled against higher-ranked opposition.[102]
She was one of four players shortlisted for the 2023 Jersey Cricket Women's Cricketer of the Year.[103]
Notes
^Mallet is spelled Mallett in some sources but the official Jersey Cricket website, ESPNcricinfo and the Jersey Evening Post all spell the name as Mallet.