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International teams will travel to Guernsey in August to play in a tournament which is a step on the route to qualifying for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026.
The island will host a 10 team tournament with sides from Europe from 21 to 28 August.
Other tournaments will be taking place in Germany and Italy.
In all a record 30 countries will compete in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Europe Sub-Regional Qualifiers, with Guernsey being picked as one of the hosts after a successful staging of a U19 qualifier last year.
“We are excited to have been chosen as one of the hosts which is testament to the proven track record we have of hosting international tournaments,” said Guernsey Cricket chairman Carl Johnson.
Director of Cricket Jeremy Frith said: “It’s great for the island on a number of fronts and hosting provides the team with those extra benefits of a supportive crowd, knowledge of our own grounds and really good availability.
“Importantly it will also allow the hundreds of young people who have started out in the game the opportunity to see Guernsey play international cricket, hopefully inspiring them to keep improving and enjoying their cricket.”
Mark Latter, who recently retired as CEO, will be the tournament director.
“We have well established relationships with local businesses, high quality facilities and the supporting infrastructure, as well as the proven track record, to make us an ideal choice for ICC when it comes to hosting events like this. We are especially grateful to the team at St Pierre Park Hotel for letting us virtually takeover the hotel and make it our tournament base again.”
It will be new men’s captain Ollie Nightingale’s first tournament in the role.
“I’m sure the players will be really excited about playing in front of home crowds cheering them on.”
Andy Wright, ICC Regional Development Manager – Europe said: “We're delighted to announce the schedule for the Europe Qualifiers for the ICC Men"s T20 World Cup 2026.
“This will, once again, be our biggest summer of cricket in Europe with no fewer than 30 countries entering the qualification pathway between June and August 2024.
“We're also excited to be hosting these events in Germany and Italy for the first time and wish to thank the DCB and FCrI (Cricket Italy) for all their hard work to date.
“Taking the third qualifier to Guernsey is testament to the outstanding job they did in hosting our U19 Men"s CWC Europe Division 2 Qualifier back in 2022, and we're pleased to be bringing men's international cricket back to the Bailiwick."
Participating Teams: Spain, Guernsey, Denmark, Finland, Czech Republic, Malta, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Greece, Estonia
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