Jersey beat hosts Cyprus in T20 World Cup qualifier

Julius Sumerauer top scored and took three wickets as Jersey beat hosts Cyprus to stay top of their 2028 T20 World Cup qualifying group.

The 52-run win in Europe Sub Regional Qualifier A was their second in as many days after thumping Switzerland by nine wickets on Saturday.

Sumerauer's 43 off just 18 balls helped Jersey to 172-9 before he restricted the Cypriot batters to 120-9 with figures of 3-29.

Jersey face fellow unbeaten side France on Tuesday in a game that will have a big bearing on who will reach the final before taking on Croatia on Wednesday.

The winners of Jersey's group will face the top side in the other five-team pool for a place in the final stages of European qualifying next year.

Jersey won the toss and opted to bat first, but Cyprus bowler Adam Senn restricted their top order with the wickets of Patrick Gouge (37) and Nick Greenwood (16) as the island side reached 63-3 off 7.1 overs.

Jonty Jenner was dismissed for 10 two-and-a-half overs later and Sumerauer came in to smash four sixes and three fours in his impressive innings.

Sumerauer and Zak Tribe (18) put on 35 for the fifth wicket before Senn dismissed them both to leave Jersey on 136-6.

Ben Ward ended the innings with an unbeaten 24 off 16 balls as Senn had figures of 4-34.

In reply, Cyprus were always behind the required run rate of 8.56 an over.

Sumerauer took the wickets of Roman Mazumder (20) and Mangala Gunasekara (3) in the space of four balls to leave the hosts on 35-3 after six overs.

Senn and his brother Alexander came together to form a fourth-wicket stand of 40 runs, but skipper Alexander was stumped off Dominic Blampied's bowling on 27 to leave Cyprus on 75-4 off 12.5 overs.

Sumerauer dismissed Arjun Shahi (4) an over later as Cyprus slipped to 81-5 before Adam Senn (28) was caught off Ward's bowling in the 17th over as the total moved on to 103-7.

George Richardson claimed two wickets in the final over as Cyprus went on to make 120-9.