Jersey beat Kuwait by 123 runs as Josh Lawrenson took five wickets

After opener Harrison Carlyon went for 11 and Josh Lawrenson for 17, his score was reduced to 38-2 in 11 overs and the Tribe brothers steadied the innings.

Zak, who made his maiden Jersey century in the win over Qatar last week, scored a half-century off 51 balls before being undone by Meet Bhavsar’s spin with a 57-ball 57 that also included six and seven fours was made.

He and Glamorgan’s Asa, playing in the tournament for the first time following the conclusion of the County Championship season, put on 101 for the third wicket.

Soon after, Bhavsar’s Jonty Jenner was caught without scoring, leaving Jersey on 141-4 from 31.3 overs. Three overs later, Asa was caught wide off by Yasin Patel’s bowling for 53 off 89 balls, dropping the Islanders to 147-5.

Charlie Brennan was caught by Patel and bowled for nine as he finished with 3-16 before Bhavsar (3-38) caught the leg leg of Patrick Gouge earlier for 12 to leave Jersey at 170-7 with eight overs to go.

Dunford and Julius Sumerauer put up a much-needed 38-run stand for the eighth wicket before the latter was out lbw for 19 to leave Jersey on 208-8, and from there they added just 11 more runs.