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Jersey cricketers make dream team

Peter Gough
Opener Peter Gough was among the best in the tournament (CricketEurope/ICC)

Three Jersey players have been selected in the World Cricket League Division Five tournament's first XI.

Peter Gough, Ryan Driver and captain Matt Hague have all been picked in the team of the best players at last week's tournament in Jersey.

Gough has been selected as an opening batsman after ending with an average of 104 runs including a top score of 75.

Hague and Driver have been picked as all-rounders. Driver took 12 wickets and hit 92 not out against the Bahamas.

WCL DIVISION FIVE 1ST XI
Peter Gough (Jersey)
Sushil Nadkarni (USA)
Shahid Ahmed (Norway)
Gyanendra Malla (Nepal)
Matt Hague (captain, Jersey)
Ryan Driver (Jersey)
Mahaboob Alam (Nepal)
Karim-Khan Sedeq (wkt, Afghanistan)
Anish Param (Singapore)
Hamid Hassan (Afghanistan)
Khawaja Shuja (USA)
12th man Mohammed-Nabi Eisakhil (Afghanistan)

Hague, the Jersey captain, was also picked to skipper the side while Afghanistan's Karim-Khan Sedeq was chosen to keep wicket, one of three Afghans in the squad.

Also in the first XI is Nepal's Mahaboob Alam who was selected as an all-rounder and was named player of the tournament.

He became the first player ever to take 10 wickets in an associate or affiliate member one day international when he played against Mozambique. He also scored 158 runs at an average of 31.60.

Jersey's Steve Carlyon was picked as an opening batsman in the tournament's second XI.

As Peter Gough's partner at the top of the order Carlyon scored 164 runs at an average of 27.33 including 56 not out in the rain-affected match with Japan on Saturday 24 May.


see also
Brave Jersey cannot halt Afghans
31 May 08 |  Cricket
Jersey move up cricket rankings
04 Jun 08 |  Cricket
Jersey book a place in WCL final
31 May 08 |  Cricket
Alam takes 10 wickets in Jersey
26 May 08 |  Cricket
Afghans through to Jersey final
31 May 08 |  Cricket
Driver and Hague lead Jersey win
27 May 08 |  Cricket


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