Men’s T20 World Cup 2026: Italy reach tournament for first time as Jersey denied despite eliminating Scotland | Cricket News
The victory at the last ballary of Jersey against Scotland came in vain when they first missed the T20 World Cup with the first time with Italy advancing instead of the net race rate.
Jersey’s n ° 11, Jake Dunford and the Skipper Charles Perchard, have traveled the single winner of Scotland in the qualifier in Europe, ending their opponents’ hope to reach the tournament next year proper in India and Sri Lanka.
This victory led the Icelanders of Channel to the second row of the table, at the level of the points with the leaders of Italy, before the match of Azzurri against the host nation of the Netherlands later during the day.
Italy ended up losing against the top makers of possible tables from the Netherlands by nine counters, but remained ahead of Jersey in the classification in the perception of their net racing rate of +0.612 and will now play in their first World Cup.
Jersey, whose NRR was +0,306, would have advanced if the Netherlands had exceeded the Netherlands 134-7 of Italy in the 15th, but it took Dutch to the 17th to do so.
However, the Perchard team can be proud of their seismic triumph over Scotland, which later missed a fifth successive appearance of the T20 World Cup after playing in the 2016, 2021, 2022 and 2024 editions.
Qualification in Italy “will leave the inheritance”
Italian captain Joe Burns – An old Australian international – said: “This is obviously a very special moment for us. We are trying to make people proud, trying to create a legacy for Italians in the future.
“This is a very similar story for everyone in our group, our families have sacrificed a lot by going back up a few generations. This group of men will leave a legacy for future generations, which is really special.”
The T20 2026 World Cup will include 20 teams in the Netherlands and Jersey joining the hosts in India and Sri Lanka, as well as England already qualified, Australia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, South Africa, New Zealand, the Antilles, Ireland, the United States and Canada.
Two Asian sides and three in Africa will finish programming.
