Jersey all-rounder Zak Tribe says the island side has hit new heights, proving a small team can punch well above its weight.
Jersey cricket is on the rise, and one of its key players believes the team has never been better. All-rounder Zak Tribe says the island side is currently playing the best cricket in its history.
The claim carries weight coming from Tribe. As an all-rounder, he contributes with both bat and ball, so he sees the team's progress from inside the game. His belief is that the standard in the squad has climbed to a level the island has not reached before.
Jersey is a tiny island in the Channel Islands, and it has no big-nation cricket infrastructure behind it. Yet the team keeps showing up against stronger and better-resourced opponents and competing with confidence. That is the story of associate cricket at its best: limited numbers, big ambition and a hunger to prove the underdogs belong.
For Tribe and his teammates, the focus now is on building on this momentum. If the group keeps improving at this pace, Jersey could be a name that more of the cricket world has to take seriously.
