Tuesday, 27 October 2026 — Kuwait won by 7 wickets at the Ruaraka Sports Club Ground in Nairobi on 27 October 2026, reaching 225 for 3 in 33.4 overs. Kuwait won the toss and chose to field, and Meet Bhavsar's 5/25 kept Jersey to 224 from their 50 overs. The chase was built on Clinto Anto's 113 off 77 balls, the innings that decided the match.
How the match unfolded
Jersey batted first and scored 224 at a run rate of 4.48. Charlie Brennan top-scored with 43 off 54 balls, Scott van Breda made 40 off 62 and Asa Tribe 33 off 47. Harrison Carlyon added 29 off 23 with six fours. Bhavsar dismissed Brennan (stumped by Clinto Anto), van Breda (caught and bowled) and Tribe (bowled), finishing with 5/25 from eight overs at an economy of 3.13. Yasin Patel bowled Carlyon lbw for 1/49, and Mohammed Aslam, Shiraz Khan, Muhammad Aqif Farooq and Anudeep Chenthamara took one wicket each.
Kuwait replied with 225 for 3 in 33.4 overs, a run rate of 6.68. Clinto Anto scored 113 off 77 balls, hitting 13 fours and six sixes at a strike rate of 147, before he was caught by Asa Tribe off Benjamin Ward. Meet Bhavsar made 44 off 69 before being lbw to Ward. Ravija Sandaruwan scored 18 off 9, and Bilal Tahir finished unbeaten on 17 off 24. Ward took 2/35 from eight overs, and George Richardson took 1/53 from five.
The turning point
The record does not single out one moment as the turning point, and ball-by-ball data was missing for some innings, so this report relies on scorecard figures. The clearest way to read the match is through Clinto Anto's innings. Jersey's total was competitive, with four batters scoring between 29 and 43, but none passed 43. Against that, Anto's 113 gave Kuwait a platform that made the target manageable well before the end of the innings.
Where Kuwait won it
Kuwait's win rested on two performances that tilted the contest in both directions. Bhavsar's 5/25 was the key spell with the ball, because it removed three of Jersey's top four while conceding only 25 runs in eight overs. With the bat, Anto's 113 off 77 balls, with 13 fours and six sixes, set the chase on course. Bhavsar also contributed 44 runs, and between them the two batters scored 157 runs for Kuwait. Kuwait's bowlers kept Jersey to a total that the batting could chase at 6.68 an over.
Where Jersey went wrong
Jersey's bowling was not uniformly poor. Benjamin Ward's 2/35 from eight overs, at 4.38 an over, was the most economical spell by a Jersey bowler in the chase. The costly spell was George Richardson's 1/53 from five overs, which cost 10.6 runs an over against an innings rate of 6.68. Richardson also conceded three wides and a no-ball, and those extras added to Kuwait's total. Jersey's total of 224 was competitive, but it was not enough once Kuwait's opener and middle order began to score freely.
Standout performers
- Clinto Anto (Kuwait): 113 off 77 balls, with 13 fours and six sixes at a strike rate of 147.
- Meet Bhavsar (Kuwait): 5/25 from eight overs at an economy of 3.13, plus 44 off 69 with the bat.
- Benjamin Ward (Jersey): 2/35 from eight overs at an economy of 4.38.
- Charlie Brennan (Jersey): 43 off 54 balls, the top score in Jersey's innings.