Jersey cricketers train with Chennai Super Kings
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A group of Jersey international cricketers hope a training camp with the Chennai Super Kings will boost their World Cup aspirations.
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Twelve islanders who play for Jersey's senior and junior men's and women's sides attended a specialist spin bowling camp at the academy of the Indian Premier League side.
Jersey's men narrowly missed out last summer on qualifying for the T20 World Cup and are top of the ICC Challenge League group.
"It's a fantastic place to come out and play cricket," Jersey all-rounder Harrison Carlyon told BBC Radio Jersey.
"I think it's different to anywhere else in the world - the culture and the enthusiasm for cricket is absolutely fantastic.
"In terms of working with CSK, it's been great, we've been up with the academy working with a few of their coaches.
"Obviously they have plenty of knowledge and they've been able to impart that [to] us and that's something we can bring back to Jersey as well and be able to spread, so that's been fantastic."
The players took part in practice matches out in India [Jersey Cricket]The island has players who have experienced conditions all over the world.
Carlyon and fellow Jersey player Zak Tribe spent the 2024-25 winter in Australia while Nick Greenwood plays first class cricket in New Zealand and the island's England Lions player Asa Tribe is currently in Abu Dhabi taking on Pakistan Shaheens.
"The fact we've had players go to different places all over the world is brilliant because we can pick each other's brains and we don't necessarily have to go there ourselves to be able to learn about the conditions," Zak Tribe told BBC Radio Jersey.
"Cricket's one of those sports which you can play all year round fortunately, you can just follow the sun wherever it is, so [we're] definitely developing quickly with that ability to do so."
Jersey have reached the final stage of qualifying for the past five T20 World Cups and agonisingly missed out on making this year's tournament on net run rate to Italy.
Carlyon is hopeful camps like the one in India can help close the gap on those associate nations who have pipped them to major tournaments in the past few years.
"We've been very close in the past and last time around from the men's front we were obviously the closest we've been," he added.
"The women are rapidly improving, we've obviously got a new coach and they're all working really hard.
"So I see sort of the same pathway for them, which is great to see.
"We want to be involved in the T20 World Cup and we want to have ODI (one-day international) status, it's as simple as that really and that changes the game for Jersey Cricket overall."