Jake Dunford

Cricketer

Jake Dunford
Personal information
Full name
Jake Samuel Edward Dunford
Born (1994-06-24) 24 June 1994 (age 29)
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
International information
National side
  • Jersey
ODI debut (cap 2)27 March 2023 v Canada
Last ODI30 March 2023 v Namibia
T20I debut (cap 3)31 May 2019 v Guernsey
Last T20I17 July 2022 v Singapore
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 30 April 2023

Jake Dunford (born 24 June 1994) is a Jersey international cricketer.[1] He played in the 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Five tournament.[2] Prior to the World Cricket League tournament, he made his first-class debut for Durham MCCU against Gloucestershire on 31 March 2016.[3]

Career

Dunford played for Jersey in the 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Four matches held in Los Angeles.

He is currently the ICC World Cricket League record holder for the most dismissals in a single tournament, with 21 (18 catches and 3 stumpings) in the ICC WCL Division 5 tournament. This broke the previous record of 19 shared by Jeroen Smits of the Netherlands (at the 2009 World Cup Qualifier) and Denzil Sequeira of Botswana (at the 2013 WCL Division Seven).[4]

In April 2018, he was named in Jersey's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Four tournament in Malaysia.[5][6] In August 2018, he was named in Jersey's squad for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Europe Qualifier tournament in the Netherlands.[7][8]

In May 2019, he was named in Jersey's squad for the 2019 T20 Inter-Insular Cup against Guernsey.[9][10] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Jersey against Guernsey on 31 May 2019.[11] The same month, he was named in Jersey's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier tournament in Guernsey.[12]

In September 2019, he was named in Jersey's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[13] Ahead of the tournament, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named him as the player to watch in Jersey's squad.[14] In November 2019, he was named in Jersey's squad for the Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament in Oman.[15] He made his List A debut against Uganda, on 2 December 2019.[16]

In October 2021, Dunford was named in Jersey's T20I squad for the Regional Final of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier tournament.[17]

In March 2023, he was named in Jersey's squad for the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off.[18] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut on 27 March 2023, for Jersey against Canada in that tournament.[19]

References

  1. ^ "Jake Dunford". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  2. ^ "ICC World Cricket League Division Five, Jersey v Oman at St Saviour, May 21, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches, Gloucestershire v Durham MCCU at Bristol, Mar 31-Apr 2, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Jersey captain Gough credits stable squad for promotion". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  5. ^ "The 14 man national squad travelling to Malaysia". Jersey Cricket Board. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Chuggy's men for mission to Malaysia". Jersey Evening Post. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Jersey name squad for World Twenty20 first-round qualifier". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  8. ^ "Three debutants in Jersey squad for ICC World T20 Europe Qualifier". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  9. ^ @cricketinjersey (20 May 2019). "Just 12 days to go until the start of the 2019 infrasofttech T20I Inter Insular Cup" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. ^ "Jersey play their first official T20 Internationals". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  11. ^ "1st T20I, Jersey tour of Guernsey at St Peter Port, May 31 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  12. ^ "Squads announced for ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Final 2019". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  13. ^ "'Strong, balanced, dynamic' - Jersey name squad for T20 World Cup Qualifier". ITV News. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  14. ^ "Team preview: Jersey". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  15. ^ "Jersey name squad for World Cup Challenge League tournament in Oman". ITV News. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  16. ^ "1st Match, CWC Challenge League Group B at Al Amerat, Dec 2 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  17. ^ "Jersey Men's squad announced for T20 World Cup Europe qualifiers in Spain". Czarsportz. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  18. ^ @cricketinjersey (15 March 2023). "Chuggy leads an experienced Mens Squad to the ICC 50 Over World Cup Qualifier Play-off Tournament in Namibia 24 March-5 April" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  19. ^ "3rd Match, Windhoek, March 27, 2023, ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2023.

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