Jersey Quintet Selected to Represent the British & Irish Roses at the Meltl Shield
The inaugural Meltl Shield hosted this weekend by The European Cricket Network will feature five Jersey players.
Jersey cricketers Chloe Greechan, Analise Merritt, Charlie Miles, Trinity Smith and Grace Wetherall have all been selected for the British & Irish Roses based on their strong performances in T10 and T20 cricket. They travel along with Jersey Cricket’s CEO and Manager of the Mens national side, Sarah Gomersall, who has been appointed Manager.
Held at the Roma Cricket Ground in Rome, Italy, it is a T10 format tournament of nine matches featuring a selection of Europe’s best cricketers, with Team Europe playing the British and Irish Roses. Coaching the Roses is Richard Cunningham of Gibraltar Cricket and for Team Europe, their coach is Helmein Rambaldo of Netherlands Cricket alongside Manager, Quinton Norris, of Austria Cricket.
All games will be televised on the European Cricket Network YouTube channel and live scores can be followed on their website https://www.ecn.cricket/series/meltl-shield-2024-6955.
Jersey Head Coach, Darren Thomas said “This is a great chance for our players to show off their skills in a franchise type environment amongst a team of high quality players and facing a European team with many familiar names. Up to now there hasn’t been many opportunities to play with cricketers of this calibre, with players from England, Ireland, Guernsey and Gibraltar all represented. It shows the progress of womens cricket in Jersey that we have five cricketers in the Roses squad and they can all be proud of their places.”
Manuela Meltl-Weston, wife of Daniel Weston, Founder of European Cricket Network said “Myself and my family are so excited to see the game growing further and faster. Not only am I proud to have my surname on the Shield but more importantly to create platforms for the best female cricketers today and drive the ambition of tomorrow”.
Playing schedule (UK times):
Saturday 24 August: 08.15 – 10.15 – 12.45 – 14.45 – 16.45 | Sunday 25 August: 09.00 – 11.00 – 13.30 – 15.30
British & Irish Roses Squad: Chloe Greechan, Analise Merritt, Charlie Miles, Trinity Smith, Grace Wetherall (Jersey), Ria Fackrell, Chiara Green, Millie Taylor, Amy Wheeler (England), Amy Benatar, Yanira Blagg, Nicola Caruana, Lizzie Ferrary (Gibraltar), Emily Merrien, Hannah Mechem (Guernsey), Sophie MacMahon (Ireland).
Team Europe Squad: Lisa Bowring, Priya Sabu, Andrea-Mae Zepeda, (Austria), Farwa Baber (Czech Republic), Anuradha Doddaballapur (Germany), Emilia Bartram, Dilaisha Nanayakkara, Methnara Rathnayake, Ilenia Sims (Italy), Caroline de Lange, Babette de Leede, Robine Rijke, Iris Zwilling (Netherlands), Rebecca Blake (Romania), Naomi Bermejo, Payal Chilongia (Spain)