Jersey’s cricketers painted the Mediterranean skies in their colours, scripting an unblemished campaign to claim the 2025 Women’s T20 Quadrangular Series title. Their six-game masterclass in Cyprus, clinical, cohesive, and utterly commanding, crowned them as worthy champions in a tournament that celebrated emerging talent, tactical brilliance, and the relentless spirit of women’s cricket.
Over three days of fierce competition, Jersey, Isle of Man, Denmark, and hosts Cyprus delivered moments that ranged from record-breaking heroics to defiant grit, etching new chapters for their cricketing legacies.
All-rounder Iresha Chathurani a silver lining in Cyprus winless campaign
For the hosts, the tournament was a harsh lesson in top-level T20 cricket. Skipper Ayesha Dirannehelage’s side finished winless, but Iresha Chathurani’s all-round heroics offered silver linings. The Cypriot stalwart amassed 128 runs (6th highest overall) while claiming 7 wickets (joint 4th highest), embodying resilience. Chathurani’s fight symbolised a team unwilling to surrender throughout the series.
A campaign of promise from Denmark with three wins
Kathrine Brock-Nielsen’s Denmark oscillated between promise and frustration, securing three wins to finish third. Line Leisner anchored the batting with 106 runs, her patient 34* against Cyprus pivotal in a tense chase. But it was Nita Dalgaard’s seam wizardry that dazzled, 10 wickets at 10.30 in six innings with the ball for her side in the tournament.
Lucy Barnett’s headlines Isle of Man 3-win campaign
Eighteen-year-old Lucy Barnett didn’t just play cricket; she conducted symphonies at the crease. Her tournament-topping 272 runs included three half-centuries, each more audacious than the last. She became the youngest to 1,000 Women’s T20I runs. Danielle Murphy’s 11 wickets provided perfect harmony, her four-wicket demolition of the Isle of Man women showcasing death-bowling mastery. They registered back-to-back wins on the opening day against Denmark and Cyprus, before losing both their games the following game, to Jersey and Denmark. On day 3, they again thumped Cyprus and fell short against Jersey.
Dominant Jersey’s 6-win campaign
Chloe Greechan’s champions moved with machine-like precision. Aimee Aikenhead’s 220 runs combined power (137.50 strike rate) and poise (55 average), her backfoot punches becoming tournament trademarks. Skipper Greechan led the bowling orchestra, her 10 wickets conceding just 2.74 runs per over. This was cricket as a collective art. Analise Merritt picked up seven wickets with the ball for her side in the tournament.
Beyond boundaries and scorecards, this Cyprus tournament marked women’s cricket’s expanding frontiers. Emerging nations demonstrated growing tactical nuance, while teenage prodigies like Barnett signalled the sport’s bright future. These athletes proved T20 cricket isn’t just a game of margins, it’s a stage where courage meets craft.
