Tom Kirk scored a rapid 50 yesterday. (Picture by ICC/CricketEurope)

SEVERAL of Guernsey’s under-17 squad are contending for a senior call-up already according to Jeremy Frith. The island all-rounder was coach to the side who yesterday finished joint third in the European Division One Championship.

Rain in Bangor put paid to the Sarnians attempts win the place outright as their play-off with the Netherlands was abandoned after 29 overs, with the match having earlier been reduced to 34 overs per side following a delayed start.

‘The Scottish and Irish teams here that we saw would give our seniors a good game and Ireland [the overall winners of the tournament] would run them close,’ Frith said. ‘But I look at this [Guernsey] age group and the amount they have learnt in the last six years and at this competition and I do not know that we have had a more skilled group.

‘Four or five of this squad are genuinely contending for a senior spot.’