Up goes the Guernsey slip cordon and bowler Lee Savident as Tom Kimber takes a catch to dismiss Ullah Khan. (Picture by Gareth Le Prevost, 1182681)

THE passports need to be kept at the ready after Guernsey booked a place in Singapore at February’s Pepsi World Cricket League Division Five tournament.

The Sarnians beat hosts Malaysia yesterday in Kuala Lumpur to earn promotion from Division Six and complete the group stage unbeaten with four straight wins.

‘It’s mission accomplished and I am delighted that we have not put ourselves under any pressure going into the last game,’ said Guernsey coach Andy Cornford, who praised his team’s all-round performance in reaching yesterday’s victory target of 170 with five wickets and 26 balls to spare with Ross Kneller and Ben Ferbrache seeing the side home.

‘I always think chasing down a score is the hardest way to win and I thought we showed real bottle.’

• Match report in the Guernsey Press. Click here for subscription details. Individual editions are now available online.