Final hero Tom Kimber receives the plaudits of his team-mates with victory assured. (Picture by Gareth Le Prevost, 1182953)

ONE of the best innings ever played in a Guernsey shirt saw the island sensationally win Pepsi World Cricket League Division Six in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.

Tom Kimber was the hero with a brilliant 82 not out with his side seemingly out for the count at 65 for seven chasing 208 in the final against Malaysia at the stifling hot Kinrara Oval.

After coming in at number nine, man-of-the-match Kimber joined fellow youngster David Hooper in a match-turning eighth-wicket stand of 96 before Jamie Nussbaumer joined the wicketkeeper-batsman in seeing Guernsey over the line with three balls to spare.

‘It just shows the resilience that Guernsey cricket has now,’ said a modest Kimber, who did not want to reflect on his individual achievement but rather that of the team.

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