Jake Dunford
{{short description|Cricketer}}
{{use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Jake Dunford
| image =
| country = Jersey
| fullname = Jake Samuel Edward Dunford
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|6|24|df=yes}}
| birth_place =
| height =
| batting = Right-handed
| role = Wicket-keeper
| international = true
| odidebutdate = 27 March
| odidebutyear = 2023
| odidebutagainst = Canada
| odicap = 2
| lastodidate = 30 March
| lastodiyear = 2023
| lastodiagainst = Namibia
| T20Idebutdate = 31 May
| T20Idebutyear = 2019
| T20Idebutagainst = Guernsey
| T20Icap = 3
| lastT20Idate = 14 July
| lastT20Iyear = 2024
| lastT20Iagainst = Norway
| date = 14 July 2024
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/659087.html ESPNcricinfo
}}
Jake Dunford (born 24 June 1994) is a Jersey international cricketer.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/659087.html |title=Jake Dunford |access-date=22 May 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}} He played in the 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Five tournament.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/979811.html |title=ICC World Cricket League Division Five, Jersey v Oman at St Saviour, May 21, 2016 |access-date=22 May 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}} Prior to the World Cricket League tournament, he made his first-class debut for Durham MCCU against Gloucestershire on 31 March 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/946767.html |title=Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches, Gloucestershire v Durham MCCU at Bristol, Mar 31-Apr 2, 2016 |access-date=22 May 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}
Career
Dunford played for Jersey in the 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Four matches held in Los Angeles.
He is currently the ICC World Cricket League record holder for the most dismissals in a single tournament, with 21 (18 catches and 3 stumpings) in the ICC WCL Division 5 tournament. This broke the previous record of 19 shared by Jeroen Smits of the Netherlands (at the 2009 World Cup Qualifier) and Denzil Sequeira of Botswana (at the 2013 WCL Division Seven).{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1022451.html |title=Jersey captain Gough credits stable squad for promotion |access-date=3 June 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}
In April 2018, he was named in Jersey's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Four tournament in Malaysia.{{cite web|url=https://jerseyeveningpost.com/sport/2018/04/05/chuggys-men-for-mission-to-malaysia/ |title=Chuggy's men for mission to Malaysia |date=5 April 2018 |access-date=6 April 2018 |work=Jersey Evening Post}} In August 2018, he was named in Jersey's squad for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Europe Qualifier tournament in the Netherlands.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/45171461 |title=Jersey name squad for World Twenty20 first-round qualifier |work=BBC Sport |access-date=13 August 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/808096 |title=Three debutants in Jersey squad for ICC World T20 Europe Qualifier |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=14 August 2018}}
In May 2019, he was named in Jersey's squad for the 2019 T20 Inter-Insular Cup against Guernsey.{{cite web |url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2019/articles/000007/000711.shtml |title=Jersey play their first official T20 Internationals |access-date=30 May 2019 |work=Cricket Europe |archive-date=29 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529044753/https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2019/articles/000007/000711.shtml |url-status=dead }} He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Jersey against Guernsey on 31 May 2019.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/1185174/game/1185200 |title=1st T20I, Jersey tour of Guernsey at St Peter Port, May 31 2019 |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=31 May 2019}} The same month, he was named in Jersey's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier tournament in Guernsey.{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1231405 |title=Squads announced for ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Final 2019 |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=31 May 2019}}
In September 2019, he was named in Jersey's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.{{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/channel/2019-09-16/strong-balanced-dynamic-jersey-name-squad-for-t20-world-cup-qualifier/ |title='Strong, balanced, dynamic' - Jersey name squad for T20 World Cup Qualifier |work=ITV News |access-date=16 September 2019}} Ahead of the tournament, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named him as the player to watch in Jersey's squad.{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1451469 |title=Team preview: Jersey |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=12 October 2019}} In November 2019, he was named in Jersey's squad for the Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament in Oman.{{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/channel/2019-11-07/jersey-name-squad-for-world-cup-challenge-league-tournament-in-oman/ |title=Jersey name squad for World Cup Challenge League tournament in Oman |work=ITV News |access-date=7 November 2019}} He made his List A debut against Uganda, on 2 December 2019.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1207061.html |title=1st Match, CWC Challenge League Group B at Al Amerat, Dec 2 2019 |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=2 December 2019}}
In October 2021, Dunford was named in Jersey's T20I squad for the Regional Final of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier tournament.{{cite web|url=https://czarsportzauto.com/jersey-squad-t20-world-cup-europe-qualifiers/ |title=Jersey Men's squad announced for T20 World Cup Europe qualifiers in Spain |work=Czarsportz |access-date=4 October 2021}}
In March 2023, he was named in Jersey's squad for the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut on 27 March 2023, for Jersey against Canada in that tournament.{{Cite web |title=3rd Match, Windhoek, March 27, 2023, ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-cricket-world-cup-qualifier-play-off-2023-1365085/canada-vs-jersey-3rd-match-1365094/live-cricket-score |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}
In September 2024 he was named in Jersey's 14-player squad for the 2024 Cricket World Cup Challenge League A in Kenya.{{cite web|url=https://www.jerseycricket.je/latest-news/jersey-mens-squad-announced-for-icc-cwc-challenge-league-a|title=Jersey Men’s Squad Announced for ICC CWC Challenge League|publisher=Jersey Cricket|accessdate=24 September 2024}}
References
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External links
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