Farmers Cricket Club Ground is a cricket ground in Saint Martin, Jersey. It was opened in 2005 by Geoffrey Boycott, and hosted 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Five matches in May 2016. The ground is the home of the Farmers Cricket Club.
History
The first recorded international match at the Farmers Cricket Club Ground was in July 2007 between Belgium Under-19s and France Under-19s. The ground hosted five matches during the 2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Five, including one Jersey match against Botswana, which Jersey won by 7 wickets. In 2009, the Farmers Cricket Club Ground hosted a match between Guerney Under-19s and Ireland under-19s, as part of the 2009 European Under-19 Championships. Ireland scored 281, in an innings where Andrew Balbirnie top-scored for the Irish with 83 and 55 extras were conceded. In reply, Guernsey were bowled out for 49.
In 2013, the ground hosted four matches in the 2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Six. In May 2014, the ground hosted a 50-over and a 20-over match between Jersey and the Marylebone Cricket Club; Jersey won the 50-over match by 7 wickets, and the 20-over match by 2 wickets on the final ball of the match. After the death of Phillip Hughes, Farmers Cricket Club groundsman Jimmy Perchard organised a row of bats outside the ground, and changed the ground's scorecard to 63*.
Between 21 and 28 May 2016, the Farmers Cricket Club Ground was one of three grounds hosting the 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Five in Jersey; the other two are Grainville Cricket Ground and FB Playing Fields, and the Farmers Ground is scheduled to host five matches.