Jersey completed their most emphatic victory of the week, an eight wickets success over Argentina, to all but confirm their place in the final of World Cricket League Division 6. Only a huge defeat to Vanuatu in their final game on Saturday and an equally big victory for Nigeria against Argentina will deny them top spot.

When Argentina were 162 for four in the 44th over, it looked as if Jersey could face a testing examination to preserve their 100 per cent record - but 33 overs later the game was over.

Argentina lost their last six wickets in 20 balls and, with only 177 to chase, Peter Gough and Ben Stevens did much as they liked against an inept bowling attack which is the main reason why the South Americans are sliding down the World rankings.

Just four years ago they were in Division 3 but if they lose to Nigeria on Saturday they will be one match away from dropping out of the WCL structure.

The fact that they didn't introduce their fifth bowler until Jersey's score was 151 for one, and one over later it was 168 for one, underlined the paucity of their attack which never threatened to extend an increasingly confident Jersey batting line-up.

They did manage two wickets, Corey Bisson caught at extra cover and Stevens at short thirdman, but by then complacency had set in with victory in sight. The big left hander had done more than enough to not only ensure victory but also make his second man of the match award a formality.

It was the slow left armer who had hurried the Argentina innings to a close with four wickets in eight balls, including the big one of Martin Siri whose 78 off 113 balls provided the only serious resistance. Then, with the bat, Stevens hit 67 off 61 balls with seven fours and a six.

Carrying his bat at the other end was skipper Gough who finished 69 not out from 87 balls with nine fours, summing up the leisurely pace which still ensured a Jersey victory with 125 balls to spare.

The bowling early on was steady if unspectacular. Although Stevens took the most wickets and was also on a hat-trick after Siri yorked himself, it was Corney Bodenstein was the pick of the bowlers. He made the initial two breakthroughs, bowling Pablo Ferguson in his third over and opening partner Hernan Williams in his fifth and he came back to take the wicket of the Argentina captain to finish with figures of three for 21 which would have been even more economical but for the six wides he bowled.

Still, that aspect of the Jersey bowling continues to improve - there wasn't a single wide bowled after the first 10 overs so the early shine off the white ball would seem to be the biggest problem.

Jersey made two changes to the team that beat Nigeria on Wednesday with Paul McCafferty replaced by Alex Cooke and Tom Minty rested ahead of tougher tasks ahead and replaced by Ben Kynman who is unavailable for Sunday's final day.

Kynman came on as third change bowler and ended the only meaningful partnership, 60 for the fifth wicket, when he had Bernardo Irigoyen caught at mid-on for a bright and breeze 36 off 32 balls with four fours and a six. But it was the beginning of the end, not only of the Argentina innings but also the match.

The top two after the round-robin series on Saturday night are promoted to World Cricket League 5 and with one match to go, Jersey are in pole position.