Jersey continued their unbeaten run in WCL Division 6 with a crushing 8-wicket victory over Argentina at Grainville, all but assuring their promotion to WCL Division 5.

Man-of-the-match Ben Stevens starred with both bat and ball, taking a 5-wicket haul and then making a classy 67 off 61 balls, including a 6 and seven boundaries, as Jersey romped to Argentina's total of 176 with 20 overs to spare.

Fielding first for the 4th time in this tournament, Corne Bodenstein's sharp opening spell got the ball rolling for the Islanders, picking up the wickets of the in-form Pablo Ferguson (2) and Hernan Williams (14) with some hostile fast bowling to leave Argentina 34-2.

Martin Siri (78 off 113 balls, seven 4s) then fought hard to rebuild the Argentinian innings, putting on a solid 60-run partnership with Bernardo Irigoyen (36 off 32 balls, four 4s, one 6) to lead his side to 162-4 in the 43rd over and seemingly well set for a score in excess of 200.

But left-arm spinner Stevens had other ideas, tearing through the middle and lower order as Argentina collapsed to 176 all out in the space of a mere 19 balls.

Stevens then compounded Argentina's woes by piling on a game-winning 131 runs for the 2nd wicket with skipper Peter Gough (69* off 87 balls, nine 4s), putting the Argentinian attack to the sword with a flamboyant display of stroke-making, as Jersey cruised to victory and all but booked their place in Sunday's final.

Captain Gough said, ‘At 160-4 we thought we'd be chasing 220 but then Benny (Stevens) did a great job with the ball, taking 4 wickets for barely any runs. The pitch then got better to bat on in the 2nd innings and it was a pleasure to bat with Stevo. He times it so well, boundaries come, he runs well and he moves the field around.

‘Vanuatu on Saturday is a huge game for us. We want to win five from five so that's like our final. We know they're a good side and we're looking forward to playing them.'

Argentina's captain Billy MacDermott said, ‘Jersey outplayed us today. We had one good partnership and Martin batted really well, but they were good with the ball and they fielded tightly. Our total was never enough and they came out batting positively and they deserved the win.'