JERSEY will play in World Cricket League Division Five in Malaysia early next year after making it five wins out of five with a seven wickets success over Vanuatu at Farmer's Field.

For the sixth consecutive game, Jersey were able to bowl first - after Vanuatu won the toss - and their powerful batting line-up knocked off the 190 runs required in the 44th over, for the loss of just three wickets.

Ben Stevens, for the third consecutive game, was named man of the match and, unsurprisingly, he immediately received the player of the tournament award. His captain, Peter Gough, called him for a quick single in yesterday's match, and although Stevens didn't make it, he had already 38 runs and Jersey were well on their way to victory.

After Corey Bisson was leg before for 24, with the total on 40, Gough and Stevens put on 85 to make serious inroads into their victory target and although the skipper, after compiling another half century, was brilliantly caught at mid-off, with Jersey still 40 runs short, Ed Farley - his bad run of form, long forgotten - and Andy Dewhurst eased the hosts to the win which sealed the perfect tournament performance.

Stevens was the pick and the most successful of the Jersey bowlers, finishing with three for 21 from another 10 accurate overs while Tom Minty continued to impress, this time as fourth change bowler, taking two for 25. Charles Perchard also took two wickets, including leading Vanuatu scorer Trevor Langa with Paul Connelly the other successful bowler.

When Vanuatu slumped to 123 for seven, it looked as if we were in for another early finish but an eighth wicket stand of 57 held up the hosts. It made the Jersey chase more taxing but it only allowed them to show just how far they were ahead of all their rivals this week.

Three wickets in successive overs put Jersey in control after the south Pacific islanders had reached 64 for one in the 15th over. Langa received good support from Patrick Matuataava, the top scorer in Saturday's aborted match between the teams, but as soon as the 100 came up in the 27th over, Langa was bowled for 53 and when Matuataava followed five overs later, the end appeared to be in sight.

John Dunn and Joel John, however, had other ideas and they took six boundaries with increasing confidence before Stevens, inevitably, ended the partnership, albeit in the 49th over.

A run out gave Jersey their ninth wicket off the penultimate ball and at a late lunch - rain interrupted the Vanuatu innings after just one over for almost an hour - the home side knew they would have to work hard to reach 190.

But this batting line-up not only do that but have made it look easy and that combination did not let them down in this fitting finale. Bisson was actually missed off the first ball he faced - the ball going between first and second slip - but he cashed in with a run-a-ball innings and Stevens was always going to made the opposition pay after he was dropped at cover on 13.

Gough, having reached a 94-ball 50, would loved to have seen the job through but although denied by Jelene Chilia's overhead catch, he proudly received the tournament trophy at the after-match ceremony. A deserved night of celebration followed and there is no reason why they should not be in the mix for further promotion in Malaysia.

They will be joined there by Nigeria who pipped Vanuatu to second place, courtesy of their win over Argentina at Grainville. Vanuatu's consolation is that they keep their place in WCL 6. Argentina, Bahrain and Kuwait slip out of the world structure.