In overcast conditions at Rugby School, Ireland took a stride clear of the pack, comprehensively beating Jersey by 191 runs to pick up their second victory in two days.

Invited to bat first, the Irish racked up 283 for 8, the cornerstone of which was a superb century from Colin Currie. His 128 came at just under a run a ball and was laced with twelve boundaries and two sixes.

Sharing stands of 64 with Andrew Delany, 85 with Fiachra Tucker, and 94 with Ross McCay, Currie helped Ireland reach 243 for 2 before he was finally dismissed, caught by Grant Donaldson off the bowling of Solomon Warner.

Jersey threatened to halt Ireland's momentum, with Donaldson (2-28) bowling a tidy spell and Warner (4-56) picking up three more wickets in the closing overs, but Rory Anders's brutal 27 from only 13 balls wrested control back to the Irish camp.

After lunch, Anders (2-19) struck in his first over, removing William Robertson; when Donaldson and Robert Duckett joined him in the pavilion, the score now 38 for 3, Jersey's hopes rested with skipper and MVP at last week's U-19 World Cup Qualifier, Jonty Jenner.

For a while, hope sprang: Jenner raced to 44 from only 39 balls, smashing seven fours and a six. But when he was trapped lbw to the impressive leg-spin of Tucker, Jersey folded, losing their last seven wickets for forty runs and being dismissed for 96 with more than half their overs unused.

Tucker finished with 3 for 10, while Conor O'Gorman (2-21) cleaned out the tail.

Tomorrow, the Irish face the Netherlands knowing that victory would give them a strong chance of regaining a championship they last won in 2007. Jersey, meanwhile, need to bounce back against the Scots.