The multi-talented First Tower United defender has withdrawn from the football squad to continue his involvement with Jersey’s cricket squad, for their three-match tour to India next month and then on to Nepal for the World Cricket League Division V tournament.
Dewhurst was left with a decision to make about which sport to play; he his chosen cricket and Combination and Jersey football team manager Jon Welsh fully understands why.
Welsh said: ‘Sam has withdrawn because of his commitment to the Jersey Cricket Board and I can see why. The cricketers are spending a lot of time training as they get closer to their tournament and I fully understand Sam’s decision to put cricket first.’
