The senior Isle of Man team faces the biggest week in Manx Cricket history.
They are playing in Sussex in the ICC European Division One Championship.
Denmark are the first opponents later today (Monday).
In all, 12 nations are competing in two groups of six.
Coach Gareth Dawson says he is still going set his side tough objectives despite playing at this level for the first ever time:
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