Charles grew up with the ground at the end of his garden, making his debut in 2010 before taking over the captaincy in 2017 and said walking out on the ground as captain gave him goosebumps.
“Looking out at dad on the sidelines, all my family there, it was a special moment for sure,” he said.
Jimmy added: “I’m proud of the facility but the fact that Chuggy (Charles’s nickname) has done so well for Jersey makes the whole family very proud of him.
“His brother’s mad keen on cricket and every daylight hour when they were children they would play cricket together.
“I used to play with them as well until they started beating me and they didn’t want to play with me anymore.”
Jersey are currently ranked 29th in the ICC’s global T20 rankings.
The team only missed out on making the 2026 T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka 2026 on net run rate last summer, having beaten Scotland and narrowly losing to the Netherlands in qualifying.
The side are on the pathway again – they qualified from their T20 World Cup Sub Regional Europe Qualifier in Cyprus last month and will return to the final round again next year as they aim to make the 2028 T20 World Cup.
“A lot of the national side today have come through the Farmers pipeline,” said Charles.
“I think it’s gone a long way to help cultivate the talent that Jersey has today, so I think a lot of gratitude should be paid to my old man and the Farmers Cricket Club for its support in helping those young players come through.”
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