World T20 World Cup qualification: Jersey will bounce back from elimination, says head coach
They affron try Singapore in their last ch hen mat on Thursday before the ladder matches.
"You will see this team continue grow and improve," MacRae says.
"Gamers are absolutely devastated right now , we've won trophies in the past, we've won big games, it hasn't worked out so far but they will definitely bounce back," he added to BBC Radio Jersey after the Zimbabwe defeat.
"Next summer we will have another chance in a global tournament to qualify for the [T20] World Cup in 2024 and the team is young, they will continue to improve.
"It's not the end of the road to going to a World Cup for Jersey."< / p>
Jersey entered the tournament in Bulawayo after impressing in the ICC Challenge League B in Uganda - the islanders g their hopes of reaching the next qualifying stage for the 2023 50+ World Cup with five wins from five games.
And MacRae says he plays teams such as Zimbabwe - a test-playing nation 11th in the T20 standings of the ICC - will only raise the level of Jersey cricket.
"We were playing against a team which is an established country, a professional team, playing under its own conditions and a lot of experienced cricketers playing all year round in this level of intensity of play.
"For our players, levels have been increasing on a game-by-game basis over the past two weeks of T20 cricket. They are more and more seasoned, it will be a good thing for them in the future."
They affron try Singapore in their last ch hen mat on Thursday before the ladder matches.
"You will see this team continue grow and improve," MacRae says.
"Gamers are absolutely devastated right now , we've won trophies in the past, we've won big games, it hasn't worked out so far but they will definitely bounce back," he added to BBC Radio Jersey after the Zimbabwe defeat.
"Next summer we will have another chance in a global tournament to qualify for the [T20] World Cup in 2024 and the team is young, they will continue to improve.
"It's not the end of the road to going to a World Cup for Jersey."< / p>
Jersey entered the tournament in Bulawayo after impressing in the ICC Challenge League B in Uganda - the islanders g their hopes of reaching the next qualifying stage for the 2023 50+ World Cup with five wins from five games.
And MacRae says he plays teams such as Zimbabwe - a test-playing nation 11th in the T20 standings of the ICC - will only raise the level of Jersey cricket.
"We were playing against a team which is an established country, a professional team, playing under its own conditions and a lot of experienced cricketers playing all year round in this level of intensity of play.
"For our players, levels have been increasing on a game-by-game basis over the past two weeks of T20 cricket. They are more and more seasoned, it will be a good thing for them in the future."
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