The head of Jersey cricket says the decision to select Scotland to play at next month's T20 World Cup will inspire her players to qualify for the next tournament.
The Scots have been chosen to fill the void left by Bangladesh's withdrawal as the highest side in the ICC (International Cricket Council) T20 world rankings not to qualify.
But the Channel Island side finished higher than Scotland in the final round of European qualifying held in the Netherlands last summer.
"It gives the players that I've spoken to that resolve to qualify in our own right," Sarah Gomersall told BBC Sport.
"If we're not going to get there this way then we will just go there in our own right, we'll be best prepared because we'll have a decent run into it and we will show the world what we can do."
While the Scots won just one of their four games, Jersey won two, including a memorable victory over Scotland, to finish third in last summer's qualifier.
The islanders were only denied direct qualification to this year's event by virtue of a lower net run rate than Italy, while table-toppers Netherlands only had three balls to spare in their win over Jersey.
"It's important to recognise the feelings and emotions that the players will be going through," added the Jersey Cricket Board's chief executive.
"Back in July when we played the qualifier we did amazingly well, we finished third, we missed out on direct qualification by net run rate.
"Obviously we went through all the emotion that brings at the time, and it's a source of pride and it's also a bit of disappointment that we're now also close again, but we've just missed out."
Bangladesh were removed from the event after asking for their games in India to be moved to Sri Lanka, citing safety concerns amid growing tensions between the countries.
But the request was refused, leaving Bangladesh to boycott the event, which begins on 7 February.
Jersey will begin the qualifying process for the 2028 T20 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand in May.
They have been drawn in Qualifier A of the European sub-regional tournament in Cyprus, with victory in the 10-team event earning a place in the final round of European qualifying in 2027.
Aside from the chance to play on the world stage, qualifying for the T20 World Cup would also bring an unparalleled level of revenue to the island side.
"The funding that comes from participating in the World Cup would genuinely be transformational," Gomersall said.
"Not only just for cricket in Jersey, but seeing people from the island on TV would be awesome and inspirational and genuinely create a legacy for everybody on the island.
"That would be a very, very welcome by-product of going to the World Cup.
"But right now we just need to make sure that we set ourselves up in the best possible way to get there next time around."
