Basel Dragons U11’s win closely fought Basel Indoor Tournament
In another closely fought tournament in Swiss U11 cricket, Basel Dragons won their own indoor event beating Zurich in the final.
In the league stage Zurich were the only undefeated team but the play-off between the two top teams saw Zurich post a target of 67 for Basel to win. Some strong hitting from Dayn & Luke gave the Crickets a great start and they were 47 without loss after 7 overs. Then two wickets in an over from Max and another wicket for Tom put the brakes on and sharp fielding from the Dragons restricted Zurich to 66 at the end of 12 overs. Basel had a shaky start when Tom was run out with a direct hit at the bowlers end by Dayn when the score was just 8. Some fierce hitting from Ed and Westy working the ball saw the Dragons to 55 after 8 overs before James turned the ball to square leg for Dayn to take a sharp catch off Luca. William also fell to Luca but Max & Francis calmly knocked off the last runs with 5 balls to spare.
Final standings after leagues stage
| Team | Played | Won | Lost | Total |
| Zurich Crickets (ZC) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 36 |
| Basel Dragons (BD) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 31 |
| Gingins (GG) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 26 |
| Luxembourg (L) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 |
| Basel Nightfuries (BN) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| Zurich Locusts (ZL) | 6 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| Geneva Youth (GL) | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
The tournament overall saw some great performances demonstrating the rapid improvement in junior cricket in Switzerland. With 7 teams having entered, a total of 23 matches were played over 2 days!
Five batsmen scored more than 100 runs in the tournament: Dayn (ZC 126), Ed (BD 121), Archer (GG 114), James (BD 105) and Joe (ZC 105). Also of note is Max (BD) who scored a total of 72
runs in 5 innings without being dismissed and Joe (ZC) who scored the highest individual score of 59 not out.
The top wicket takers were Aryan (ZC) with 10, ED (BD), Luke (ZC) and Alex (GG) with 7 each. Best individual bowling performances were ED with 4 for 4 against Zurich Locusts and the
hat-tricks by Aryan, James & Luca (ZC).
The awards for best batsman went to Ed, best individual innings to Joe, best bowler to Scott (L) for his consistency and most improved bowler to Soumil (BN) but he was run close by Harry (ZL). Luke (ZC) won the champagne moment award for his stunning diving catch from a ricochet.
Match Results Summary
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1 |
Basel Dragons |
112 for 2 |
beat |
Basel Nightfuries |
56 for 6 |
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Ed 21*, Max 21*, James 17* |
Ethan 15 |
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Ethan 1/24, Max 1/20 |
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Ed 3/6 |
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2 |
Zurich Crickets |
124 for 2 |
beat |
Basel Nightfuries |
14 for 6 |
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Dayn 20*, Luke 22*, |
Shivam 5 |
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Ethan 1/30, Soumil 1/23 |
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Dayn 2/1, Aryan 2/1 |
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3 |
Basel Dragons |
114 for 4 |
beat |
Zurich Locusts |
47 for 6 |
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Max 20*, James 18, Ed 17* |
Kyle 12 |
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Harry 1/22, Antar 1/18 |
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James 1/4, Ed 4/4 |
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4 |
Gingins |
61 for 4 |
beat |
Luxembourg |
61 for 4 |
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Archer 21* |
William 13* |
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Scott 3 for 6 |
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Leo 2/16 |
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5 |
Zurich Locusts |
84 for 4 |
beat |
Geneva Youth |
83 for 2 |
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Shamas 9* |
Theodore 6* |
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Nathaniel 1/18, Finian 1/18 |
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6 |
Luxembourg |
138 for 0 |
beat |
Geneva Youth |
44 for 4 |
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Brice 21*, Scott 21*, Adithya 18* |
Theodore 15* |
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William 17* |
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Scott 1/2, William 1/4 |
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7 |
Zurich Crickets |
93 for 4 |
beat |
Basel Dragons |
92 for 4 |
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Dayn 25, Luke 20* |
James 24*, Ed 24* |
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Max 1 /23, William 1/ 6 |
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8 |
Gingins |
73 for 4 |
beat |
Basel Nightfuries |
62 for 6 |
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Archer 20* |
Max 13 |
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Marc 2/11 |
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Leo 1/16, Archer 1/15, Ricky 1/5 |
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9 |
Luxembourg |
96 for 3 |
beat |
Zurich Locusts |
54 for 4 |
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Scott 20*, Adithya 22* |
Harry 11 |
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Vedant 1/14, |
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Scott 1/17, Ansch 1/3 |
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10 |
Basel Dragons |
122 for 2 |
beat |
Geneva Youth |
19 for 6 |
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Max 21*, Tom 16, William 19*, |
Aakash 5 |
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Ed 19 |
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James 3/0 |
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11 |
Gingins |
118 for 3 |
beat |
Geneva Youth |
42 for 2 |
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Dylan 26*, Alex 24*, Archer 25* |
Finian 6 |
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Aaakash 1/10, Nathaniel 1/14, |
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Alex 1/11 |
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12 |
Zurich Crickets |
116 for 5 |
beat |
Zurich Locusts |
43 for 6 |
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Joe 59* |
Antar 9 |
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Antar 2/20, Vedant 2/12 |
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Aryan 3/15, Luke 3/7, Joe 2/4 |
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13 |
Luxembourg |
87 for 5 |
beat |
Basel Nightfuries |
65 for 2 |
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Brice 20 |
Ethan 19, Marc 17* |
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Marc 1/14, Soumil 1/21 |
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Kenzie 2/6 |
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14 |
Basel Dragons |
54 for 0 |
beat |
Gingins |
52 for 5 |
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James 15*, Tom 14* |
Dylan 16 |
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Tom 3/3, Max 2/13 |
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15 |
Zurich Crickets |
135 for 1 |
beat |
Geneva Youth |
49 for 6 |
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Ben 20*, Dayn 20*, Luke 20*, |
Aakash 11 |
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Aryan 3/9 |
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16 |
Basel Nightfuries |
89 for 5 |
beat |
Zurich Locusts |
76 for 3 |
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Max 7* |
Harry 17* |
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Antar 1/4 |
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Soumil 2/7, Ethan 1/17 |
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17 |
Zurich Crickets |
93 for 2 |
beat |
Luxembourg |
61 for 5 |
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Ben 20*, Dayn 22*, Joe 21* |
William 26 |
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Adithya 1/17, Shubb 1/26 |
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Luca 3/6 |
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18 |
Basel Dragons |
68 for 1 |
beat |
Luxembourg |
67 for 2 |
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Brice 22*, Scott 22* |
James 17*, Ed 20* |
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Adithya 1/16 |
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19 |
Gingins |
110 for 0 |
beat |
Zurich Locusts |
46 for 3 |
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Archer 22* |
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Alex 3/10 |
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20 |
Zurich Crickets |
69 for 1 |
beat |
Gingins |
68 for 3 |
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Ben 20*, Luke 22* |
Archer 20* |
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Alex 1/17 |
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Ben 1/11, Aryan 1/6, Dayn 1/14 |
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21 |
Basel Nightfuries |
107 for 2 |
beat |
Geneva Youth |
67 for 3 |
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Marc 7*, Max 7* |
Nathaniel 3* |
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Oliver 1/15, Aakash 1/14 |
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Shreyas 1/11 |
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22 |
Luxembourg |
68 for 3 |
beat |
Gingins |
64 for 5 |
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William 18*, Brice 15 |
Mattia 12* |
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Adithya 2/16 |
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23 |
Basel Dragons |
67 for 3 |
beat |
Zurich Crickets |
66 for 6 |
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Ed 20*, James 14 |
Dayn 24, Luke 13 |
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Luca 2/14 |
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Tom 1/16, Max 2/8 |
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Media articles
Read the article "Junior cricketers make it a hat trick in Switzerland" on Wort.lu Luxembourg website.