by Arnold Bucheli (Tournament Director)
Over the course of the weekend of 26-27 November, Gingins Cricket Club once again hosted its annual U15 indoor tournament at the College Madame De Staël in Carouge (GE). Along with the home team were teams representing Zurich, Basel, La Chat, Cossonayand GRYCC - totalling 55 players.
With a scoring system that encouraged accurate bowling, tight fielding and sharp running between the wickets, the overall standard (as commented by the head of youth development, Cricket
Switzerland) was exceptionally high across the 12 matches played.
On Saturday were pool matches with the teams divided into two pools of three teams each determining the seeding for Sunday’s semi-finals and the final. The pool matches were closely contested, and the result could have gone either way.There were also consolation matches, each of which were also keenly competed.
The final standings for Pool A were:
Pos. | Team | Played | Won | Lost |
1. | Cossonay CC | 2 | 2 | 0 |
2. | Zurich Crickets CC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
3. | La Chat CC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
The final standings for Pool B were:
Pos. | Team | Played | Won | Lost |
1. | Basel Dragons CC | 2 | 2 | 0 |
2. | Gingins CC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
3. | GRYCC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Both Basel and Cossonaywon their semi-final matches and Cossonay went on to win the finals due to some very accurate bowling and fielding.
The individuals singled out for making the most impact for their teams over the course of the weekend:
Award | Player (Team) |
Best Batsman | Aryan (ZCCC) scored 80 runs, averaging 40 over the weekend. |
Best Bowler | Will (BDJCC)Took 4 wickets over the weekend, his bowling has really come along over the past couple of years. |
Best Fielder |
Nathaniel (GRYCC) including a very fine caught and bowled off the ceiling, diving full length to hold onto the ball. |
Spirit of Cricket | Adil (Cossonay) He won this award by being the player of the tournament. Adil scored 93 runs, and took 6 wickets in the tournament. |
Well done to Cossonay CC for winning this year’s event, and to all the individual winners as well.
The result of each game was as follows:
Match |
Result |
|
1 |
Cossonay v La Chat |
Cossonay won by 60 runs |
2 |
Basel v Gingins |
Basel won by 35 runs |
3 |
La Chat v Zurich |
Zurich won by 3 wickets |
4 |
GRYCC v Basel |
Basel won by 5 wickets |
5 |
Cossonay v Zurich |
Cossonay won by 33 runs |
6 |
GRYCC v Gingins |
Gingins won by 19 runs |
7 |
GRYCC v La Chat |
La Chat won by 3 runs |
8 |
Gingins v Cossonay |
Cossonay won by 38 runs |
9 |
Basel v Zurich |
Basel won by 3 wickets |
10 |
GRYCC v Zurich |
Zurich won by 3 wickets |
11 |
La Chat v Gingins |
La Chat won by 4 wickets |
12 |
Cossonay v Basel |
Cossonay won by 4 wickets |