Gingins U15 indoor tournament report

26th & 27th November 2016

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.

Final Standings

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.

Individual Awards

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.

Matches & results

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