Euro Twenty20 Cup preview
Warsaw, 12-15 July 2018
Match One - Poland (hosts) v Switzerland
Four nations have confirmed their participation in the Central European Development League Twenty20 Cup in Warsaw, Poland.
Poland (hosts), Switzerland, Hungary & Ukraine will compete in this year's tournament at the Warsaw Cricket Ground at Stare Babice from Thursday 12th to Sunday 15th July 2018.
The Swiss go into this tournament on the back of their recent success in the Central European ODI Touranment in Prague, but tournament favourites remain the hosts. The combination of home soil and their strongest possible team will make them a very difficult team to beat.
Hungary, who incidentally beat Switzerland in this tournament in 2017, will also prove to be strong contestants.
In an exclusive with the Swiss coach/manager, Chris Lodge says, "With a number of changes from the ODI tour squad in June due to players having to balance their family, work and cricket
commitments, it is a much changed squad that travels to Poland.
This though, does provide a number of players who were unavailable or not seleted for Prague with a chance to make their mark against equally strong opposition, in what is always a strongly
contested tournament".
Match schedule
|
Central European Twenty20 Cup in Warsaw
(12-15 July 2018) |
|
| Thursday 12th July (round 1) | |
| 11am | Poland versus Switzerland |
| 2.30pm | Hungary versus Ukraine |
| Friday 13th July (round 2) | |
| 11am | Hungary versus Switzerland |
| 2.30pm | Poland versus Ukraine |
| Saturday 14th July (round 3) | |
| 11am | Switzerland versus Ukraine |
| 2.30pm | Poland versus Hungary |
| Sunday 15th July | |
| 10am | 3rd versus 4th |
| 1.30pm | Final |
| 5pm | Closing ceremony |
All games take place at the Gminny Ośrodek sports & recreation ground just outside Warsaw in Stare Babice:
Gminny Ośrodek Sportu i Rekreacji Stare Babice
ul. Zachodnia 2, Zielonki-Parcele
05-082 Stare Babice
Team accommodation
The Swiss National Squad will stay at the MCC Mazurkas Conference Centre & Hotel:
MCC Mazurkas Conference Centre & Hotel
ul. Poznańska 177
05-850 Ożarów Mazowiecki
tel.: +48 22 721 47 47-49
fax: +48 22 721 47 51
e-mail: recepcja@mazurkashotel.pl
Squad details
The following players have made them themselves available and were selected for this tournament:
| No. | Player | Club |
| 1 | Matthew Martin | CERN CC |
| 2 | Afzaal Sikander | Power CC |
| 3 | Shahnawaz Mohammad | Power CC |
| 4 | Sajiat Safiat | Power CC |
| 5 | Tom Mampilly | Winterthur CC |
| 6 | Aidan Andrews | Cossonay CC |
| 7 | Arjun Vinod | Geneva XI Stars CC |
| 8 | Ashwin Vinod | Geneva CC |
| 9 | Lakshmi Prasad | Zurich Lions CC |
| 10 | Shijo Joseph | Winterthur CC |
| 11 | Prabhakar Palni | CERN CC |
| 12 | A.N.Other | |
| 13 | ||
| 14 | ||
| Coach/Manager: Chris Lodge | ||
Officials
Officials for this tournament have been named as Peter de Boeck & Andrew Scott.
Further information
Information on the Swiss national squad's participation should be directed to Chris Lodge, general information on the Central European Twenty Cup 2018 to Tarun Daluja.