U15 Romande Cup report

A beautiful Autumn day saw the concluding day of outdoor cricket for 2019 at Bout-du-Monde for the U15 Romande Cup.

Three teams competed for the trophy - La Châtaigneraie School, Team A (made of up players from Cossonay, Gingins, GRYCC and one from Basel) and Team B (Basel, Zurich and one from Gingins). The format was 15 overs a side in a round robin and the top two playing a final for the trophy.

Team B emerged victorious after a thrilling final that went to the last ball!

Match 1

La Chât 124-2 (Luca 27*, Louis 26*; Josh 1-13, James 1-16) bt Team A 71-1 (Thomas 11*, Adarsh 10*; Louis 0-6, Kai 0-4) by 53 runs

Match 2
La Chât 76-2 (Louis 26*, Harry 10; Danyal 1-10, Roshan 1-8) bt Team B 75-5 (Vadim 20, Sasha 7; T 2-15) by 8 wickets

Match 3
Team B 65-3 (Roshanth 26*, Fynn 11*; James 1-16) bt Team A 64 all out (Nevzad 12, Rory 8; Roshanth 2-4, Fynn 1-0) by 7 wickets

Final

Team B 91-5 (Danyal 20*, Vadim 20; Kai 2-13, Jonathan 1-4) bt La Chât 89-6 (Louis 24, Kai 19; Shankar 2-8, Vadim 1-10) by 2 runs

Standings after round robin:

Points system

Win = 30 pts
Tie = 15 pts
Bonus points:
  Team scores > 150 runs 5pts
  Each batter retiring on 25 runs 5pts
  Each bowler getting 2 or more wickets 5pts
  Getting opposition all out 10pts