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
Many thanks for Bijit for organising the tournament.
For further information on this event or indeed about youth cricket in Switzerland generally, please contact Cricket Switzerland's Michael Hall.