U11 junior summer tournament

Zurich Crickets Cricket Club hosted an U11 Summer Cricket Cup at Bachgraben on Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th July 2020, a substitute for the Junior Zuoz Cricket festival that was cancelled due to the corona virus,

Like everything else, cricket was also impacted by the ongoing Covid crisis, but after cancellation of multiple events, finally our juniors had a chance to play an outdoor cricket tournament. And they grabbed the opportunity with both hands.

The Zurich Summer Cricket Cup was newly introduced as a replacement of Zuoz Cricket Festival, cancelled due to Covid situation. The tournament was hosted by Zurich Crickets on the astro-turf pitches at Bachgraben, Basel.

The format of the tournament was a 4-team round-robin, giving each team an opportunity to play one another,  followed by a 3rd/4th play off and then a final. All matches were 16 overs.

Zurich Crickets, Basel Dragons, Dragonflies & GRYCC competed in eight 16 over matches over the two days.

Below are details of the match schedule & all results:

Match 1 ZCCC U11s 116-1 (Dhruv 20*, Furqan 16*, Fynn 15* ; Ayaan 1-6) bt BDJCC U11s 69-5) bt BDJCC U11s 69-5  Joshka 18*; Avik 2-6, Harsh 1-3 , Ishaan 1-8) by 47 runs
 
Match 2 ZCCC U11s 120-6 (Furqan 14*, Dhruv 14, Tejas 10* ; Samanyu 3-21, Anhad 2-14) bt Vaud 93-4 ( Ruben 15* , Aadi 10, Anakait 9* ; Tejas 1-8, Harsh 1-8 , Faizan 1-17) by 27 runs
 
Match 3 Vaud U11s 61-2 (Ruben 20*, Samanyu 8; Raed 1-4, Siddhant 1-8) bt Dragonflies 59-5 (V Pravin 10; Aadi B 1-2, Anhad 1-4, Anakait 1-8) won 6 wickets
 
Match 4 BDJCC U11s 63-3 (Vidheya 9* , Emaad 5*; Alfie 0-4) bt Dragonflies 61-6 (Alfie 4*, Siddhant 2*; Tejas K 2-8, Vidheya 1-5, Henry K 1-6) by 5 wickets
 
Match 5 Vaud U11s 105 all out (Aadi 18, Nicky 13 ; Vidheya 1-19, Emaad 1-19) bt BDJCC U11s 65-7 (Joshka 17, Vidheya 4; Samanyu 2-13, Anhad 1-12, Anakait 1-19) by 40 runs
 
Match 6 ZCCC U11s 117-6 (Tejas 18*, Vedant 18*, Fynn 13; Siddhant 2-9 ,  Raed 2-23) bt Dragonflies 32 All out (Siddhant 2, B Girish 2; Furqan 2-3 , Vedant 2-4, Faizan 2-8) by 85 runs

Excellent performances by ZCCC U11s put them on top position and set up for an exciting finals with Vaud U11s,  while BDJCC U11s v Dragonflies played in the play-off.

Play off BDJCC U11s 76-3 (Vidheya 8*, Emaad 8*, Joshka 7* ; Alfie 2-12) bt Dragonflies 74 all out (Vishist Pravin 3 , Moksh 2 ; Vidheya 3-8 , Emaad 3-12) by 5 wkts
 
Final ZCCC U11s 122-3 (Furqan 20*, Tejas 17, Vedant 9 ; Samanyu 2-19, Anakait 1-26) bt Vaud 113-6 ( Nicky 20* , Aadi 18* , Ruben 13; Tejas 2-16, Ishaan 1-17 , Vedant 1-18) by 9 runs

Congratulations to Zurich Crickets U11. Thanks to all the umpires and scorers and special thanks to BDJCC for their support in making this event special.

Best Batsman - Furqan (ZCCC) for 54 runs @ 54 average
Best Bowler - Sananyu (Vaud/GRYCC)) with figures of 11-0-62-8
Best Fielder - Joshka (BDJCC) with 7 catches
Spirit of cricket award - The Dragonflies Team for their enthusiasm and exciting display of cricket spirit. Siddhant 3 wickets & Alfie  2 wickets and crucial contribution in matches.