2012 Swiss Mr. Pickwick T20 Cricket Cup
The draw
The draw for the 2012 Swiss Mr. Pickwick T20 Cricket Cup took place at the Oliver Twist Pub (Rindermarkt 6, 8001 Zürich) in Zürich on Monday 26th March 2012 at 7pm witnessed by representatives of three teams, the Swiss Cricket Association and Swiss Federation of Umpires & Scorers.
Details of the Swiss Mr. Pickwick T20 Cricket Cup draw .
1st round matches should be completed by 27 May, 2nd round matches by 24 June and semi-finals by 22 July - in time to organise and publicise the finals.
The competition, a straight knockout is played using the league rules with the following amendments:
1. FREE HIT. Front foot no-ball results in the next ball being a free hit (in addition to the no-ball penalty runs)
2. FIELDING RESTRICTIONS. No more than five fielders are permitted on the leg side. Penalty is a no-ball.
There is no inner circle.
3. BOWLING RESTRICTIONS. Max. 4 overs per bowler.
4. THE BALL. In order to access a range of cricket balls, the SCA may permit a different ball to the Dukes Special Match. However, the same type & make of ball must be used for both
innings.
The competing teams in this year's Swiss Mr. Pickwick T20 Cricket Cup are: Power, United, Winterthur, Schaffhausen, Royal, Basel Dragons, Zug (pool 1); Geneva XI Stars, Geneva International, Uprising, Swiss Colts, Olten (pool 2)
The Final
The Swiss Mr. Pickwick T20 Cricket Cup will take place in Berne on Sunday 19th August 2012.
A match report and photos from the final will appear here.
Fixtures & Results
| Date | Round | Fixture/Result | Venue | Time | Umpires |
| 29 Apr | 1 | Power (235-4) beat United (76) by 169 runs | Deutweg | 12.30pm | Zug |
| 27 May | 1 | Zug (156-2) beat Schaffhausen (96) by 61 runs | Buchholz | 1pm | WCC |
| 22 Apr | 1 | Basel Dragons (47ao) lost to Winterthur (49-4) by 6 wkts | Deutweg | 1.30pm | Power |
| n/a | 1 | Royal receive a bye into the next round | n/a | ||
| n/a | 1 | Olten receive a bye into the next round | n/a | ||
| 22 Apr | 1 | Swiss Colts beat Geneva Int'l | En Marche | CCC | |
| n/a | 1 | GXI Stars receive a bye into the next round | n/a | ||
| n/a | 1 | Uprising receive a bye into the next round | n/a | ||
| 17 Jun | 2 | Power (214) beat Zug (81) | Deutweg | 12pm | Olten |
| 30 Jun | 2 | Winterthur (115-3) beat Royal (114) by 7 wkts | Deutweg | 12.30 | Power |
| 02 Jun | 2 | Olten beat Swiss Colts by forfeit | Hägendorf | 12.30 | Berne |
| 21 Jul | 2 | GXIStars (131-7) lost to Uprising (132-6) by 4 wkts | des Evaux | 10am | CCC |
| 28 Jul | semi | Olten (113-9) beat Uprising (112) by 1 run | Hägendorf | 12.00 | Berne |
| 18 Aug | semi | Power (88) lost to Winterthur (89-7) by 3 wkts | Deutweg | 2pm | ZCCC |
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19 Aug |
FINAL |
Swiss Mr. Pickwick Cricket Cup Final Olten (118-8) lost to Winterthur (119-7) by 3 wkts |
Berne |
11am |
Bern/Power |
Prize money
A voucher for Discount Sports to the value of CHF500 will be awarded to the winners of the competition.
Previous Swiss Mr. Pickwick Cricket Cup winners
| Year | Winners | Runners-Up | |
| 2012 | Winterthur CC | Olten CC | |
| 2011 | Power CC | Olten CC | |
| 2010 | Power CC | Olten CC | |
| 2009 | Power CC | ||
| 2008 | |||
| 2007 | Nomads CC | ||
| 2006 | Basel CC | ||
| 2005 | Basel CC | ||
| 2004 | Geneva CC |
