Cricket on Ice 2019 report

St Moritz Lake, 14-16 February 2019

A photo across the lake of the cricket field at COI 2019
A photo across the lake of the cricket field at COI 2019

Another successful & highly enjoyable three days of Cricket on Ice in St Moritz pass, with some great individual moments of brilliance on the frozen lake and in the unbroken sunshine, some of which we were reminded of during John Hallam's speech at the tournament gala dinner and the champagne moment award.
Particpants & spectators alike return home with rubber ducks or bottles of champagne in their hand luggage with fond memories to share of the exploits on & off the lake, the on-field ones of which were all recorded and streamed live by the ECN.

Old Cholmeleians won the tournament for the third successive year, beating the hosts, St Moritz CC, in which had effectively been the final, on the final day. The Lyceum Alpinum picked up this year's wooden spoon, but were recognised for their spirit and gradual improvement as the tournament progressed, demonstrating lots of promise for the future. Some of the young school pupils have undoubtedly a bright future of cricket ahead of them.

Commiserations to St Moritz and the German Cricket Club. They both return empty handed as they disperse to various corners of the earth, but in the knowledge that they played according to the true Cricket On Ice spirit.

Cricket on Ice Trophy

Competing Teams

St Moritz Cricket Club
Old Cholmeleians XI
Lyceum Alpinum XI
German CC

The following teams competed for the 2019 Cricket on Ice Trophy:

- St. Moritz CC (hosts) - friends & guests of St Moritz Cricket Club
- Old Cholmeleians Xl - old Boys from Highgate School in London, UK
- Lyceum Alpinum XI - students & tutors from Lyceum Alpinum in Zuoz
- German Cricket Club - cricket enthusiasts from Germany

Old Cholmeleians XI (COI, 14-16.2.2019)
Old Cholmeleians XI (COI, 14-16.2.2019)
St Moritz CC (COI, 14-16.2.2019)
St Moritz CC (COI, 14-16.2.2019)

German CC (COI, 14-16.2.2019)
German CC (COI, 14-16.2.2019)
Lyceum Alpinum XI (COI, 14-16.2.2019)
Lyceum Alpinum XI (COI, 14-16.2.2019)

Tournament Schedule

German CC v Lyceum Alpinum (COI 14-16.2.2019)
German CC v Lyceum Alpinum (COI 14-16.2.2019)
Date Time Match / Event
Wed 13th February 5.30pm Pre-tournament meeting at Hotel Sonne
Thu 14th February 10am Old Cholmeleians Xl  v German Cricket Club
  1pm St. Moritz CC v Lyceum Alpinum XI
Fri 15th February 10am St. Moritz CC v German Cricket Club
  1pm Lyceum Alpinum XI v Old Cholmeleians Xl
Sat 16th February 10am St. Moritz CC v Old Cholmeleians Xl
  1pm German Cricket Club v Lyceum Alpinum XI
  7pm Gala Dinner at Hotel Steffani
Panorama of the cricket field and the lake (COI, 14-16.2.2019)
Panorama of the cricket field and the lake (COI, 14-16.2.2019)

Matches & results

German CC v Lyceum Alpinum (Day 3, COI 14-16.2.2019)
German CC v Lyceum Alpinum (Day 3, COI 14-16.2.2019)

All matches are of a Twenty20 format and respect the international MCC laws of cricket except where specified in the Cricket on Ice tournament rules.

Match 1  - Old Cholmeleians 145-9 (20.0 overs) beat German CC 94-6 (20.0 overs) by 49 runs

St Moritz Lake, Thursday 14th February 2019, 10am

cricHQ match scorecard


Match 2 - St. Moritz 183-3 (20.0 overs) beat Lyceum Alpinum XI 50ao (9.4 overs) by 133 runs

St Moritz Lake, Thursday 14th February 2019, 1pm

cricHQ match scorecard


Match 3 - St. Moritz CC 125-7 (20.0 overs) beat German CC 117-9 (20.0 overs)

by 8 runs

St Moritz Lake, Friday 15th February 2019, 10am

cricHQ match scorecard


Match 4 - Old Cholmeleians 153-6 (20.0 overs) beat Lyceum Alpinum 105-8 (20.0 overs) by 48 runs

St Moritz Lake, Friday 15th February 2019, 1pm

cricHQ match scorecard


Match 5 - St. Moritz CC 95ao (18.5 overs) lost to Old Cholmeleians Xl 96-4 (15.2 overs) by 6 wkts

St Moritz Lake, Saturday 16th February 2019, 10am

cricHQ match scorecard



Table

Pos Team  P  W  L  D  A Runs For Runs Against NRR Pts
1 Old Cholmeleians 3 3 0 0 0 394 294 +2.220 6
2 St Moritz CC 3 2 1 0 0 403 254 +2.126 4
3 German CC 3 1 2 0 0 312 370 -0.494 2
4 Lyceum Alpinum 3 0 3 0 0 246 437 -3.845 0
St Moritz cricket infrastructure

Officials

Officials at COI 2019 - (l-r) P.de Boeck, A.Mackay. M.Lodge, O.Koilraj
Officials at COI 2019 - (l-r) P.de Boeck, A.Mackay. M.Lodge, O.Koilraj

The team of officials for the 2019 Cricket on Ice were made up of three umpires - Peter de Boeck (B), Onesimus Koilraj (CH), Alex Mackay (CH) - & dedicated scorers Mirian Lodge (SMCC) & Johnny Whitcombe (OCs).

Date Time Teams Umpires Scorers
14 Feb 10am OCs XI  v German CC PdB & AL JW/GCC
  1pm SMCC v LAZ XI AM & AL ML/LAZ
15 Feb 10am SMCC v German CC AM & PdB ML/GCC
  1pm LAZ XI v OCs Xl AM & AL LAZ/JW
16 Feb 10am SMCC v OCs Xl AM & PdB ML/JW
  1pm German CC v LAZ XI AL & PdB GCC/LAZ
O.Koilraj signalling boundary four (COI, 12-14.2.2019)
O.Koilraj signalling boundary four (COI, 12-14.2.2019)

Catering on the Lake

Drinks & lunches will be served on the ice between every match by Hotel Schweizerhof.

The catering service provided by Hotel Schweizerhof consisted of an excellent range of hot soups, sausages and a dish of the day, plus an assortment of beverages (champagne, tea, coffee, mulled wine, beer & soft drinks) all available for purchase. As usual, the catering tent was located in front of the cricket ground, where seating, including a limited number of deck chairs, were available to offer spectators a very relaxed time on the lake.

Spectator area & lunch tent (COI, 14-16.2.2019)
Spectator area & lunch tent (COI, 14-16.2.2019)

Cricket On Ice ONLINE

Those that couldn't make it to the lake could follow all the action online. The European Cricket Network (ECN) streamed all the action live on Facebook and the scorecards, table and full tournamnet statistics were provided online via Cricket Switzerland's online results partner, cricHQ.

Livestream by ECN
Livestream by ECN
On field interviews
On field interviews
ECN cameras
ECN cameras
Live commentary
Live commentary


And in addition to various photographers, TV Südostschweiz were present to make a report on local television.

TV Südostschwiez filming the action
TV Südostschwiez filming the action
TV Südostschwiez interviews
TV Südostschwiez interviews

Tournament Gala Dinner

Hotel Steffani

The 2019 Cricket On Ice gala dinner was hosted by Hotel Steffani (Via Traunter plazzas 6, 7500 St. Moritz - 081 836 96 96).

The evening included a special appearance by our patron, Rolf Sachs, and we also had the pleasure of a guest from the British Embassy in Berne, all to the accompaniment to Peter Barth on the piano playing swing & blues jazz and whom kindly donated his fee to our chosen charity the Schweizer Krebsliga.

 


Tournament statistics

Sponsors

Sponsors of Cricket on Ice 2017

None of this would have been possible without our sponsors of the Cricket on Ice Trophy 2019.


Further information

You can view photos from Cricket on Ice 2019 in our gallery.

If you have any questions about this, past or future events, please contact someone from the St Moritz CC organising committee.