Kings Cup champions
The inaugural Under-15 Kings Cup was won by Canadian School of Cricket team 3 who beat Markham Cricket Academy team 1 in Saturday’s final (February 14) at the Sorkkam indoor cricket centre.
Youtube video of end of match
The original idea of showing this faster-paced indoor cricket action than T20 cricket was to provide an example of one over without any major guidance to the viewer. But there was a run out on the last ball of the 15th of the 16 overs in the 2015 Under-15 Kings Cup Final, so the batting team’s score went down.
That ball included two appeals for a run out, the second appeal was successful after the umpire turned down the first appeal. The batters tried to complete a second run when the first appeal was turned down.
On this play, to use baseball terms, the batting team scored 1 run (the first run was completed successfully) but had 5 runs deducted as the second appeal was successful. The batting team’s score went down by 4 runs from this ball. The on-field umpire then makes a cry of “Last Over” and the last six balls of the Final are played out.
Full summary scores follow:-
Summary Scores for the 2015 Under-15 Kings Cup Tournament
A summary of the scores from the 2015 Under-15 Kings Cup Tournament has now been compiled from the information shown on the TV screen electronic scoreboard during play. No individual player highlights have been included. Some of the leading individual achievements, and the combined efforts of the batting pairs (who each faced four overs, regardless of the number of “outs”) will be reported at a later date.
Each game summary shows the closing total of each team then provides, in brackets, a breakdown of the number of runs scored by each of the four batting pairs in a team and shows the total number of “outs” for each team. Three consecutive dot balls in an over was an “out” under the competition rules but some methods of being out in a normal game of cricket, such as LBW (leg-before wicket), did not apply under the rules used in this indoor tournament.
Tournament Outcome
Canadian School of Cricket Team 3 beat Markham Cricket Academy Team 1 by 12 runs in last Saturday’s Final (February 14, 2015) and became the first Under-15 Kings Cup champions. Earlier on Saturday, Canadian School of Cricket had beaten Oakville Cricket Academy by 72 runs in the Quarter Finals, and continued on a winning path thanks to an 85 run success against Ceylon Cricket Academy in the first semi-final to reach the Final.
Markham Cricket Academy Team 1 began the playoffs with a 105 run win against Durham Cricket Academy. Markham Cricket Academy Team 1 then beat Canadian School of Cricket Team 2 by just 3 runs in the semi-final round in the closest game of the day. There had been one tied game in the qualifying pool games played during the previous weekend when Canadian School of Cricket Team 1 and Invitational Girls each scored 69 runs.
Durham was one player short for the playoffs, so only could only use three pairs of batters rather than the normal four pairs in this style of indoor cricket. As each pair of batters must face four overs, the “missing” eighth bowler for Durham was made up by two overs from two of the team’s available seven players. The score for Durham’s fourth batting pair under the rules was set as 0. As 5 runs are deducted for each out, this set score under the rules of 0 was higher than some batting pairs that ended with a negative number of runs.
All eight Under-15 teams and an Invitational Girls Team played two matches in one of three groups during the weekend of February 8 & 9, 2015 that allowed them to get used to this format of indoor cricket, based on a set of rules from Australia. The points and runs scored in these group matches decided the quarter-final pairings.
General Note: Scoring Summaries
The score made by each of the four pairs of batters who each faced four overs of bowling is given in brackets after the team’s total score for the game. Five runs were deducted for each “out”. Note the special “out” under the competition rules: If no run was scored from three consecutive
balls in an over then a batter was “out” and five runs were deducted.
Kings Cup – Qualifying Group Scores
Games played on February 7, 2015
Game 1 – Group A
Durham Cricket Academy 120 [33, 21, 34, 32: with 6 outs] Markham Cricket Academy Team 2 43 [27, -1, 9, 8: with 14 outs] Result: Durham Cricket Academy won by 77 runs
Game 2 – Group A
Canadian School of Cricket Team 2 120 [35, 33, 34, 18: with 9 outs] Markham Cricket Academy Team 2 56 [19, 17, -13, 33: with 10 outs] Result: Canadian School of Cricket Team 2 won by 64 runs
Game 3 – Group A
Durham Cricket Academy 55 [24, 8, 20, 3: with 11 outs] Canadian School of Cricket Team 2 77 [37, 10, 33, -3: with 12 outs] Result: Durham Cricket Academy won by 22 runs
Game 4 – Group B
Canadian School of Cricket Team 1 Invitational Girls Result: Game Tied
Game 5 – Group B
69 [20, 17, 10, 22: with 8 outs] 69 [ 3, 13, 16, 37: with 7 outs]
Invitational Girls Ceylon Cricket Academy Result: Ceylon Cricket Academy won by 21 runs
Game 6 – Group B
Canadian School of Cricket Team 1 17 [26, 14, -12, -11: with 17 outs] Ceylon Cricket Academy 77 [ 17, 8, 3, 49: with 9 outs] Result: Ceylon Cricket Academy won by 60 runs
Games played on February 8, 2015
Game 7 – Group A
Oakville Cricket Academy 67 [12, 14, 1, 40: with 11 outs] Markham Cricket Academy Team 1 52 [29, 18, -6, 10: with 12 outs] Result: Canadian School of Cricket Team 2 won by 15 runs
Game 8 – Group A
38 [ 7, 13, 10, 8: with 11 outs] 59 [16, 4, 27, 12: with 10 outs]
Oakville Cricket Academy 100 [40, 15, 11, 34: with 7 outs] Canadian School of Cricket Team 3 66 [12, 24, 26, 4: with 11 outs] Result: Oakville Cricket Academy won by 34 runs
Game 9 – Group A
Canadian School of Cricket Team 3 100 [31, 9, 23, 37: with 8 outs] Markham Cricket Academy Team 1 111 [32, 30, 27, 22: with 7 outs] Result: Markham Cricket Academy Team 1 won by 11 runs
The Under-15 Kings Cup – Playoff Scores
All playoff games took place on February 14, 2014.
First Quarter-Final
Markham Cricket Academy Team 2 45 [23, 7, 21, -6: with 12 outs] Canadian School of Cricket Team 2 113 [40, 22, 20, 31: with 4 outs] Result: Canadian School of Cricket Team 2 won by 68 runs
Second Quarter-Final
Durham Cricket Academy 38 [15, 2, 21, 0*: with 10 outs] Markham Cricket Academy Team 1 143 [32, 39, 21, 51: with 6 outs] Result: Markham Cricket Academy Team 1 won by 105 runs
Note: 0* = Durham was one player short so did not have a fourth batting pair. The seventh player bowled but did not bat and the Durham’s eighth bowler was made up of 2 overs from two of the seven players in the team under the rules of the competition. Durham was also one player short when fielding.
Third Quarter-Final
Canadian School of Cricket Team 1 49 [14, 17, 15, 3: with 10 outs] Ceylon Cricket Academy 93 [21, 10, 24, 38: with 9 outs] Result: Ceylon Cricket Academy won by 44 runs
Fourth Quarter-Final
Canadian School of Cricket Team 3 109 [18, 20, 42, 29: with 6 outs ] Oakville Cricket Academy 37 [11, -4, 4, 26: with 18 outs] Result: Canadian School of Cricket Team 3 won by 72 runs
First Semi-Final
Canadian School of Cricket Team 2 45 [22, 3, 10, 10: with 16 outs] Markham Cricket Academy Team 1 48 [17, 32, -6, 5: with 15 outs] Result: Markham Cricket Academy won by 3 runs
Second Semi-Final
Canadian School of Cricket Team 3 94 [46, 22, 30, -4: with 9 outs] Ceylon Cricket Academy 9 [22, -20, -4, 11: with 19 outs] Result: Canadian School of Cricket Team 3 won by 85 runs
Final
Canadian School of Cricket Team 3 81 [19, 11, 40, 11: with 9 outs] Markham Cricket Academy Team 1 69 [17, 10, 18, 24: with 12 outs] Result: Canadian School of Cricket Team 3 won by 12 runs
2015 Under-15 Kings Cup Champions: Canadian School of Cricket Team 3