Cricket Switzerland Premier League
Season 2023
Nine teams from across the country compete in the Cricket Switzerland Premier League, a 40 over cricket league format featuring the top 9 teams in the country. Teams will play against each other in a home and away format. The team with the highest number of points will be crowned Champions of Switzerland at the end of the season. The season commences on 3 April and concludes on 25 September. The bottom two teams at the end of the season will be relegated to the National League in the next season.
There while be prize money for the champions and for the runners-up.
The Cricket Switzerland Premier League is run under the auspices of Cricket Switzerland and in accordance with Cricket Switzerland’s 40 overs rules and regulations.
Participating Team
Home Ground
Tournament Start Date: 01/04/2023
Tournament End date: 29/09/2023
Standings Table:
Fixtures:
Note:
- Clubs are obliged to play all their home games at their designated home venue. If the grounds become unavailable due to extenuating circumstances, league committee and the opponent team must be informed of the same and evidence provided. Failure to provide valid justification, will result in a forfeit in favour of the away team. Extenuating circumstance exception will only be provided for a maximum of 50% of home games in any season upon providing valid justification. Under any circumstances, a team cannot play less than 50% of their allocated home games at their designated home venue (2 matches in this case) during the course of the season. Failure to do so will result in 10 point penalty per game (maximum of 20 point penalty in a season) and a forfeit in favour of the opponent team.
- If there is an agreement under extenuating circumstance rule to play the home game away, all compensation claims for the ground expenses should be discussed and agreed upon upfront.
- Both Saturdays and Sundays are considered as match days based on the availability of the home ground for the hosts.
- Lunch arrangements are not mandatory. If no lunch is provided please inform the opponent team and umpires in advance so that necessary arrangements can be made.
- Starting 2023, no official CSPL game can be played without neutral match officials. All match official names must be captured on CricHQ by the official scorers.
- It is mandatory for all teams to wear the official Cricket Switzerland provided playing kits. Any deviation would result in automatic point deductions (5 points for kit transgression).
- Home and away games will be reverse fixtures for the games played in 2022. The home and away games for the newly promoted teams are in the next page.
Umpire Allocations