Cricket On Ice

The original Cricket-On-Ice (v Davos, 1896) played on skates

The picture-postcard Swiss resort of St. Moritz is famous for the beauty of its ski slopes and the adrenalin rushes of the Cresta Run, but for sheer quirkiness few sporting occasions can beat its February cricket festival on the ice and snow of its frozen lake.

This testament to the sports's eccentricity began life in 1988, when a group of intrepid British cricketers challenged the students of the international boarding school Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz to a game, since when it has become an intregral part of the cricket calendar, attracting international players and high-flying businessmen from all over the world.

It goes without saying that, outside the British Commonwealth, spectators at cricket matches always watch the game with a certain smile on their faces...

The next Cricket-On-Ice tournament will take place in February 2014.

See an up to the minute view of the lake in St. Moritz from the Hotel Schweizerhof webcam.

Match reports from previous Cricket On Ice tournaments are available below, and photos from the SCA Gallery. Further details of the Cricket-On-Ice tournament are available from www.cricket-on-ice.com.