Cricket has been played in Geneva since the beginning of the 19th century. An engraving depicting a cricket match being played on Plainpalais, Geneva is dated 1817. Geneva Cricket club was founded in 1872. Lausanne Cricket club was founded in 1888 but unfortunately now no longer exists. Cricket was also on the curriculum of the international boarding school, the Lyceum Alpinum in Zuoz since the 1920’s having been introduced by an English sports master from Eton.

Cricket in Switzerland has come a long way since seven regional teams joined forces to set up the country’s first national association in 1980 to coordinate the development of the game and organise competitions. Five years later the Swiss Cricket Association (SCA) was granted Affiliate status by the International Cricket Council to open the doors for international competition. By 2007 the SCA comprised 18 associate members from around the country playing in league and cup competitions. In addition selected teams from the SCA take part in a cricket festival organised by the Lyceum Alpinum School in Zuoz and in the annual “Cricket on Ice” festival on the frozen lake of St. Moritz.

The SCA was also involved in the inaugural meeting of the European Cricket Federation held in Geneva in 1988 at which seven European cricket representatives attended.

In the early 90’s a Swiss national side took part in the Cricketer International tournaments in Guernsey and in Worksop, England, acquitting themselves well with some excellent performances. The national side also participated in a number of ECC tournaments in 2001 and 2003. However, due to financial and other resource limitations the SCA decided in 2004 to devote available resources to youth development. In addition, a major programme to increase the number of qualified umpires was started. With both of these programmes now well under way, attention will again be turned to establishing a national side with the objective to have a competitive team for possible ECC Tournament(s) in 2009.