IESE Spring Fling 2009

The IESE Spring Fling 2009 tournament, where business meets sports, was a chance or rather an excuse for the IE Cricket team to regroup, network and enjoy the beautiful city of Barcelona after weeks of tight classes and deliverables. The IE Cricket Team prior to the tournament practiced with the Madrid Cricket Club (MCC), affiliated to International Cricket Council, and held a practice match which consisted of players from different parts of the world. Come 28th of March and we were in rainy Barcelona. IE Cricket team went along with two teams, and it was a tournament with 6 teams. 2 from IESE Business School, 2 from IE Business School, 1 from INSEAD Business School, and 1 from ESADE Business School. It was drizzling throughout as we started preparing for our opening game and this discouraged our team to an extent. The fact that Cricket and rain don’t gel with each other as does in Rugby/ Football put us in two minds whether to go ahead with the play. It was a wonderful atmosphere and despite the bad weather all the teams agreed to play and enjoy. There was a slight delay and the weather looked dull. With slight drizzle around the park the umpires decided to start the play. We started off our opening game with ESADE. Some superb team work and collective batting and fielding helped us chase the scores, but in vain. The team lost marginally with just 5-6 runs to win in the end in a high scoring match. Later we went onto play against IESE – a do or die game, and yet again we managed to hardly disturb their batting line up. Regardless, the team held their heads high and went along to party with other members after the tournament. Barbeque, drinks, people. A wonderful networking event for most of us and the one each one of us was eagerly looking forward for. And that’s when we thought - Match on!! For IE Cricket Team –It’s all about people...