Russia national cricket team

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Russia
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Personnel
CaptainAshwani Chopra
CoachNic Britz
International Cricket Council
ICC status Terminated [1] (2022)
ICC region Europe
As of 8 October 2010

The Russian national cricket team represents the Russian Federation in international cricket. In 2012, they were officially endorsed by the International Cricket Council (ICC) as an Affiliate member [1] and were entitled to participate in ICC Official events. Since 2017, they have been an Associate Member. [2] In April 2018, the ICC granted all its members full Twenty20 International (T20I) status. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Russia and other ICC Members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I. [3] However, in July 2022, the ICC terminated Russia's membership because of their continued non-compliance with ICC membership criteria. [4]

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History

The game was played in St Petersburg as early as the 1870s. In 1875, British city residents challenged the sailors of the Prince of Wales' Royal Yacht Osbourne to a match. [5]

Cricket Russia is the sole governing body of cricket in Russia. It was founded in 2004. The Russian national cricket team saw their first home representative match against a touring side in 2008. [6] Cricket Russia gained affiliation to the International Cricket Council in 2012. [7]

The Russian Cricket Federation and its 44 regional bodies were formed in 2013. In 2013, Russia participated in an international cricket tournament hosted by Malta.

In July 2019, cricket was not included on Russia's list of official sports. [8] This means that Cricket Russia did not receive government funding over the year. [9] However, cricket was included in a list of officially recognised sports in Russia in 2020, meaning the federation could apply for government funding.

On 18 July 2021, Russia was suspended due to continued non-compliance with ICC Membership Criteria. It was ordered to demonstrate compliance before the next AGM or face having its ICC membership terminated with immediate effect. [10]

An ICC statement in July 2022 explained that Russia’s 2021 suspension resulted from a failure to comply with ICC membership criteria dating back to July 2019 and that membership had been "terminated" following a failure to overcome those issues. [11]

References

  1. 1 2 "Membership of Cricket Russia is cancelled by ICC". International Cricket Council . Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform". International Cricket Council . 22 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Cricket Russia stripped of ICC membership for "non-compliance"". The Cricketer. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  5. ↑ "История Петербурга (the history of St. Petersburg)" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "В Петербурге сыграли в крикет, первый раз за сто лет". SPB.kp.ru -. 28 July 2008.
  7. ↑ Haldevang, Max de (17 August 2011). "Putting Local Cricket on Map for World, Russians". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  8. ↑ "Cricket Is Not a Sport, Russia Says". The Moscow Times. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  9. ↑ "Cricket not included on Russia's officially recognised list of sports". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  10. ↑ "ICC inducts Mongolia, Tajikistan and Switzerland as new members". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  11. ↑ "Cricket Russia stripped of ICC membership for "non-compliance"". the cricketer. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2023.


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