Russia national cricket team

Russia
Personnel

Captain	Ashwani Chopra
Coach	Nic Britz
International Cricket Council
ICC status	Terminated^[1] (2022)
ICC region	Europe
International cricket
First international	v. Carmel & District Cricket Club (2007)
As of 8 October 2010

The Russia national cricket team is the team that represents the Russian Federation in international cricket. In 2012, they were officially endorsed by the International Cricket Council (ICC) as an Affiliate member^[2] and were therefore entitled to participate in ICC Official events. Since 2017, they became an Associate Member^[3] In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Russia and other ICC Members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I.^[4]

History

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

Cricket Russia is the sole governing body of cricket in Russia. It was founded in 2004. The Russia national cricket team saw their first home representative match against a touring side in 2007.^{[citation needed]} Cricket Russia gained affiliation to the International Cricket Council in 2012.^{[citation needed]}

In 2013 the Russian Cricket Federation was formed along with its 44 regional bodies. In 2013 Russia participated in an International cricket tournament hosted by Malta.^{[citation needed]}

In July 2019, cricket was not included on Russia's list of official sports.^[5] This means that Cricket Russia did not receive government funding over the year.^[6] However, Cricket was included in a list of officially recognised sports in Russia in 2020, meaning that the federation could apply for government funding.^{[citation needed]}

On 18 July 2021, Russia was suspended due to continued non-compliance with ICC Membership Criteria, was ordered to demonstrate compliance before the time of the next AGM or face having its membership of ICC terminated with immediate effect.^[7]

An ICC statement explained that Russia’s 2021 suspension was the result of 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.^[8]

References

^ Cite error: The named reference Terminate was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Membership of Cricket Russia is cancelled by ICC". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
^ "Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform". International Cricket Council. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
^ "Cricket Is Not a Sport, Russia Says". The Moscow Times. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
^ "Cricket not included on Russia's officially recognised list of sports". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
^ "ICC inducts Mongolia, Tajikistan and Switzerland as new members". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
^ "Cricket Russia stripped of ICC membership for "non-compliance"". the cricketer. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2023.