Cricket Russia

Cricket Russia
Official website
Sport	Cricket
Abbreviation	CR
Founded	2004
Affiliation	2012
Regional affiliation	Europe
Location	Locomotive Stadium, Tikhaya Street, House Number 39, Metro Volzskaya, Moscow, Russia
President	Ashwani Chopra
Chairman	n/a
Chief Exec	n/a
Secretary	n/a
Men's coach	Nic Britz
Women's coach	n/a
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Cricket Russia (formerly United Cricket League) is the official governing body of the sport of cricket in Russia. Its current headquarters is in Moscow, Russia.

In 2012, they were officially endorsed by the International Cricket Council as an Affiliate and are therefore entitled to participate in ICC Official events.^[1]

Grounds

Since 2004 all cricket matches have been held at two grounds: Moscow State University Baseball Stadium^[2] and the ISKRA Sports Complex. In 2013, the new Karacharova Ground in Moscow was opened.

References

External links

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Sports governing bodies in Europe

Olympic sports bodies (23)

Independent	EAA (athletics) BE (badminton) EBU (boxing) ECF (curling) UEC (cycling) CEE (fencing) EHF (field hockey) UEFA (football) UEG (gymnastics) EHF (handball) EJU (judo) RE (rugby union) ESC (shooting) LEN (swimming) ETTU (table tennis) ETU (taekwondo) TE (tennis) ITU (triathlon) CEV (volleyball) EWF (weightlifting)

Dependent	WAE (archery) FIBA Europe (basketball) UWW-Eu (wrestling)

Non-Olympic sports bodies (12)

Independent	CEB (baseball) ECC (cricket) UEFS (futsal) EKF (karate) ELF (lacrosse) UEM (motorcycle) EPPA (pitch and putt) CERH (roller hockey) CERS (roller skating) ESF (softball) ESF (squash)

Dependent	IFAF Europe (american football)

Affiliate Members of the International Cricket Council

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