Russia Cricket Team

It may be a triumph of publicity over substance, but stories have been doing the rounds over the last week about the setting up of a major cricket league in Russia, with some perhaps over-enthusiastic media outlets suggesting the country was

William Elliott, the Consul General at the British Embassy in St Petersburg, has written to let us know about a match taking place in the city.

Tony Munro

Next week's ICC annual get-together promises to have more than its fair share of politicking, posturing and controversy

The number of people actively participating in cricket outside the Test-playing countries increased 17% in 2007, according to the ICC.

It won't get many column inches in the mainstream cricket press, but the World Cricket League, which started in Nairobi yesterday and continues into next week, features the best of the rest, the six sides just under the ten Test-playing countries

The St Petersburg Times reports on a tournament for international students in the city at the Polytechnic Institute Stadium near Ploshchad Muzhestva.

Welcome to the latest editon of 'Beyond the Test World', our look at cricket's new frontiers

The Moscow Cricket League (MCL) comprised 6 teams: the Sonnets, Brumbies, NRI, VBCC, Bulls and the Mohocks