They have 22 men’s teams and 15 women’s teams across four affiliated member associations. This latest step will help us develop cricket further in Switzerland and to become a driving force in European cricket at all levels," Cricket Switzerland President, Alexander Mackay, said.Īccording to the ICC, the Tajikistan Cricket Federation was officially formed in 2011. This is reward for all the people involved in cricket in Switzerland that have helped develop the game from a mainly ex-pat sport just ten years ago, to the established Swiss national sport that it is today. “We are immensely proud and excited to have been accepted as an Associate Member of the ICC. “Cricket was first played in Switzerland in 1817 and Cricket Switzerland (CS) was inaugurated as an association in 2014," the ICC said. We see this as the best way to sow the seed of cricket so that the sport becomes part of Mongolian life," President of Mongolia Cricket Association, Battulga Gombo, said. The MCA’s focus will continue to be the Schools’ Outreach Programme both in Ulaanbaatar and in the provinces, on inter-school competition and inter-province competition in the National Youth Games. I am happy to see this noble game helping the young people here, contributing valuable experiences and giving them skills and ethics that they can take into other areas of their lives.
“Joining the ICC is fundamental in the establishment of a coherent structure for cricket in Mongolia.