Costa Rica Cricket Federation (

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: ''Federacion de Críquet, Federacion de Cricket - FEDECRIC'') is the official

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of the sport of

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in Costa Rica and is in charge of the

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. Costa Rica Cricket Federation is Costa Rica's representative at the

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(ICC) and is an affiliate member and has been a member of that body since 2002. It is included in the

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region. The organisation was known as the Costa Rica Cricket Association until it upgraded to a federation in July 2009. The benefits of this include opportunity for national representation and the possibility of gaining Olympic membership. In 2017, became an associate member In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full

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(T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all

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matches played between Costa Rica and other

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after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I.

History

The Costa Rica Cricket League was established in 2005 and Costa Rica is a founding member of the biennial Central America Cricket Championships, inaugurated in Belize in 2006. The Costa Rica Cricket Association was formed in 2000 and registered with ICODER, the Costa Rican Sports authority in 2003. It upgraded its status to that of Federation in 2009, so inscribed at the National Registry, and in 2010 was granted National Representation as sole governing body of Cricket in Costa Rica.

External links

Official Website

References

Cricket administration Sports governing bodies in Costa Rica {{Cricket-org-stub