Известнейшее британское издание The Thelegraph пишет о батайском квикете:

...Another key part of the game’s development involves moving beyond Moscow. In Bataysk, a town near Rostov-on-Don, deep in the heart of Cossack territory, Konstantin Kiziavka is an evangelical convert to cricket’s charms. Unlike Solukhin, Kiziavka came to the game via a traditional local sport, Chizh.

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That bat-and-ball game, popular in the south of Russia, led him to baseball, which was “interesting, but didn’t capture my enthusiasm”. Then in 2007 he caught a glimpse of cricket, studied the rules and realised it was the game he was looking for. “It’s the ... Читать дальше »