ICC Board meet on Friday; BCCI, CA to discuss T20 World Cup swap
Cricket | August 06, 2020 18:48 ISTIt is expected that the BCCI and CA will reach a consensus on hosting the 2021 and 2022 editions of the men's T20 World Cup.
It is expected that the BCCI and CA will reach a consensus on hosting the 2021 and 2022 editions of the men's T20 World Cup.
The women's 50-over World Cup is slated to be held from February 6 to March 7 next year.
Dave Cameron, who is harbouring ambitions for chairman's post at ICC, has said that he wants longer T20 Leagues including the IPL in the cricket calendar.
The Super League was launched by ICC on Monday in a bid to give more importance to the 50-over format.
The Super League format, which will not just revive 50-over cricket, in its way, will also decide the teams that will qualify for the next World Cup
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the Futures Tours and Programme (FTP) into disarray with the T20 World Cup already postponed to give member nations time to complete their bilateral commitments.
Hosts India and the next top seven teams in the Super League will automatically qualify for the World Cup, the world body stated in a press release.
Sangakkara, who is also the first non-British chief of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), said that an individual presiding over an international governing body has to have the interests of all cricketing countries at heart.
ICC has postponed September's Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 series to be hosted in Namibia and the U19 Cricket World Cup Regional Qualifier Division 2 due to take place in August in Tanzania.
ICC Men's World Cup 2023 has been postponed and is rescheduled to be held in India Oct-Nov 2023 with the final on 26 November. Speaking on it, ICC Chief Executive, Manu Sawhney said, "It is extremely important and is right for the sport.
New Zealand Cricket chairperson Greg Barclay has stated that a decision on the 2021 Women's World Cup will be made in the next two weeks.
In case the event is shifted to 2022, all ticket holders will be entitled to a full refund, the ICC stated
Ideally, India is set to host the 2021 T20 World Cup. But with Australia not being able to hold the 2020 edition, they have requested for ICC to hand them the rights for the 2021 edition while the 2022 edition can be taken by India.
T20 World Cup 2020: The decision was announced after a decisive round of deliberation when the ICC board met virtually on Monday
The ICC board will hold a virtual meeting today, with a decision on the fate of 2020 Men's T20 World Cup likely to be announced.
The global event is supposed to be held from October 18 to November 15 in Australia but the country's cricket board had, in May itself, expressed its inability to host amid a second surge of COVID-19 cases in the state of Victoria.
The ICC on Saturday shared former Indian batsman Rahul Dravid's unique record in Test cricket.
ICC welcome the resumption of international cricket on the eve of England hosting the West Indies in a three-Test #raisethebat series
BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal has said that the board will be preparing for the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League.
The men's T20 World Cup, which is scheduled for October-November later this year, is reportedly set to be postponed this week.
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