Explainer: ICC ODI World Cup Super League
Cricket | July 27, 2020 18:08 ISTThe 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 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.
Manohar stepped down early this month after over four years at the helm, letting go of a third term after it became clear that he would not find enough backers for it in the ICC.
ICC's statement came after Sri Lanka Police's special investigation division on Friday called off a probe into allegations by former sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage
Former BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah has said that Shashank Manohar must now retrospect on the "damage" done to Indian cricket.
The process of election of the next Chairman will be approved by the ICC Board in the next week.
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