ICC kinds three-member committee to assessment conduct of T20 World Cup in Americas | Cricket Information – Occasions of India

ICC kinds three-member committee to assessment conduct of T20 World Cup in Americas | Cricket Information – Occasions of India

NEW DELHI: The Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) Annual Convention concluded in Colombo on Monday with the world physique forming a three-member committee to assessment conduct of T20 World Cup held in Americas final month.
“The ICC Board confirmed that there will likely be a assessment into the supply of the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2024. This will likely be overseen by three administrators, Roger Twose, Lawson Naidoo and Imran Khwaja who will report again to the Board later within the yr,” acknowledged an ICC media assertion.
The ICC suffered vital monetary setbacks, surpassing $20 million, whereas organising matches in New York, Florida, and Dallas, in response to sources.
Reportedly, the designated funds for the US portion of the match was roughly $150 million. Nonetheless, it was found that the precise bills had significantly exceeded the allotted quantity, elevating issues amongst influential board members of the worldwide cricket governing physique.
The ICC’s troubles had been additional compounded by the subpar high quality of drop-in pitches, points with the ticketing system, and varied logistical challenges. Furthermore, a more in-depth examination of the tender allocation course of additionally raised eyebrows.
It’s believed that the committee will completely scrutinise the actions of sure high-ranking ICC executives in mild of those developments.
The ICC additionally formally warned USA Cricket and Cricket Chile, giving them a 12-month interval to handle their present non-compliance with the group’s membership standards. The ICC has decided that each Members lack a match for objective detailed governance and administrative construction and methods.
“The ICC Americas workplace will work with Cricket Chile to help them in remedying their non-compliance. The Board agreed {that a} Normalisation Committee comprising of Board and Administration representatives will likely be set as much as oversee and monitor USA Cricket’s compliance roadmap and the ICC Board will reserve its proper to droop or expel the Member for continued non-compliance, the assertion additional learn.
The Chief Executives’ Committee confirmed the allocation of the eight regional qualifying spots for the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2026. This may see two groups qualify from Africa and Europe, one from the Americas and three from a mixed Asia and EAP regional last.
The ICC has reaffirmed its dedication to selling equality between males’s and girls’s cricket via its long-term strategic plan. As a part of this dedication, the ICC has introduced that the Girls’s T20 World Cup in 2030 will likely be expanded from 12 to 16 collaborating groups.
Moreover, the ICC established the qualification closing date for the ICC Girls’s T20 World Cup 2026 qualifier as 31 October 2024. This determination aligns with the group’s ongoing efforts to foster the expansion and improvement of ladies’s cricket on a world scale.
The ICC additionally introduced that Paul Reiffel, a member of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires, has been appointed to the ICC Males’s Cricket Committee.