ICC chairperson's election: No news on associate directors
Cricket | Oct 13, 2020, 10:11 PM ISTThe deadline for the nominations for potential candidates for chairperson by the board of directors is October 18.
The deadline for the nominations for potential candidates for chairperson by the board of directors is October 18.
The International Cricket Council devised the championship to give some context to dozens of test series taking place around the world every year, finally giving the five-day game its own standalone showpiece to go with World Cup finals in the ODI and T20 formats.
There is a possibility that in order to follow the strict COVID-19 health safety protocols, the ICC headquarters would remain closed for a few days and the staff would work from home, as the entire premises is being sanitised for operations to restart.
Speaking from Dubai, Flower, who is making his IPL debut as Kings XI Punjab this season, said the recent series in England showed interest in Test cricket remains but the format needs to be managed wisely alongside the T20 boom.
The Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) had suspended opener Ashfaq during the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier in October last year but no formal charges were laid as it waited for investigations to get over.
South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) takes the call after blaming Cricket South Africa (CSA) of maladministration.
According to Mani, it would be "healthier" if someone from other board now leads the ICC because of the "politics introduced" by Cricket Australia, England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) earlier.
The Pakistan cricket team played with the Dukes ball during their recent tour of England, where the visitors lost 0-2 a three-Test series.
The second of three Challenge League A events, which form part of the pathway to the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023, was rescheduled from March and was due to take place between September 30 and October 10 in Malaysia
The announcement was made during an online ceremony on the ICC portal in the presence of some of the greats of the game.
Dhoni announced his retirement from international cricket on Saturday evening. A terse post on his Instagram page read, 'consider me retired'.
The sole agenda of Monday's meeting was to finalise the nomination process for the election but no breakthrough could be made over a unanimous choice to lead the ICC.
The qualifiers for the tournament were supposed to be held in July, but had to be postponed due to the pandemic.
It is expected that the entire process irrespective of whether it's an election or unanimous selection will be over by four weeks.
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.
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