ICC Name Host Countries For ICC U19 Events Until 2027
Zeeshan Mehtab Published November 13, 2022 | 01:10 PM
ISLAMABAD, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 13th Nov, 2022 ) :The International Cricket Council (ICC) board has approved Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Thailand, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Bangladesh, and Nepal as the host countries of the ICC U19 events from 2024-2027.
The ICC U19 Men's Cricket World Cup 2024 would be hosted by Sri Lanka whilst the 2026 edition will be staged in Zimbabwe and Namibia, said a press release.
The ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup 2025 would be held in Malaysia and Thailand, and the 2027 U19 Women's event will be jointly hosted by Bangladesh and Nepal.
The hosts were selected via a competitive bidding process overseen by a Board sub-committee chaired by Martin Snedden.
The ICC Board accepted the recommendations of the committee who conducted a thorough review of each bid along with ICC management.
The qualification pathway for the 10-team ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 was approved.
Eight teams would qualify for the event automatically comprising the top three teams from each group from the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023, the host Bangladesh (if not in the top three of Group 1), and the next highest ranked teams on the MRF Tyres ICC T20I Rankings on February 27, 2023. The remaining two teams would be identified through the 10-team ICC Women's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier.
The qualification pathway for the 14-team ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2027 was also decided with ten teams gaining automatic qualification.
The ten would comprise South Africa and Zimbabwe as Full Member hosts and the next eight highest-ranked teams on the ICC MRF Tyres ODI Rankings on a date to be confirmed. The remaining four teams would qualify via the ICC CWC Global Qualifier.
The Board received an update from the Afghanistan Working Group detailing a recent meeting with a representative of the Afghanistan government and the Afghanistan Cricket Board in Doha.
The government official reiterated their commitment to fully respect and comply with the ICC constitution, in particular the need for diversity and inclusivity and for the ACB to operate independently from government interference.
Afghanistan Working Group Chair Imran Khwaja said, "The meeting was positive and respectful and the government representative was clear in his support for the ICC constitution including in principle for women's cricket in Afghanistan. There are obvious challenges for it to resume but we will continue to work with the ACB to take this forward.
"The Working Group will closely monitor the commitment undertaken by the Afghanistan government and will continue to report back to the ICC Board."BCCI Honorary Secretary Jay Shah would become Chair of the Finance and Commercial Affairs Committee replacing Cricket Ireland's Ross McCollum who has stepped down from the role.
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