ICC Cricket World Cup

ICC Chief Executives’ Committee recommend “qualification process” for World Cup 2015

Pete Baker on June 27, 2011, 2:19 pm

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Both RTÉ and the BBC report that the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Chief Executives’ Committee (CEC) have approved the recommendation of the Cricket Committee that there should be “a qualification process” for the Cricket World Cup 2015. But they haven’t recommended increasing the number of teams taking part from the ten originally proposed. From the CEC press release. ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 The CEC recommended that there should be a qualification process for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 but did …

The missing “unanimous” ICC Cricket Committee recommendation

Pete Baker on May 12, 2011, 2:35 pm

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Both the BBC and the RTÉ reports picked up on Irish cricketer Trent Johnston’s tweet following the ICC Cricket Committee meeting at Lord’s yesterday to note a further development in the ICC World Cup 2015 story. Here’s Trent Johnston’s tweet Unanimous decision by ICC Cricket Committee to recommend to the Chief Exec Committee there be a qualifier for CWC 2015. A great result! Trent Johnston is a member of the committee, and he was present at the meeting, so there’s no reason to …

ICC Executive Board to revisit World Cup 2015 decision

Pete Baker on April 19, 2011, 1:17 pm

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As the BBC reports, the International Cricket Council President, Sharad Pawar, has requested the ICC Executive Board to revisit the decision to exclude Associate and Affiliate Members of the ICC, including Ireland, from the Cricket World Cup 2015. From the ICC statement …after receiving representations from the Associate and Affiliate Members of the ICC, the ICC President Mr Sharad Pawar has decided to request the ICC Executive Board to revisit the issue in Hong Kong in June. Mr Pawar said: “I …

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 “will comprise the existing 10 Full Members”

Pete Baker on April 4, 2011, 9:43 pm

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As the BBC reports, at the ICC Executive Board meeting at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai on 4 April 2011 it was agreed that The Executive Board confirmed their decision made in October 2010 that the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 in Australia and New Zealand and the ICC Cricket World Cup in England in 2019 will be a 10-team event. The Board agreed that the 2015 World Cup will comprise the existing 10 Full Members, however, they gave notice …

The Irish #cwc2011 gloating begins

Paul Evans on March 3, 2011, 9:08 am

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I’m trying to work out whether Geoff Boycott’s use of the word “leprechauns” constitutes some kind of racist slur or whether it’s the self-adopted nickname of the mighty Irish cricket team following their historic victory over England in the #cwc2011 Cricket World Cup. Perhaps one follows the other? In the meantime, Philosophy Football (who diversified into Cricket for The Ashes) have a t-shirt already for the burgeoning market of Irish cricket aficionados. They’re offering £5 off for orders placed in …