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ICC reverse World Cup 2015 decision

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Yesterday, as RTÉ and the BBC reported, the ICC Executive Board approved the recommendation that there should be a qualification process for the World Cup 2015.  They also decided to reverse their previous decision to restrict the competition to 10 teams by approving a continuation of the 14 team format [10 full members and 4 qualifying associates].  For now.  The flip-side is that the ICC World Twenty20 tournaments in 2012 and 2014 will not be expanded – only 12 teams will …

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

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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 …

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ICC Executive Board to revisit World Cup 2015 decision

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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 …

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

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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 …

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