The World Test Championship (WTC) can be applied to Test cricket from 2027. For this, the ICC formed an 8 -member team at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Monday. The leadership of this committee will be the new CEO of the ICC.
The test tire system will have two sections of six teams instead of the current nine teams. England Cricket Board and Cricket Australia are already in favor of this format and want Australia, England and India to play with each other twice every three years, which is twice in the current four years.
The Champions League T20 played between 2009 and 2014 is expected to resume next year.
Why are you implementing now? Last year, there was a huge crowd in the 5-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy played between Australia and India. In addition to fans, a large number of fans also joined the series on broadcasting and live streaming. BGT is the fourth most viewed series ever in Australia. More than 8 million fans have come to the field to watch the matches of this series.
Cricket Australia has released these figures on its social platform X. The biggest thing is that this time India is in support of it too.
The Champions League T20 may resume About 10 years later, the Champions League T20 (CLT20) tournament may resume. The ICC is seriously considering resuming this international club-based T20 competition.
The Cricket Board of India, Australia and England has discussed the subject and the proposal has also been confirmed by many important member countries in the AGM. The tournament was last held in India in 2014, where Chennai Super Kings won the title by beating Kolkata Knight Riders in the final.
The six season of CLT20 was held from 2009 to 2014. Four in India and two in South Africa. Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians won the tournament twice, while New South Wales of Australia and Sydney Sixers won the tournament once.
Chennai Super Kings won the Champions League 2014 final.
The next 3 WTC finals will be organized by England On Sunday, the ICC granted hosts to England for the next 3 finals of the World Test Championship. England will host the WTC final in 2027, 2029 and 2031. This host was given to the England Board in view of the last 3 successful events.
Other decisions of the annual general meeting …
- Gurmurthy Palani of the French Cricket Association, Anurag Bhatnagar of Hong Kong and Gurdeep Clean of Canada made representatives of the Associate Member countries of the ICC Chief Executive Committee (CEC).
- Timor Leste and Zambia have been made associate members of the ICC. There are now 110 registered countries in the ICC.
Afghan -origin female cricketers supported The ICC has launched a program in collaboration with BCCI, ECB and Cricket Australia to support Afghan -origin women cricketers. Which will run under the supervision of Deputy Chair Imran Khwaja. This will include high performance training, opportunities for local cricket and participating in 2 major tournaments.
- ICC Women's World Cup 2025 (India)
- ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026 (England)
Let us tell you that Taliban has banned women from playing cricket in Afghanistan. In this case, women's cricketers from Afghanistan practice in ICC training centers in Dubai.
America has to hold elections within 3 months The ICC has given a 3 -month notice to the US Cricket Board. The ICC has asked the board to have a fresh election in this period so that there is no mistake in the future tournament.
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