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ICC decides to continue World Test Championships - Outcomes of ICC Board meeting on Tuesday

02 Jun 2021

The World Test Championship, which faced a lot of difficulties in its inaugural edition due to the Covid-19 pandemic, will continue during the next eight-year cycle between 2023-2031, despite apprehensions raised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) Chairman Greg Barclay.

“Yes, there will be four more editions of World Test Championship in the next eight-year cycle between 2023-2031. The board believes that World Test Championship has given a context to Test cricket and will help in popularising the traditional format among younger generation,” the ICC board member has told Indo media yesterday (1 June).

The inaugural World Test Championship final will be held between India and New Zealand in Southampton from 18-22 June.

Meanwhile the ICC had a Board meeting yesterday. Following is the media release the ICC sent following the proceedings under the title "ICC announces expansion of global events":
The ICC Board today confirmed the schedule of ICC events from 2024- 2031 with both the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup and ICC Men’s T20 World Cup to be expanded and a Men’s Champions Trophy to be re-introduced. The ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup will become a 14 team, 54 match event in 2027 and 2031, whilst the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup will be expanded to a 20 team, 55 match event in 2024, 2026, 2028 and 2030. An eight team Champions Trophy will be hosted in 2025 and 2029. ICC World Test Championship Finals will be hosted in 2025, 2027, 2029 and 2031. The ICC Women’s event schedule has already been confirmed with the expansion of both the Cricket World Cup and T20 World Cup forming part of the ICC’s long-term commitment to growing the women’s game. The ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup format will have two groups of seven, with the top three in each group progressing to a Super Six stage, followed by semi-finals and final. This is the same format that was used in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2003. The format of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup will consist of four groups of five, with the top two from each group going through to a Super Eights stage, followed by the knockout stages of semi-finals and a final. The Champions Trophy will follow previous editions with two groups of four, semi-finals and final.
Year Men’s Event (Teams / Matches) Women’s Event (Teams / Matches) U19 Event (Teams / Matches)
2024 T20 World Cup (20/55) T20 World Cup (10/23) Men’s CWC
2025 Champions Trophy (8/15) World Test Championship Final (2/1) Cricket World Cup (8/31) Women’s T20WC
2026 T20 World Cup (20/55) T20 World Cup (12/33) Men’s CWC
2027 Cricket World Cup (14/54) World Test Championship Final (2/1) T20 Champions Trophy (6/16) Women’s T20WC
2028 T20 World Cup (20/55) T20 World Cup (12/33) Men’s CWC
2029 Champions Trophy (8/15) World Test Championship Final (2/1) Cricket World Cup (10/48) Women’s T20WC
2030 T20 World Cup (20/55) T20 World Cup (12/33) Men’s CWC
2031 Cricket World Cup (14/54) World Test Championship Final (2/1) T20 Champions Trophy (6/16) Women’s T20WC
  The ICC Board also approved the process for determining the hosts for all Men’s, Women’s and U19 events in the next cycle. The hosts for the Men’s events will be decided in September following a selection process that will get underway this month. The hosting process for Women’s and U19 events will commence in November and will be an opportunity to engage with a wider range of Members including first-time hosts. The ICC Board has requested management focus its planning efforts for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 on the event being staged in the UAE with the possibility of including another venue in the Middle East. A final decision on the host country will be taken later this month. The Board also confirmed that the BCCI will remain the hosts of the event regardless of where the event is played. ICC Acting Chief Executive Geoff Allardice said: “Having the ICC event schedule confirmed through to 2031 is a significant step forward for cricket and will form the basis of our growth strategy for the next decade.  “The revised approach to selecting hosts for our events will give us much more flexibility to grow the game and engage new fans. There is a smaller pool of countries with the infrastructure needed to host our senior Men’s events which narrows the selection process. Additionally, many of our Members expressed interest in hosting Women’s and U19 events which gives us a great opportunity to stage events in established and emerging cricket nations.” ENDS
 

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