Lagatar24 Desk
Dubai, Nov 16: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday announced the 14 host countries of the ICC men’s white-ball events from 2024-31. Pakistan will host the Champions Trophy in 2025.
Interestingly, USA and Namibia will host an ICC World Cup event for the first time. While, Australia, Bangladesh, England, Ireland, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Scotland, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe have previously staged major events and will do so again over the next decade.
11 Full Members and three Associate Members have been selected to host two ICC Men’s Cricket World Cups, four ICC Men’s T20 World Cups and two ICC Men’s Champions Trophy events. The hosts were selected via a competitive bidding process overseen by a Board sub-committee chaired by martin Snedden along with Sourav Ganguly and Ricky Skerritt.
“We are delighted to have concluded this competitive bidding process for the first time for ICC events. To have 14 members hosting 8 events is a reflection of the truly global nature of our sport and I’d like to thank every member that submitted a bid and offer our congratulations to the successful bidders”, said ICC Chair Greg Barclay.
Notably, 17 members submitted a total of 28 proposals to host the eight ICC Men’s white-ball events.
