KOLKOTA – In a new development made by ICC in which ‘all likelihood’Champions Trophy 2021 will be replaced with a World T20 thus makingPakistan the last Champions of the Champions Trophy keeping the titleforever.
This provides opportunities for 16 teams to compete at a global level witha sub-regional, regional and global qualification process every two years,giving more regular cricket to more Members.
The International Cricket Council (ICC), after a meeting in Kolkatta,announced on Thursday that all 104 members countries will be granted T20Iformat.
There are currently 18 members having T20I status, including 12 fullmembers and Scotland, Netherlands, Hong Kong, UAE, Oman and Nepal.
“All Women’s team matches will be awarded T20 International status on July1st 2018. All the men’s team matches will be given T20 International statuson January 1st 2019,” CEO, David Richardson said.He also stated in thepress conference that the global ranking system for the shortest format ofthe game will also be launched.
He also discussed the stricter approach of the international cricketingbody to control these infringements like ball-tampering and sledging.
“Stricter and heavier transactions for ball tampering and using abusivelanguage, sledging, dissent. We want penalties in place. Fines are notproving to be the answer.
The cricket committee will come back with plans,” Richardsonsaid.Richardson also addressed Pakistan and India’s bilateral series matterand said that they all want Indo-Pak series to take place, but it willrequire more than the two boards to resolve the matter.“There is a commondesire that it will be great if India and Pakistan can play each other,specifically in bilateral series.
The issue is quite complicated I am afraid, it is going to take a lot morethan just two boards agreeing,” he told.