Times of Islamabad

ICC approves new ICC Men s Cricket World Cup qualifications criteria

ICC approves new ICC Men s Cricket World Cup qualifications criteria

ISLAMABAD – The International Cricket Council (ICC) Board on Saturdayunanimously approved a new ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup qualificationpathway at the conclusion of a week of meetings in Singapore.

From 2019, a new simplified 50 over league-based qualification structurefor the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, will be introduced that will see theamount of cricket played as part of the Road to India 2023 rise to 372matches across a 2-3 year qualification period.