The ICC Annual Conference concluded in Colombo today with the USA Cricket and Cricket Chile formally put on notice due to their current non-compliance. The ICC also announced the formation of a review committee to oversee the delivery of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024. This committee will be spearheaded by three directors: Roger Twose, Lawson Naidoo, and Imran Khwaja, who are tasked with reporting back to the Board later this year.
The ICC Board confirmed that there will be a review into the delivery of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024. This will be overseen by three directors, Roger Twose, Lawson Naidoo and Imran Khwaja who will report back to the Board later in the year.
USA Cricket and Cricket Chile have been formally put on notice and have 12 months to rectify their current non-compliance with the ICC Membership Criteria. Neither Member is considered to have in place a fit for purpose detailed governance and administrative structure and systems.
The ICC Americas office will work with Cricket Chile to support them in remedying their non-compliance. The Board agreed that a Normalisation Committee comprising of Board and Management representatives will be set up to oversee and monitor USA Cricket’s compliance roadmap and the ICC Board will reserve its right to suspend or expel the Member for continued non-compliance.
ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2030 to Expand to 16 teams
The ICC, with its long-term strategic commitment to equity across the men’s and women’s game also confirmed the expansion of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in 2030 from 12 to 16 teams. The cut-off date for qualification for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 qualifier was confirmed as 31 October 2024.
The CEC approved the appointment of Paul Reiffel to the ICC Men’s Cricket Committee as the Elite Panel representative.