The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday (June 1) re-introduced men’s Champions Trophy and expanded the variety of competing teams in each the men’s 50-over World Cup and T20 World Cup within the 2024-2031 cycle of occasions.
The 50-over World Cup will grow to be a 14-team, 54-match occasion in 2027 and 2031, while the men’s T20 World Cup shall be expanded to a 20-team, 55-match occasion in 2024, 2026, 2028, and 2030, the ICC introduced after its Board assembly.
An eight-team Champions Trophy shall be performed in 2025 and 2029. The ICC World Test Championship finals shall be hosted in 2025, 2027, 2029, and 2031.
The ICC Women’s occasion schedule has already been confirmed with the growth of each the Cricket World Cup and T20 World Cup forming a part of the ICC’s long-term dedication to rising the ladies’s sport,” ICC mentioned in an official launch.
The ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup format could have two teams of seven, with the highest three in every group progressing to a Super Six stage, adopted by semi-finals and closing. This is similar format that was used within the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2003.
The format of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup will consist of 4 teams of 5, with the highest two from every group going by way of to a Super Eights stage, adopted by the knockout phases of semi-finals and a closing. The Champions Trophy will observe earlier editions with two teams of 4, semi-finals and closing.
The ICC Board additionally accredited the method for figuring out the hosts for all Men’s, Women’s, and U19 occasions within the subsequent cycle. The hosts for the Men’s occasions shall be determined in September following a variety course of that can get underway this month. The internet hosting course of for Women’s and U19 occasions will start in November and shall be a chance to interact with a wider vary of Members together with first-time hosts.
ICC Acting Chief Executive Geoff Allardice in an official launch mentioned: “Having the ICC occasion schedule confirmed by way of to 2031 is a major step ahead for cricket and will type the idea of our progress technique for the subsequent decade.
“The revised method to choosing hosts for our occasions will give us rather more flexibility to develop the sport and interact new followers. There is a smaller pool of nations with the infrastructure wanted to host our senior Men’s occasions which narrows the choice course of. Additionally, lots of our members expressed curiosity in internet hosting Women’s and U19 occasions which provides us an incredible alternative to stage occasions in established and rising cricket nations.”
