On Monday, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has finally decided to postpone the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia this year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.  During the meeting of the IBC Board (the commercial subsidiary of the ICC), windows for the next three ICC men’s events have also been finalized as it will provide the global body with the possible opportunity over the next three years to recover the losses incurred due to the coronavirus.

Here are the windows for the next three major ICC events:

• ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 will be held October – November 2021 with the final on 14 November 2021
• ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 will be held October – November 2022 with the final on 13 November 2022
• ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 will be held in India October – November 2023 with the final on 26 November 2023

The IBC Board will be monitoring the rapid changes in the current situation and assess all the information in order to finalize the hosts to ensure the sport is able to stage safe and successful global events in 2021 and 2022.

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The IBC Board will also continue to evaluate the situation in relation to being able to stage the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2021 in New Zealand in February next year. In the meantime, planning for this event continues as scheduled. The Board will simultaneously be evaluating the situation in relation to being able to stage the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2021. 

BREAKING: The 2020 @T20WorldCup has been postponed.

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Explaining the same, the ICC Chief Executive Manu Sawhney said: “Our number one priority has been to protect the health and safety of everyone involved in the sport. The decision to postpone the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup was taken after careful consideration of all of the options available to us and gives us the best possible opportunity of delivering two safe and successful T20 World Cups for fans around the world. Our Members now have the clarity they need around event windows to enable them to reschedule lost bilateral and domestic cricket. “

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He further elaborated, “Moving the Men’s Cricket World Cup to a later window is a critical element of this and gives us a better chance of maintaining the integrity of the qualification process. This additional time will be used to reschedule games that might be lost because of the pandemic ensuring qualification can be decided on the field of play. Throughout this process we have worked closely with our key stakeholders including governments, Members, broadcasters, partners and medical experts to enable us to reach a collective decision for the good of the game and our fans.”