ICC postpone WT20
Image : ICC
|| CF Correspondent ||
The International Cricket Council on Monday announced that they have postponed the 2020 edition of the Men's T20 World Cup owing to a widespread pandemic that brought cricket to a halt early this year.
ICC’s apex body has held multiple meetings in the last few months in order to ascertain the best possible outcome before taking the inevitable decision.
ICC Chief Executive Manu Sawhney said that they have taken the decision considering everything.
“We have undertaken a comprehensive and complex contingency planning exercise and through this process, our number one priority has been to protect the health and safety of everyone involved in the sport,’’ said Sawhney.
“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,’’ he said.
“Our Members now have the clarity they need around event windows to enable them to reschedule lost bilateral and domestic cricket. 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. I would like to thank everyone involved for their commitment to a safe return to cricket.”
