England to host subsequent three World Check Championship Finals | Cricket Information – Occasions of India
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has secured the internet hosting rights for the ICC World Check Championship (WTC) Finals in 2027, 2029, and 2031. The choice was confirmed on the ICC Annual Convention held in Singapore, with the ECB being recognised for its sturdy observe file in efficiently internet hosting latest world finals.Among the many key outcomes from the convention, the ICC offered an replace on its ongoing initiative to help displaced girls cricketers of Afghan origin. This help programme is being pushed in collaboration with the BCCI, ECB, and Cricket Australia, and is overseen by ICC Deputy Chair Imran Khwaja.The initiative goals to supply structured help, together with high-performance coaching, home taking part in alternatives, and involvement in main ICC world occasions — such because the ICC Girls’s Cricket World Cup 2025 in India and the ICC Girls’s T20 World Cup 2026 in England.In its assertion relating to USA Cricket, the ICC reaffirmed its earlier stance, stating that the physique stays beneath discover. USA Cricket has been directed to hold out wide-ranging governance reforms — together with the conduct of free and truthful elections — inside a three-month window. The ICC Board reserves the precise to take additional motion if crucial.In the meantime, Gurumurthy Palani (France Cricket), Anuraag Bhatnagar (Cricket Hong Kong, China), and Gurdeep Klair (Cricket Canada) have been elected as Affiliate Member representatives to the ICC Chief Executives’ Committee (CEC).
The ICC additionally expressed formal gratitude to outgoing ICC CEO Geoff Allardice and CEC members Sumod Damodar (Botswana Cricket Affiliation), Rashpal Bajwa (Cricket Canada), and Umair Butt (Cricket Denmark) for his or her contributions to the worldwide recreation.In an extra growth, two new members — the Timor-Leste Cricket Federation and the Zambia Cricket Union — had been granted Affiliate Membership, taking the full variety of ICC members to 110.Moreover, the ICC AGM formally adopted the annual report and audited monetary accounts of the ICC Group for the yr 2024, together with the auditor’s report.
