The ICC’s Afghanistan Working Group (AWG) has informed the governing body’s board that the country’s government has reiterated its commitment to “full respect and compliance” with the ICC’s constitution, which includes women. including agreeing “in principle” to the development of cricket.
An ICC statement after the weekend’s meetings in Melbourne said the focus was on “ensuring diversity and inclusion and that the Afghanistan Cricket Board operates independently of government interference”.
“The meeting was positive and respectful, and [Afghanistan] “The government representative was clear in his support for the ICC constitution, which included in principle for women’s cricket in Afghanistan,” Imran Khawaja, chair of the AWG, was quoted as saying. There are obviously challenges to be had but we will continue to work with it. ACB to take it forward. The Working Group will closely monitor the commitments made by the Government of Afghanistan and continue to report to the ICC Board.
Under-19 World Cup hosts Thailand, Nepal, Namibia
Sri Lanka will host the Men’s Under-19 World Cup in 2024, while Zimbabwe and Namibia will co-host the 2026 edition. And, as part of the ICC’s efforts to expand the game, Malaysia and Thailand have been named joint hosts of the Women’s Under-19 T20 World Cup in 2025, while Bangladesh and Nepal will jointly host the same tournament. will host the 2027 edition of
The Women’s Under-19 World Cup is finally set to begin after a delay imposed by the pandemic, with South Africa hosting the inaugural edition in January 2023.
14 teams will participate in the men’s 50-over World Cup in 2027.
The ICC has also laid out the path to qualification for the 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup – with eight automatic qualifiers in the ten-team event – from each of the two groups to the 2023 Women’s T20 World Cup in host South Africa. There will be one to three top teams. Bangladesh (if they fail to make the cut in 2023), and will be the next highest ranked teams in the ICC rankings at the end of the 2023 edition. The remaining two teams will be identified through a ten-team global qualifying event.
The Men’s ODI World Cup in 2027 will be a 14-team event in India, compared to 10 in 2023. South Africa and Zimbabwe will qualify as hosts, along with the next eight teams in the rankings on a date yet to be announced. Four others will join the top ten through global qualifiers.
