Iconic Lord’s Cricket Ground To Host World Test Championship Finals In 2023 And 2025
Iconic Lord’s Cricket Ground To Host WTC Finals: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has decided that the World T20 Championship finals would be held at Lord’s Cricket Ground in both 2023 and 2025.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) made the announcement on Tuesday that the finals of the World Test Championship will be played at the illustrious Lord’s Cricket Ground in London in the years 2023 and 2025. According to an official media release issued by the ICC on Tuesday evening, “The IBC Board accepted Lord’s Cricket Ground as the host for the ICC World Test Championship Finals in 2023 and 2025.”
Due to COVID-19, the WTC final that was supposed to take place at Lord’s in 2021 was moved to the Ageas Bowl in Southampton instead, and it was there that New Zealand prevailed over India to become the first-ever WTC winners.
The ICC Board also approved the FTP 2023-2027 for both the men’s and women’s competitions, and this information will be made public in the following days.
“Current player representatives for the ICC Men’s Cricket Committee are now Daniel Vettori and VVS Laxman, who have both been selected to the committee. In addition to Mahela Jayawardene, Roger Harper has been chosen to serve as a representative of former players on the committee “a further statement was included in the announcement.
The process that will be used to elect the next Chair of the ICC, which is scheduled to take place in November 2022, was also approved by the ICC Board. The winner of the election will be determined by a simple majority, and their term as Chair will last for a period of two years, beginning on December 1, 2022, and ending on November 30, 2024
In addition, it was decided that India will be the host nation for the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup in 2025, while Bangladesh will be the host nation for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in 2024.
“Bangladesh will play host to the ICC Women’s Twenty20 World Cup for the second time in 2024, while England will be the first country to host the tournament since 2009 when it comes to England in 2026.
The subsequent ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup will be held in India in 2025, and Sri Lanka will be the host nation for the ICC Women’s T20 Champions Trophy in 2027, should both countries qualify for the respective tournaments “the announcement added.