ICC Finalises Schedule for T20 World Cup 2024: Report
Which country is set to co-host the T20 World Cup 2024?
LAHORE MIRROR (A Sports) — The International Cricket Council (ICC) has now completed the schedule for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024, which is set to be jointly hosted by the United States of America (USA) and the West Indies, ESPN Cricinfo reported.
According to the report, the next edition of the T20 World Cup will run from June 4 to 30. It further revealed that the ICC had shortlisted venues in the USA which include Lauderhill in Florida, Morrisville, Dallas and New York, for tournament matches and warm-ups.
Notably, Florida has already hosted international matches and is and is set to host the second ODI between West Indies and India.
Morrisville and Dallas — currently hosting the inaugural edition of the Major League Cricket — are yet to get international status, which is mandatory as per ICC rules.
“The grounds in Dallas (Grand Prairie Stadium), Morrisville (Church Street Park) and New York (Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx) are yet to get international venue status, which is mandatory as per ICC rules,” the report stated.
“A final decision on the venues will be taken by the ICC together with Cricket West Indies (CWI) and USA Cricket (USAC) in the next few months,” it added.
Ireland, Scotland, and Papua New Guinea qualified for the 20-team T20 World Cup this week through the ICC’s pathway of regional qualifiers.
Papa New Guinea (PNG) won the East Asia-Pacific Region Qualifier while Ireland and Scotland secured the top two positions in the Europe Region Qualifier, which concluded earlier this week.
Notably, a total of 12 teams had already booked their spot in the T20 World Cup 2024 before the regional qualifiers including hosts West Indies and US, and the top eight teams at the 2022 T20 World Cup — Australia, England, India, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa and Sri Lanka.
Meanwhile, Afghanistan and Bangladesh qualified for the next year’s mega event on the basis of superior team ranking. It is pertinent to mention that the next edition of the T20 World Cup will feature a record 20 teams and will be played using a different format.
“The top two teams in each of the four groups of five will move to a Super Eight phase, where the remaining sides will be split into two groups of four,” ICC said in a statement. “The top two in each group will then make their way to the semi-finals,” the statement added.
