ICC annual conference 2011 – Non test playing countries get chance to qualify for World Cup 2015
The chief executives committee (CEC) of the International Cricket Council (ICC) has suggested governing body of cricket to introduce the qualifying round for the World Cup 2015.
After the recommendation of the CEC, associate teams such as Ireland, Kenya, Netherlands, Canada and Scotland get new hope to participate in the event.
The ICC has published a statement on its website after the annual conference, which was started from Sunday in Hong Kong.
“The CEC recommended that there should be a qualification process for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 but did not make a recommendation to the ICC executive board on the number of teams that should compete in the event to be held
in Australia and New Zealand,” the ICC’s press release stated.
Earlier, the governing body of cricket in World announced to reduce the number of teams in the next World Cup from 14 to 10.
The ICC’s associate members registered a document request to the ICC to review the structure of the World Cup, which made council to solve the issue in better way.
The ICC president Sharad Pawar accepted the request after hearing and forwarded the case to the executive board to look into the matter in their annual conference.
However, the ICC’s executives supported the 10-team format to make the next event more attractive and thrilling.
Meanwhile, non test playing nations still have chance to play the tournament after going through a qualifying round.
In the mean time, the CEC did not give any cleared that how many teams will be eligible to participate in the qualification process.
In the mean time, the executives committee also advised ICC regarding some changes in the one day format of the game.
“Even though the success of 50-over cricket played during the World Cup 2011 was universally acknowledged, the CEC rightly supported the enhancements recommended by the ICC Cricket Committee to strengthen the format further, including
encouraging Members to trial some specific innovations in their domestic cricket,” Haroon Lorgat, the chief executive of the ICC said.