Icc Switches 2010 Event To Twenty20
The ICC Champions Trophy scheduled to be held in the West Indies in 2010 has been restructured as another World Twenty20 tournament.
It will be the third such tournament since the very successful first event in South Africa in September 2007 with the second ICC World Twenty20 taking place in England next June.
The decision has been taken because this year’s 50-over-a-side Champions Trophy has been postponed by 12 months due to security worries in Pakistan.
ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat said: ‘Although the World Twenty20 is to be held every second year, we decided to hold two on the trot to set the calendar right and ensure a better spread of tournaments.’
The 2010 event, scheduled to be held from 23rd April to 9th May, will be staged at three venues to be chosen by the ICC in January 2009 following nominations from the West Indies Cricket Board.
‘With the ICC Champions Trophy being the final major ICC event of 2009, and the ICC Cricket World Cup being the 50-over event in 2011, it makes perfect sense to have a tournament of a different format in between,’ Lorgat said.
