ICC to broaden 50 over World Cup to 14 groups; maintain World T20 each two years in subsequent cycle

The T20 World Cup might be held each two years in the course of the subsequent eight-year Futures Tours & Programme (FTP) cycle whereas the 50-over occasion might be a 14-team affair from the 2027 version, the sport’s governing physique ICC mentioned on Tuesday.
Also as per PTI’s earlier report, the World Test Championship could have 4 editions within the subsequent cycle aside from two Champions Trophy.
“The ICC Board today confirmed the schedule of ICC events from 2024-2031 with both the men’s Cricket World Cup and men’s T20 World Cup to be expanded and a men’s Champions Trophy to be re-introduced,” the worldwide physique mentioned in a launch issued after the board assembly.
“The men’s Cricket World Cup will become a 14 team, 54-match event in 2027 and 2031, whilst the men’s T20 World Cup will be expanded to a 20 team, 55-match event in 2024, 2026, 2028 and 2030.”
The 50-over format presently is a 10-team occasion whereas this version of T20 World Cup might be a 16-team affair.
“An eight team Champions Trophy will be hosted in 2025 and 2029. World Test Championship Finals will be hosted in 2025, 2027, 2029 and 2031. The ICC Women’s event schedule has already been confirmed with the expansion of both the Cricket World Cup and T20 World Cup forming part of the ICC’s long-term commitment to growing the women’s game,” it additional acknowledged.
The males’s World Cup format could have two teams of seven, with the highest three in every group progressing to a Super Six stage, adopted by semi-finals and ultimate.
This is identical format that was used within the 2003 version. The format of the T20 World Cup will consist of 4 teams of 5, with the highest two from every group going by means of to a Super Eights stage, adopted by the knockout levels of semi-finals and a ultimate.
The Champions Trophy will comply with earlier editions with two teams of 4, semi-finals and ultimate.
The ICC Board additionally authorised the method for figuring out the hosts for all males’s, ladies’s and U-19 occasions within the subsequent cycle.
The hosts for the lads’s occasions might be determined in September following a range course of that may get underway this month.
The internet hosting course of for girls’s and U-19 occasions will start in November and might be a chance to interact with a wider vary of Members together with first-time hosts.
“Having the ICC event schedule confirmed through to 2031 is a significant step forward for cricket and will form the basis of our growth strategy for the next decade,” ICC Acting Chief Executive Geoff Allardice mentioned.
“The revised strategy to choosing hosts for our occasions will give us rather more flexibility to develop the sport and interact new followers. There is a smaller pool of nations with the infrastructure wanted to host our senior males’s occasions which narrows the choice course of.
“Additionally, many of our Members expressed interest in hosting Women’s and U19 events which gives us a great opportunity to stage events in established and emerging cricket nations.”