ICC: 2023 World Cup fixtures to be launched ‘as quickly as we presumably can’
The ICC intends to publish a full schedule for the boys’s 2023 ODI World Cup “as soon as we possibly can,” based on their chief government, Geoff Allardice. The event hosted by India is predicted to start out in 4 months’ time, with venues and fixtures nonetheless unconfirmed.
The schedule for the 2019 ODI World Cup in England and Wales was launched on April 26, 2018, 13 months earlier than the opening recreation, whereas the schedule for the 2015 event in Australia and New Zealand was launched on July 30, 2013 – a full 18 months earlier than the primary match.
The fixtures for this yr’s World Cup, nevertheless, stay unknown. ESPNcricinfo reported in March that the event is predicted to run from October 5 to November 19, however the ICC has not publicly confirmed any dates.
Jay Shah, the BCCI secretary, had not too long ago stated that the schedule would be unveiled in the course of the ongoing World Test Championship (WTC) closing at The Oval, however Allardice didn’t decide to that timeline throughout an interview on the BBC’s Test Match Special; and ESPNcricinfo understands the fixtures is probably not made public till subsequent week.
“I think even today (Wednesday) we might be receiving the schedule from the hosts, and we’ve just got a bit of consultation to do with all the participating teams and the broadcasters. Then we’ll be publishing that as soon as we possibly can,” Allardice stated. “When we put on events, we very much work hand in hand with the hosts.
“And in some locations, there’s numerous session that should happen, each throughout the cricket system and with governments, and so on. There’s numerous duty on a bunch to ship an excellent occasion, and so they’ve received to undergo the appropriate checks and balances.”
Allardice was asked whether Pakistan’s willingness to play in India had any bearing on the apparent delay in the fixtures being announced, but he declined to elaborate.
“Until I see the schedule… I’m ready, and I’m hoping that I’ll see one thing within the subsequent day or two on that,” he said. “Our occasions staff may be very skilled at placing on cricket occasions in all completely different international locations, and also you management what you management.
“And I think that’s the approach that our team is taking, and they’re working on the things that they can progress for the event. The moment we have that information, we’ll be pushing on it at a rate of knots.”