Bangladesh will host the next year’s ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup to be held from January 22 to February 14 . The ICC Board, in its final round meetings of 2015 at the ICC Headquarters in Dubai on Tuesday (Oct 13), confirmed that the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will host the next year’s ICC U19 Cricket World Cup from 22 January to February 14, said a ICC media release after the meeting on Tuesday. As part of this decision, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), working in conjunction with its government, will develop an appropriate security plan to the satisfaction of the ICC’s security advisor, working closely with the security advisors for the other members. The Board (and its committees) commenced their meetings by paying respects to ICC’s former President, Mr Jagmohan Dalmiya, who passed away last month. The other important decisions taken in the ICC Board and committee meetings are:
Women’s Cricket:
The Board has approved changes to the format of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 to be hosted by the England and Wales Cricket Board. This event determines the best team in the 50-over ODI format. The eight-team tournament will now be played as a round-robin format with the top four sides progressing to the semi-finals, followed by the final. The change in the format means there will now be a total of 31 matches (compared to 25 matches in 2013), with each side guaranteed a minimum of seven matches during the tournament. The Board also decided that a second edition of the ICC Women’s Championship would be played post 2017. This tournament has significantly enhanced the standard of women’s cricket with each side guaranteed a minimum of 21 ODIs over a two-year period. The current edition of the Championship also serves as a qualification pathway to the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 with the top four sides qualifying directly to women’s cricket’s most prestigious event. To encourage attacking play in women’s ODI cricket, the Board noted that the women’s playing conditions should adopt all the changes that were introduced to the men’s playing conditions in June 2015 except the following two which relate to ODI fielding restrictions:
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