The ICC Board has approved the introduction of an International Women\u2019s Championship. This bi-lateral competition involving the top eight ranked women\u2019s teams will determine qualification for the next Women\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n
Competing countries will include Australia, West Indies, England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, South Africa, India and Pakistan with promotion and relegation at the end of the first cycle.<\/p>\n
Each team will play the others in a series of matches between mid-2014 and the end of 2016, with the top teams qualifying automatically for the ICC Women\u2019s World Cup in 2017.
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ICC Chief Executive David Richardson said: \u201cThis is a very positive step for the profile and competitiveness of women\u2019s cricket.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt guarantees a more regular and balanced programme of meaningful ODI cricket for a broader group of nations than ever before.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe ICC Women\u2019s World Cup last year set a new benchmark in terms of quality and public interest and with this added context the pathway to the 2017 event in England looks really exciting.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
The bottom countries at the end of the International Women\u2019s Championship will be joined by a number of teams from the ICC\u2019s regional qualification structures to play in an ICC Women\u2019s World Cup Qualifier which will determine the final Women\u2019s World Cup participants.<\/p>\n
The ICC Board received an update on the ICC World Twenty20 in Bangladesh that included a report from a recent security meeting in Dhaka and noted the positive progress that had been made.<\/p>\n The ICC Board consists of the chairman or president from each of the 10 Full Members plus three elected Associate Member representatives. Also present at ICC Board meetings is the ICC President, who chairs proceedings, the ICC Chief Executive and the ICC Vice-President.<\/p>\n Mustafa Kamal ICC Vice-President<\/p>\n David Richardson ICC Chief Executive<\/p>\n Zaka Ashraf Pakistan<\/p>\n Dave Cameron West Indies<\/p>\n Peter Chingoka Zimbabwe<\/p>\n Giles Clarke England and Wales<\/p>\n Jayantha Dharmadasa Sri Lanka<\/p>\n Wally Edwards Australia<\/p>\n Nazmul Hassan Bangladesh<\/p>\n Imran Khwaja Associate Member Representative<\/p>\n Chris Nenzani South Africa<\/p>\n Keith Oliver Associate Member Representative<\/p>\n Martin Snedden New Zealand<\/p>\n Neil Speight Associate Member Representative<\/p>\n Narayanaswami Srinivasan India<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The ICC Board has approved the introduction of an International Women\u2019s Championship. This bi-lateral competition involving the top eight ranked women\u2019s teams will determine qualification for the next Women\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n Competing countries will include Australia, West Indies, England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, South Africa, India and Pakistan with promotion and relegation at the end of the first cycle.<\/p>\n Each team will play the others in a series of matches between mid-2014 and the end of 2016, with the top teams qualifying automatically for the ICC Women\u2019s World Cup in 2017. ICC Chief Executive David Richardson said: \u201cThis is a very positive step for the profile and competitiveness of women\u2019s cricket.<\/p>\n \u201cIt guarantees a more regular and balanced programme of meaningful ODI cricket for a broader group of nations than ever before.<\/p>\n \u201cThe ICC Women\u2019s World Cup last year set a new benchmark in terms of quality and public interest and with this added context the pathway to the 2017 event in England looks really exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-world-cricket-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n
Alan Isaac ICC President<\/strong><\/p>\n
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