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[ad_1] The ICC was forced to abandon the notion of staging World Cup matches at London's Olympic Stadium next year, due to concerns that the setting sun would render one end of the pitch unusable from a playing and television perspective. Despite a clear desire to incorporate East London's iconic stadium into plans for what has been billed as the "World's Greatest Cricket Celebration", the tournament organisers were forced to admit defeat when the World Cup fixtures were confirmed by the ICC this morning. The omission was "very disappointing", said Steve Elworthy, the tournament director, who had envisaged turning the entire Olympic Park into a focal point for fans across London, with a particular emphasis on the Asian and Caribbean populations of the host borough, Newham. This decision came after an exhaustive feasibility study, which even included Andrew Strauss and Eoin Morgan shadow-batting along the three orientations - North-South, East-West and 5...

[ad_1] Left-arm spinners Ekta Bisht and Rajeshwari Gayakwad are back in India's T20 squad for the Women's Asia Cup. Seam-bowling allrounder Rumeli Dhar and left-arm spinner Radha Yadav have missed out on selection for the tournament, which will be held in Malaysia from June 1 to 11. Injury had ruled both Bisht and Gayakwad out of India's last T20 assignment, the home tri-series in March that also featured Australia and England. Gayakwad was part of the initial squad as a replacement for Bisht, who had injured her left index finger during the ODI series against Australia, only to herself suffer a split webbing in her right hand during a fielding session. Radha replaced Gayakwad and played two games in the tri-series, taking three wickets. Both Bisht and Gayakwad came back for the three-match ODI series against England in early April. Dhar was part of the T20 tri-series squad, and played just the one game, before being left out of the squad for the ODIs against England. S...

[ad_1] The qualifying process for next year's World Cup in England may have just ended last month in Zimbabwe, but for some countries the planning process for the 2023 World Cup is already in full swing. Six teams are in Malaysia this week with their end goal being that event, the first step of which is gaining promotion from World Cricket League Division Four. But staying course for qualification for the 2023 World Cup is not the only dangling carrot on display in Kuala Lumpur. Netherlands' progression from Division Two into the World Cricket League Championship in 2015 paved the way for a spot in the 13-team ODI League and ODI status. Likewise, the six participants in Malaysia - Uganda, Malaysia, Denmark, Bermuda, Jersey and Vanuatu - are hoping that they can move up and gain a spot in the next edition of WCL Championship, anticipated to start in 2020, which brings with it precious fixtures to grow and develop. This is the fifth time Malaysia has hosted a WCL tournament, tw...

[ad_1] Check here for 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup complete schedule, time table, venues, fixtures. The International Cricket Council today confirmed the schedule of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, which will be staged in England and Wales from 30 May, 2019 to 14 July, 2019. [ad_2] Source link