The International Cricket Council (ICC) Board on Tuesday decided to move the 2024 ICC U19 World Cup from Sri Lanka. The ICC Board also confirmed the terms of suspension of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC).
“After hearing input from the SLC, the ICC Board of Governors has decided that following Sri Lanka’s recent suspension for breaching its obligations as a member state, in particular the requirement to manage matters autonomously without government intervention. , it has been decided that international competition can continue in both bilateral cricket and ICC events,” the ICC statement said.
“However, funding for the SLC is managed by the ICC and the ICC Board has confirmed that Sri Lanka will no longer host the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2024 in South Africa.
The ICC Board also approved new gender eligibility rules for international matches following a nine-month consultation process with competition stakeholders. The new policy is based on the principles (priorities) of protecting the integrity of the women’s game, safety, fairness and inclusiveness, which will lead to increased participation from men to women who have experienced male adolescence in some way. This means that the person will not participate. Any player is eligible to participate in the international women’s competition regardless of whether or not they have undergone surgery or gender reassignment treatment.
The review, led by the ICC Medical Advisory Committee, chaired by Dr Peter Harcourt, concerns only gender eligibility in international women’s cricket, although gender eligibility at national level is a matter for each member board. , and may be affected by local laws. . The regulations are expected to be reviewed within two years.
ICC CEO Geoff Allardyce said: “Changes to the gender eligibility rules are the result of an extensive consultation process, are science-based and consistent with the core principles developed during the review.” said. Inclusivity is extremely important to us as a sport, but our priority has always been to protect the integrity of the international women’s game and the safety of our players. ”
The Chief Executive Committee (CEC) has approved plans to accelerate the development of female match officials. This includes equalizing matchday salaries for ICC umpires in men’s and women’s cricket and ensuring one neutral umpire for all ICC Women’s Championship Series from January 2024.
The CEC has agreed to introduce a stop clock on a trial basis in men’s ODI and T20I cricket from December 2023 to April 2024. This clock is used to regulate the time between overs. If the bowling team is not ready to bowl the next over within 60 seconds after the previous over is completed, he will be assessed a 5-run penalty if his third over within the innings occurs. You can
Changes to pitching and outfield monitoring regulations were also approved. These include simplifying pitching evaluation criteria and raising the standard for a venue’s international status to be revoked from 5 to 6 deductions. period of years.