The historic Lord’s Cricket Ground in England will be the venue for the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) finals in 2023 and 2025, the ICC confirmed on Tuesday, during its annual conference in Birmingham.
Earlier, Lord’s was also named the venue initially for the final of the inaugural edition of the World Test Championship (2019-2021) before it was moved to Southampton.
During the annual conference, the ICC Board also approved the Fututre Tour Programs (FTPs) for 2023-2027 for both men and women. The FTP calendar will however, be published in the coming days, the global body said.
Among several announcements, VVS Laxman and Daniel Vettori were confirmed as the current player representatives in the ICC Men’s Cricket Committee. Roger Harper, the former West Indies cricketer, will be the second past player representative, joining Mahela Jayawardene in the committee.
The ICC meanwhile, also approved the process to elect the next Chair of the global body, which will take place in November 2022. The election will be decided by a simple majority and the term of the elected Chair will run for a two-year period from December 1, 2022 to November 30, 2024.
Meanwhile, the ICC received an update from the Afghanistan Working Group and also received information on the situation of women’s cricket in the country.
It had appointed the working group in November 2021, naming Imran Khwaja (Chair), Ross McCollum, Lawson Naidoo and Ramiz Raja as the members to review the status of the Afghanistan Cricket Board and cricket in the country. ICC’s representatives will meet officials of the ACB and the government in the coming weeks.