T20 world cup
Australia to stage delayed T20 World Cup in 2022
India will stage the 2021 edition as planned, the global governing body added.
The postponement of the Twenty20 World Cup until 2021 because of the coronavirus has opened the way for the suspended IPL to go ahead after multiple delays as the pandemic spread this year.
After months of uncertainty, Cricket Australia welcomed the International Cricket Council's decision, saying it provided clarity ahead of an upcoming home season which includes a blockbuster Test series against India.
The IBC Board will also continue to evaluate the situation in relation to being able to stage the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2021 in New Zealand in February next year.
The tournament is scheduled to take place from October 18 to November 15, and officials have previously said they were planning for it to proceed on those dates.
Cricket Australia chief Kevin Roberts has said the tournament’s October-November schedule was under 'very high risk' and the ICC is set to discuss contingency plans at its board meeting on Wednesday.
The men's Tests against India are scheduled to start in Brisbane on 3 December, followed by Adelaide from 11 December, the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne and Sydney from 3 January.
Due to begin in Australia in October, the T20 competition’s start is looking increasingly unlikely amid virus-related travel restrictions.
De Kock has taken over leading the side from Faf du Plessis in white-ball cricket, and had a baptism of fire with three one-day internationals and three Twenty20 matches each against England and Australia in the last few months.
The International Cricket Council will discuss contingency plans for the tournament in Australia, as well as ways of restarting the sport once the pandemic subsides, at a meeting later in the day but White said “no decisions will be made”.
With India set to host the 2021 edition, Gavaskar suggested swapping with Australia - which has indefinitely barred almost all non-residents from entering the country - and holding this year's tournament instead.
The global health crisis, which has forced travel and other restrictions in several countries, has halted professional cricket and jeopardises Twenty20 cricket’s flagship event scheduled to begin on Oct. 18 in Geelong.
The global health crisis has halted professional cricket around the world, leaving most boards bracing for significant revenue reductions.
The COVID-19 pandemic has halted professional cricket, like other sporting events, across countries, clouding the outlook for the format’s flagship tournament that is scheduled to begin in the city of Geelong, southwest of Melbourne, on Oct. 18.
AB De Villiers, regarded as one of the best limited overs batsmen in the world, hopes to make a comeback for South Africa at the global event, having retired from all forms of international cricket in May 2018.
Former champions England were only able to finish second in Group B after losing their tournament opener against South Africa.
Australia restricted India to 132 for four and looked on course to run down their victory target when a half-century from Alyssa Healy got them nearly halfway there.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who will turn 39 in July, quit test cricket in 2014 and has not played for India since taking a break after the team’s semi-finals exit at the 50-overs World Cup in July last year.
Emerging cricket nation PNG were 19 for six against Kenya after an early collapse at Dubai International Stadium but ended up thrashing the Africans by 45 runs on Sunday.