Cricket: Scots give up host rights for the benefit of the Cup conversion

Published at Tuesday, April 17, 2012 the most

KRICKET Scotland Chief Executive Roddy Smith has revealed that the body and the right to host the 2015 format the photographic World Cup qualifier for a fairer qualification.

ICC announced yesterday that the qualifier will be staged in New Zealand co-host in 2014, six years explains that the event in Scotland would take place in 2013.

It would be the first senior ICC tournament have in this country - hosted the World Cup and the World Twenty20 qualifier - enraptured Ireland CS but not quite the way were took place when the Queen came tournament, had their eyes on the world of Twenty20 finals to glamorous hosting.

However, agreed in the countless negotiations during the attempt qualification for the World Cup 2015 total held in the ICC, shell scrap last year, Smith and CS Chairman Keith Oliver, sits on the Board of ICC - hosting rights renounce.

"When the WCL [world is a Cricket League] came was, [was decided, the] the League is a would stop not until 13 December (2007), so that the qualifier could be not in summer 2013" last night, Smith said. "On this basis we have as the host to avoid as we all at the new format.""The new qualifier had early 2014, which obviously excludes us."

The new qualifying format pits Scotland against associate Nations in a home-and away round robin over a period of three years, and is "as a more deserved than its predecessor was method of a single qualification decide."

But give way by the home advantage, life more difficult before the CS for Scotland of what is composed of 14 teams for the last World Cup, "foreseeable."

The ICC also announced yesterday, that the 2019 and 2023 events are both, as expected, guaranteed a place Nations on ten teams, with eight test and two other qualified Nations be restricted.

In a further sign of things to come the right to a third successive world qualifier of Twenty20 in October 2013, given before the final the following year host the United Arab Emirates.

The ICC has also provided undergo an administrative realignment that cause that the creation of the post of a powerful Chairman and a purely ceremonial role of President in the Football Federation is transformed.

Chairman Board of Directors ordered, instead of the President, have the effect that the organization in the "future will be resolved post during the Vice President".