Cricket: ‘Full members opposed 10-team event’
“The main objection was that a 10-team event required full members to qualify,” Lorgat told ESPNcricinfo.
The International Cricket Council Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat has revealed that the full members of the game’s governing body were unwilling to go through a qualification system for the 50-over World Cup, blocking plans for a 10-team event in 2015. “The main objection was that a 10-team event required full members to qualify,” Lorgat told ESPNcricinfo. “Their belief was that there was a long-standing expectation that full members automatically play in the World Cup and therefore needed sufficient notice before the practice was changed.”
Published in The Express Tribune, November 25th, 2011.
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