The ICC T20 World Cup 2024 will be jointly hosted by West Indies and the USA. Meanwhile, ICC could consider Oakland Coliseum a potential venue for the tournament.
Oakland, First Published May 25, 2022, 1:33 PM IST
The 2024 ICC T20 World Cup will be one of a kind. It will be the first such tournament co-hosted by the West Indies and the United States of America [USA]. While there are venues aplenty in the Caribbean, the same cannot be said for the US. As of now, the only International Cricket Council [ICC] approved ground in the US happens to be the Central Broward Regional Park in Lauderhill, Florida. The ICC is on the hunt for a second venue in the country. At the same time, Major League Baseball's [MLB's] Oakland Athletics' home ground, the Oakland Coliseum, is being considered a potential venue for the global event.
As per ESPNCricinfo, Geoff Allardice [ICC CEO] and Will Glenwright [Development Head] travelled to California to meet met with USA Cricket officials. The Coliseum lacks many luxury amenities, as per the ICC guidelines. However, the two things that have attracted its attention are its location in East Bay of northern California, somewhat north of Silicon Valley, with some cricket grassroots level clubs and a cricket-watching audience. In contrast, it has a capacity of 53,000 spectators.
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Among the other potential cricket venues in the USA, the capacity seems to be an issue. As follows: Church Street Park [Morrisville, North Carolina] - 4,000; Lauderhill, Florida and Pearland, Texas - 10,000 [15,000-20,000 temporary expansion]. Prairie View Cricket Complex in Houston and AirHogs Stadium in Dallas are yet to open and acquire ICC's international status formally.
On the other hand, there could be some logistical limitations at the Coliseum. It cannot hold the India-Pakistan clash due to its pacific timezone, which means India's 8 PM start time could mean a 7.30 AM start in Oakland. However, it can easily hold the England-Australia clash, which would suit the United Kingdom's [UK's] standard time.
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Also, there could be a scheduling conflict, with June falling during the middle of the MLB season. Thus, if the Athletics and MLB could agree on a 10-14 days road trip for the Athletics, it would give enough time to the ICC to prepare the venue, including the drop-in pitches, while two-three matches can be held at this time.
In 2015, three baseball fields were used for the Cricket All-Stars T20 tournament, headlined by Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne. The matches were held at the Citi Field [New York], Minute Maid Par [Houston] and Dodger Stadium [Los Angeles]. Although the big seating capacity of the stadiums drew fans, some of the square boundaries happened to be extremely small due to the venues being conventional baseball stadiums.
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As for the Coliseum, its design is somewhat similar to baseball and football. Thus the square boundaries could be about the ICC's minimum limit of 55 meters. An exception can be made if the edge falls short at a specific area after thorough inspection, like Auckland's Eden Park. Meanwhile, authorities plan to host some exhibition matches at the venue before taking the final call.
Last Updated Sep 26, 2022, 12:04 PM IST
2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup
| June 2024 – |
| International Cricket Council |
| Twenty20 International |
| Group stage and knockout |
| West Indies United States |
| 20 |
| 55 |
← 2022 2026 → |
The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup will be the ninth ICC Men's T20 World Cup, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament. It is scheduled to be played in June 2024 in the West Indies and the United States,[1] and will be the first ICC World Cup tournament to feature matches played in the United States.[2]
Host selection[edit]
In November 2021, the International Cricket Council [ICC] announced that the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup would be played in the West Indies and the United States.[3] A joint bid was submitted by Cricket West Indies and USA Cricket following two years of preparation, forming part of a strategic partnership between the two associations.[4]
In October 2022, it was reported that the ICC had stripped USA Cricket of its role as administrative co-host of the World Cup due to continued non-compliance with the ICC's financial protocols and concerns being raised over USA Cricket's financial position, including debts of approximately $650,000. This was not expected to impact the playing of matches in the country.[5]
Format[edit]
The 20 qualifying teams will be divided into four groups of five, from which the top two teams in each group advance to the Super 8 round.[6] In this stage, the remaining teams will be split in two groups of four; the top two teams from each group will qualify for the knockout stage, which will consist of two semi-finals and a final.[7]
Teams and qualifications[edit]
The top eight teams from the 2022 tournament, along with the two hosts, the West Indies and the United States, qualified automatically for the tournament. The remaining automatic qualification places [to give 12 teams in total] were taken by the best-ranked teams in the ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings, as of 14 November 2022, who had not already secured a place in the finals.[8]
As the USA and West Indies did not finish in the top eight of the 2022 tournament, this meant the two highest-ranked unqualified teams from the ICC rankings advanced to the 2024 edition; had either host finished in the top eight, their slot would have been passed down to the next best-ranked unqualified teams as required.[9] The eight remaining places will be filled via the ICC's regional qualifiers, comprising the top two teams from Africa, Asia, and Europe, along with one team each from the Americas and the East Asia-Pacific groups.[10] In May 2022, the ICC confirmed the sub-regional qualification pathways for Europe, East Asia-Pacific, and Africa.[11]
| Hosts | — | — | 2 | |
| 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup [Top 8 teams from the previous tournament] | November 2022 | 8 | ||
| ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings [Next 2 teams from the rankings] | 14 November 2022 | 2 | ||
| Africa Qualifier | 2 | |||
| Americas Qualifier | 1 | |||
| Asia Qualifier | 2 | |||
| East Asia-Pacific Qualifier | 1 | |||
| Europe Qualifier | 2 | |||
References[edit]
- ^ "USA to stage T20 World Cup: 2024-2031 ICC Men's tournament hosts confirmed". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ "2024 T20 World Cup: USA granted automatic qualification". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ^ "USA to stage T20 World Cup: 2024-2031 ICC Men's tournament hosts confirmed". International Cricket Council. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ^ "Cricket West Indies and USA Cricket hail successful joint bid to host ICC Men's T20 World Cup in 2024". USA Cricket. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ^ "USA cricket running afoul of ICC financial protocols". ESPNcricinfo. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ "New format, new location: How the 2024 T20 World Cup will look". International Cricket Council. 21 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ "ICC announces major changes to World Cup schedule". cricket.com.au. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
- ^ "Twelve teams to get automatic entry into 2024 men's T20 World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ "Denmark, Italy one step from T20 World Cup 2024 as Europe qualification continues". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ "Qualification pathway for marquee ICC events confirmed". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ "Qualification pathway for ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 31 May 2022.