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
The Lord’s Cricket Ground has been confirmed as the host for the ICC World Test Championship finals in 2023 and 2025, the ICC confirmed on Tuesday (July 26), announcing the decision on the final day of its annual conference in Birmingham.
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.
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 FTPs for 2023-2027 for both men and women were approved by the ICC board, with the calendar to be published in the coming days.
Meanwhile, the ICC welcomed Cambodia, Cote D’Ivoire and Uzbekistan as its newest members, granting them the Associate Membership status. Cambodia and Uzbekistan become the 24th and 25th members from the Asian division while Cote D’Ivoire has become the 21st member from Africa. The latest additions have expanded ICC’s membership base to 108, with 96 of them being associates.
The ICC also terminated Cricket Russia’s membership, which has been suspended at the 2021 Annual General Meeting “due to continued non-compliance since July 2019”. The ICC also decided to defer Ukraine’s application for membership “until cricket activity is able to safely resume within the country”.
