Sangakkara Appointed Chair of MCC World Cricket Committee Source : Qld Sri Lankan Newsletter – Dæhæna – November 2023 Former Sri Lanka cricketer Kumar Sangakkara has been appointed as the new Chair of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) World Cricket Committee. Sangakkara, who was already a member of the committee, takes over from former England captain Mike Gatting as Chair of the committee. The commmittee also includes Kumar Dharmasena, Soourav ganguly, Jhulan Goswami, Heather Knight, Suzie Bates, Clare Connor, Justin Langer, Eoin Morgan, Ramiz Raja, Graeme Smith and Ricky Skerritt. Courtesy: https://www.dailymirror.lk/ ...

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India to host 2026 ICC WC jointly with Sri Lanka – by Sunil Thenabadu (sports editor – eLanka) Photo source:Dailynews India will host three world events in the next decade after the ICC completer the ‘Tours Programme” The ICC Board, which met over the last one week, culminating with the all-powerful board meeting on the 16th, had awarded men’s three global  events to the Board of Control for Cricket in India’\.  The BCCI will host the 2026 T20 World Cup with Sri Lanka, the 2029 Champions Trophy as well as the 2031 ODI World Cup jointly with Bangladesh.The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday confirmed the 14 host countries of the ICC men’s white ball events from 2024-2031. 11 Full Members and three Associate Members have been selected to host two ICC Men’s Cricket World Cups, four ICC Men’s T20 World Cups and two ICC Men’s Champions Trophy events.  The USA and ...

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