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ICC open 'to bridge gap between women and men's prize money', says CEO Geoff Allardice
•The game's apex body plans to bring in parity in prize money for finishing positions in its men's and women's tournaments in the next eight-year cycle starting from 2024 to 2031.
Women’s World Cup 2022: ‘Managed environment’ to replace impractical bio-bubbles, says ICC CEO Geoff Allardice
•Allardice also made it clear that there will be RT-PCR tests but not very "frequent" like earlier times as they expect the players to stay away from possible transmission zones
Women's World Cup 2022: ICC CEO banks on players being sensible and responsible amid COVID-19 threat
•The women's ODI World Cup begins 4 March across six different venues in New Zealand. The opening match is between New Zealand and the West Indies.
Two-year T20 World Cup cycle important for growth of cricket, says ICC
•The global governing body last week announced the schedule of ICC events from 2024-2031 with a tournament slated to be played every year
ICC confident teams will have no problem playing 2025 Champions Trophy in Pakistan
•The ICC last week awarded the hosting rights of the 2025 Champions Trophy to Pakistan. It will mark the return of a major cricketing event to Pakistan after more than two decades.
ICC appoints Australian Geoff Allardice as permanent CEO post 8-month interim stint
•Allardice, a former Australian first-class cricketer and administrator, was the ICC General Manager, Cricket for eight years. He had previously held a similar role at Cricket Australia
T20 World Cup 2021: Afghanistan preparing to participate in tournament, says ICC Acting CEO
•With Taliban taking over of the country's political setup, Afghanistan cricket team has been in a state of chaos.
ICC to replace 'batsman' with gender-neutral term 'batter' from T20 World Cup
•Last month, the Marylebone Cricket Club announced it would be replacing the word 'batsman' with 'batter' in the Laws of Cricket. That change will now be reflected across all ICC playing conditions going forward.
World Test Championships: ICC to award same points for every match won during second cycle
•Apart from the India-England series, the Ashes later this year will be the only other five-match affair in the second cycle which will end in June 2023.
World Test Championship Final: ICC acting CEO Geoff Allardice lauds Kiwis' 'skill and temperament' in title triumph
•Allardice said both teams showed their quality and it was an outstanding game of Test cricket that will live long in the memories of cricket fans around the world.