ICC members raise concerns over 'mismanaged' T20 WC

NEW DELHI, July 14 (Agencies): The International Cricket Council (ICC) is going to audit the recently-concluded T20 World Cup at its next board meeting in Colombo next week. The board members have expressed disappointment over how the tournament was organized in USA and West Indies.
Almost a fortnight after the conclusion of the 2024 T20 World Cup in the USA and the Caribbean, two senior ICC officials - closely involved in organising the marquee event in the Americas, have tendered their resignations. Chris Tetley, the ICC Head of Events, and Claire Furlong, the General Manager of Marketing and Communications, announced their departures ahead of ICC's annual conference in Colombo next week.
With the top-tier meet set to take place from July 19-22, more so to discuss the hosting of the 20-team tournament and the reactions to it, their resignations raise a few questions.
There are questions also over why New York, which organized a temporary stadium for the tournament, had become the central venue for the marquee matches in the first half of the tournament.
"The auditing is still on. There are assumptions that ICC may have incurred losses in ticketing as well in the USA leg. The tournament looked mismanaged. The performance of the New York stadium wasn't up to the mark," an ICC source said.
"The board will discuss how the organizing committee may have overshot the allocated budget. It was always going to be a herculean task to take mainstream cricket to USA.