England to play two additional Twenty20 matches against West Indies - Cricket News Update
Following their ongoing commitment with the Indian tourists, the English side is set to take part in two additional Twenty20 (T20) matches, due to take place in September this year, against the Caribbean side, the West Indies. The limited overs fixtures
are scheduled to take place on September 23 and 25 at the Oval, London.
Although the matched were initially not part of England’s current year’s commitments, the games will take place in an effort to fulfil the broadcast obligations following three years after the collapse of the ‘Stanford Super Series’.
This was further conceded by the Chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Charles-Giles-Clarke-c49957, who also stated that the fixtures come not only because of the broadcast issues but also to aid the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), which is currently
suffering from financial issues as well as to gear up the English side in retaining their top spot on the World T20 rankings prior to the next year’s T20 world championship.
“We have a contractual commitment to Sky and BBC. We have said we are interested in more preparation for the Twenty20 World Cup. The new captain (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465) would benefit from more opportunity to captain. There is the economic situation
in the West Indies. It is important to try to redress the balance economically of their game. It is important West Indies cricket is financially successful,” said http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120.
The chairman also went on stating that the fixtures come more than just cricket matches. Clarke stressed that the ECB wants to attract the Caribbean community in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 since there has been a recent decline in the number of cricket attendants from the region.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 for their scheduled tour in the South Asian region.
As for the hosts, the English seem to have added the upcoming matches to their busy 2011 home side commitments. The team recently concluded an elongated series against the visiting Sri Lankan side, while currently the English are leading the ongoing Test
series 2-0 against the Indian tourists.
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