The International Cricket Council has vowed to hold a “spectator friendly” 2011 World Cup.
Tournament Director, Ratnakar Shetty told in an ICC release that the Central Organising Committee (COC) which is headed by Mr Sharad Pawar, the ICC president has taken several measures in order to make this mega event memorable one and to ensure that the
fans from other than http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 will come to watch the World Cup 2011.
"What we have also impressed upon the venues is to keep the ticket rates at the minimal and affordable so that people come to stadia, and to look after the spectators, media and players facilities. The emphasis has been not on the size of the stadia
but at ensuring that the facilities are good at all the grounds," he added.
The flagship event of ICC will be commenced on 19th February and will also be hosted by India and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758. In the meantime, taking a look of year gone by, ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat’s decision over the future Tours program was one of
the highlights of 2010 for the ICC.
Shetty said that the refurbishing of the Future Tours Programme (FTP) was quite significant where they created the Test Championship model which will add a lot of framework and meaning to the bilateral cricket.
Further taking a review of 2010 he explained that the anti-doping code was introduced and came into effect in 2010, while the Decision Review System (DRS) was also an important innovation as its working can be well realised in the ongoing Ashes series.
He added that the guard in the Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU), Lord Paul Condon, was replaced with Sir Ronnie Flannigan and there was also a change in presidency when Sharad Pawar took over from David Morgan.
While talking about the challenges that ICC will meet in 2011, Lorgat said that one of the biggest objectives is to deliver a world-class ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, which is their flagship event, and it’s the Cup which really counts.
He added that they will also finalise the new FTP League structure that they got and they also have new rules to agree on. He expressed a hope that during the year they can come on consensus for holding the first World Test Championship in 2013.
“It is still something which is a work in progress," he added.
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