NEW DELHI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) is going to audit the recently-concluded T20 World Cup at its next board meeting in Colombo next week. TOI has learnt that the board members have expressed disappointment over how the tournament was organized in USA and West Indies.
Amidst these concerns, ICC’s head of events Chris Tetley tendered his resignation on Friday.Sources said that some member boards have written to ICC about the huge expenses incurred during the USA leg of the tournament.
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. The ICC team has worked hard to conduct the tournament but expenses need to be checked at the same time,” the source added.
As far Tetley’s resignation, sources said that Tetley had discussing it with ICC bosses for a year.
“There are backto-back ICC events which started with the ODI World Cup last year. Tetley and another executive were asked to stay on for a while to oversee a smooth transition. They may be asked to stay on till the Women’s T20 World Cup in Oct or the Champions Trophy in Feb. That call will be taken in ICC’s board meeting,” the source said.
Amidst these concerns, ICC’s head of events Chris Tetley tendered his resignation on Friday.Sources said that some member boards have written to ICC about the huge expenses incurred during the USA leg of the tournament.
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. The ICC team has worked hard to conduct the tournament but expenses need to be checked at the same time,” the source added.
As far Tetley’s resignation, sources said that Tetley had discussing it with ICC bosses for a year.
“There are backto-back ICC events which started with the ODI World Cup last year. Tetley and another executive were asked to stay on for a while to oversee a smooth transition. They may be asked to stay on till the Women’s T20 World Cup in Oct or the Champions Trophy in Feb. That call will be taken in ICC’s board meeting,” the source said.
