Mali pays tribute to ’superb job’
Posted on April 15, 2008
Filed Under Cricket
Says “huge success” means cricket now has a third credible international format Managing balance between formats will ensure strong sport grows even stronger Tournament has produced “lifetime of memories”
ICC President Ray Mali this evening thanked his homeland of South Africa for hosting a magnificent inaugural ICC World Twenty20.
Speaking after India’s nerve-shredding five-run victory over Pakistan in the final at The Wanderers on Monday, Mr Mali said: “Thank you South Africa for doing such a superb job of staging this event. You have done yourselves, Cricket South Africa and the ICC proud.
“This tournament was something of a journey into the unknown for all concerned given the newness of the Twenty20 format but I can say without a shadow of a doubt that it is has been a huge success.
“We can now move forward to plot the next staging of this event, in England in 2009, the ICC’s centenary year, safe in the knowledge that Twenty20 International cricket has taken its place at the game’s top table.
“This tournament has been an excellent advertisement for all that is great about our sport and we look forward to working with these partners in the years to come.”
The next ICC event to be covered on ESS will be the ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup, due to take place in Malaysia in February and March of 2008; that will be followed, later in the year, by the ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan.
Further details of these events and others, including the Women’s World Cup Qualifier in Pakistan and the ICC World Cricket League Division 2 in Namibia, both set for November 2007, will be announced in due course.
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