An inquiry is set to be established to examine whether there was a cost blowout for the U.S. leg of June’s T20 World Cup.
It is learned that discussions took place at the International Cricket Council board’s informal meeting on Sunday in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Deputy chair Imran Khwaja – who retained his place on the board after the Associate Member Directors election -, Lawson Naidoo (South Africa) and Roger Twose (New Zealand) are set to helm the inquiry.
More formal discussions are set for the board meeting on Monday, which conclude the ICC’s Annual General Meeting.
An audit into the U.S. leg – which hosted 16 of the 55 matches in cricket’s first major event in the world’s biggest sports market – is expected with findings from the inquiry hoped to be ready for the board’s next meeting later in the year.
As I reported last week, the U.S. leg of the T20 World Cup has come under scrutiny. The sheen of a momentous event, with matches played in New York, Dallas and Lauderhill, wore off due to on-and-off the field issues.
