Accreditation for ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup in Malaysia closes in THREE days

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The accreditation process for all media intending to attend the fifth ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup is still open… but only for another three days.

Members of the media who intend to cover the event are urged to submit their applications before the close of play on Wednesday 23 January.

The tournament runs from 17 February to 2 March at seven venues in three cities around the country, Johor, Kuala Lumpur and Penang. The 16-team event includes sides from the 10 Full Members as well as the host country, and five regional qualifiers, Namibia (Africa), Papua New Guinea (East Asia-Pacific), Ireland (Europe), Nepal (Asia) and Bermuda (Americas).

This is the first time the event has been held outside a Full Member country and, as ever, it will be a great opportunity to view the next batch of stars for the international game. Such players as Inzamam-ul-Haq, Brian Lara, Yuvraj Singh, Michael Clarke and Sanath Jayasuriya have all cut their teeth at this tournament.

The tournament will be played across four groups of four teams playing a round-robin format. The top two teams will progress to a Super League and the bottom two will go into the Plate Championship.

The top four from each of those sections will play in their respective semi-finals with the Plate Championship final taking place on 1 March and the Super League final on 2 March at Kinrara Cricket Academy (KCA), Kuala Lumpur.

During the tournament, all 10 matches being staged at KCA, including both Super League semi-finals and the final, will be televised live by ICC’s rights-holding broadcaster ESPN-STAR Sports.

For organisational purposes, all media representatives intending to cover the ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup must apply for accreditation. Please reply as soon as possible by email to Sheila Razdan (sheila.razdan@icc-cricket.com) with the following information:

  • Name and job title

  • Organisation

  • Country

  • Matches intended to cover

  • A passport-style photograph in jpeg form

Completed applications must reach ICC by Wednesday 23 January 2007. All those who have already applied should, by now, have received an initial acknowledgement from the ICC. Details of your accreditation will be forwarded to you in due course.