Accreditation for ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup in Malaysia opens

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The accreditation process for all media intending to attend the fifth ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup is now open.

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 teams 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

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