Pre-tournament media conferences taking place in Kuala Lumpur
Other important information for media covering the U/19 CWC; event media guide now available for free download
Over the coming days, there will be a number of media opportunities in relation to the ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup 2008 which takes place in Malaysia from 17 February until 2 March.
The teams have already started arriving in Kuala Lumpur ahead of the opening ceremony, which takes place at Kinrara Cricket Academy on 15 February, beginning at 1100. All accredited journalists are invited to attend. The event’s official photographer, Getty Images, will be in attendance and customers of Getty can access those images in the usual way.
Ahead of that, all 16 teams will be holding a media conference on either 12 or 13 February on Level 15 of the Sunway Resort Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. All print, radio, television and internet journalists are invited to attend those media conferences upon production of the relevant identification. Each team is expected to put up its captain and coach for this.
The schedule of media conferences is as follows:
Tuesday 12 February
0930 – Malaysia
1000 – England
1030 – India
1100 – Bangladesh
1130 – Ireland
1400 – Pakistan
1430 – New Zealand
1500 – Papua New Guinea
Wednesday 13 February
0930 – West Indies
1000 – Bermuda
1030 – Australia
1100 – Namibia
1130 – Nepal
1400 – South Africa
1430 – Sri Lanka
1500 – Zimbabwe
For interviews with players and team officials outside of these times, please contact the relevant team manager directly. Their tournament mobile phone numbers are:
Australia +6017 210 9441
Bangladesh +6017 210 9442
Bermuda +6017 210 9443
England +6017 210 9446
India +6017 210 9459
Ireland +6017 210 9065
Malaysia +6017 210 9603
Namibia +6017 210 9411
Nepal +6017 210 9418
New Zealand +6017 210 9399
Pakistan +6017 210 9468
PNG +6017 210 9542
South Africa +6017 210 9436
Sri Lanka +6017 210 9440
West Indies +6017 210 9430
Zimbabwe +6017 210 9422
Meanwhile, there will be a number of warm-up matches taking place across the city with all 16 teams involved. A full schedule of warm-up matches can be found at: http://iccevents.yahoo.com/matchesandscores/schedule.html. Full scorecards of those matches will be posted on the event website shortly after the close of play each day.
Media are also invited to attend pre-tournament practice sessions, which take place at various venues across Kuala Lumpur from 11 February. Reasonable requests for interviews before or after training will be entertained. For details contact the relevant team manager.
When the tournament proper gets underway, there will be live ball-by-ball coverage on the event website with live audio commentary from 10 matches during the tournament via the official audio broadcast partners, hearcricket.com.
Much of the content on the U/19 CWC website http://iccevents.yahoo.com will be available for use by broadcast and print outlets free of charge. In short, all reports, scorecards and audio interviews posted on the website can be lifted without any copyright issue.
A selection of photographs will also be available in a special gallery for free download and publication. More information on that will be issued in due course. The event’s official photographer is Getty Images and customers of Getty can access those pictures in the usual way but they will not form part of the free gallery on the ICC website.
Please note that all 10 of the matches taking place at Kinrara Cricket Academy (KCA) during the tournament proper, including both semi-finals and final, will be televised live by ICC’s host broadcaster ESPN-STAR Sport (ESS). At this venue, the usual ICC event protocols regarding non-rights-holding broadcasters will apply. On match days, non-rights-holders will only be permitted to film the post-match press conference. No other filming is allowed at the KCA on match days.
At the other venues, non-rights-holding broadcasters may film up to 20 minutes of footage for no more than 90 seconds of air time. This is in line with existing news-access protocols.
Journalists who have been accredited to the U/19 CWC 2008 will by now have received official notification by the ICC. As previously advised, your pass will be waiting for you at the media centre of the ground where you have indicated you will be on the first day of the tournament on 17 February. The pass will be available for collection on the day of the first matches.
Before you receive your media pass for the tournament, you will be required to sign a copy of ICC’s standard media terms and conditions. I attach a copy of those terms and conditions here for your information.
The 24-page event media guide is now available for free download from the tournament website. It is full of useful information including all 16 team profiles, the full event schedule, records and statistics from previous U/19 CWCs, and useful practical information for journalists and photographers covering the event. Download it at: http://in.yimg.com/icccricket/pdfs/iccu19mediaguidefinal.pdf
The event logo can be downloaded from:
http://in.yimg.com/icccricket/images/u-19-logo.jpg
More details on ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup can be found at:
