Hoisting of events in Pakistan from 2023-31: ICC Chief Executive visits NCA, Gaddafi Stadium

The Chief Executive of the International Cricket Council (ICC), Manu Sawhney Thursday visited the Gaddafi Stadium and National Cricket Academy (NCA).

He witnessed different facilities available in the NCA.

Manu Sawhney (56) who replaced the former South African wicket-keeper David Richardson as the CEO in April 2019, is currently visiting Pakistan to start preliminary discussions with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on the hosting of ICC events in the period from 2023 and 2031.

Sawhney is also expected to meet high-ranking government officials while in the federal capital. This was Sawhney's maiden visit to Pakistan but the third one by a top ICC official in the last four months after ICC Deputy-Chairman Imran Khawaja and ICC General Manager Cricket, Geoff Allardice, visited Lahore and Rawalpindi during the Pakistan-Sri Lanka Twenty20 International series and first Test, respectively.

In October last year, the ICC Board had decided that the eight-year events cycle commencing in 2023 will comprise eight men's events, eight women's competitions, four under-19 tournaments each for males and females, respectively.