The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday officially postponed the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia 2020 due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

At today’s meeting of the IBC Board (the commercial subsidiary of the ICC), windows for the next three ICC men’s events were also agreed to bring clarity to the calendar and give the sport the best possible opportunity over the next three years to recover from the disruption caused by Covid-19.

The windows for the Men’s events are:

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 will be held October – November 2021 with the final on November 14, 2021

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 will be held October – November 2022 with the final on November 13, 2022

ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 will be held in India October – November 2023 with the final on November 26, 2023

The IBC Board agreed to continue to monitor the rapidly changing situation and assess all the information available in order to make a considered decision on future hosts to ensure the sport is able to stage safe and successful global events in 2021 and 2022.

The IBC Board will also continue to evaluate the situation in relation to being able to stage the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2021 in New Zealand in February next year. In the meantime, planning for this event continues as scheduled.