ICC President announces major cricket achievements
The dramatic growth in popularity of cricket worldwide has been emphasised in the latest development figures released by the President of the International Cricket Council, Mr Malcolm Gray today
- Increase in senior players of 33%.
- Increase in junior players of 174%.
- Increase in participation at junior clinics of 341%.
- Increase in overall participation in cricket (including newly qualified coaches & umpires) of 170%.
- Increase in cricket grounds/pitches of 16%.
- Increase in cricket development officers employed by the National Cricket Bodies of the region from two to 21.
- Papua New Guinea tour to Cairns, May 22-31.
- "Spirit Of Cricket Week" in Vanuatu, May 31 to June 8.
- Four full time community/cricket development placements for 12 months to Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa and Vanuatu from September 2003. The placements are an initiative between the Australian Government Youth Ambassadors for Development Program and the ICC.
- ICC Global Award winners in the Best Overall Cricket Development Program (Samoa) and Best Junior Development Initiative (Indonesia) categories.