ICC meets to discuss TV rights sale

The ICC board is meeting in Dubai this weekend for the latest stage of the process to distribute TV rights for events from 2007 to 2015.

The eight-year period covers 18 ICC tournaments with two World Cups, in Asia (2011) and Australasia (2015), and a minimum of three Champions Trophies. There are also the first two Twenty20 World Championships, World Cup qualifiers, four Under-19 World Cups and, for the first time, two Women's World Cups.

Malcolm Speed, ICC chief executive, said: "This is an exciting time for cricket but also a hugely significant time. We have already been gratified and encouraged by the high level of interest we have seen in our audio-visual rights and now the ICC's board has the opportunity to discuss the options before us.

"The sale of our rights gives us the opportunity to place cricket on a sound financial footing for the next eight years and, by doing that, it will provide all our members with the chance to both sustain and grow the game."