ICC to start meetings with broadcasters and agencies on Tuesday

The International Cricket Council (ICC) today confirmed it will start meetings with broadcasters and agencies in Dubai on Tuesday (26 September).

The meetings mark the latest stage of its sale of media and sponsorship rights for ICC Events from late 2007 to 2015.

ICC Chief Executive Officer Malcolm Speed said: "The sale of the ICC's commercial and broadcast rights makes this a hugely significant and exciting time for cricket.

"That sale 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.

"We have been gratified and encouraged by the expressions of interest we have received among broadcasters and agencies and are now looking forward to starting our meetings with potential partners on Tuesday.

"Throughout this whole process we have only one aim in mind - securing the best deal for cricket," added Mr Speed.

Included in the eight-year period under discussion are 18 ICC tournaments with two ICC Cricket World Cups, in Asia (2011) and Australasia (2015), and a minimum of three ICC Champions Trophy tournaments.

Also included are the first two ICC Twenty20 World Championships, in South Africa (2007) and England (2009), the latter taking place in the ICC's centenary year.

And there are Cricket World Cup qualifiers, four ICC U/19 Cricket World Cups, and, for the first time, the Women's Cricket World Cup, with two tournaments scheduled for 2009 (Australia) and 2013 (India) in the eight-year timeframe.

Further details and updates of the sales process will be announced in due course.