Dominica won’t host any of the matches of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, the nation’s Ministry of Tradition, Youth, Sports activities and Group Growth introduced via a launch on Thursday.
The Authorities cited incapability to have its stadium(s) and infrastructure prepared on time as the explanation for withdrawal from internet hosting the match.
The ICC Males’s T20 World Cup is scheduled to be hosted within the West Indies and the US in June 2024, with Dominica proposed as one of many hosts.
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The nation had shortlisted Windsor Park Stadium as the one venue for internet hosting one group stage match and two extra video games within the Tremendous 8 stage, “topic to the attainment of varied obligations as set out in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).”
Nevertheless, after evaluating the time of completion of upgrading the stadium, it was evident that the stadium wouldn’t prepare in time for the match.
“In gentle of Dominica’s sterling fame in internet hosting worldwide cricket, this choice is taken into account to be in the very best curiosity of all. The Authorities of Dominica thanks Cricket West Indies (CWI) for its partnership through the years and appears ahead to continued collaboration sooner or later. The Authorities of Dominica extends greatest needs to the organisers for a profitable match in June 2024,” the Authorities mentioned in a press release.