COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - The next Cricket World Cup in 2015 should be shorter, ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat acknowledged Monday, although he insisted that 50-over international cricket is prospering.
Lorgat, Chief Executive of the International Cricket Council, said market research had shown massive support for 50-over international cricket and he insisted One-Day Internationals are not under threat from the immensely and increasingly popular Twenty20 cricket.
Lorgat told a conference at the Sri Lankan Press Club that he rejected arguments that ODIs could not co-exist with test matches and T20 cricket, but he admitted the ICC is looking to further reduce the length of the World Cup. This year’s tournament, which is just reaching its climax, started Feb. 19 and ends on April 2.
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