The International Cricket Council (ICC) Board has approved a series of strategic measures designed to accelerate the global growth of cricket, strengthen the women’s game, and reinforce the ICC’s long-term development strategy.
The international body released key figures surrounding attendance for the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025. Nearly 300,000 fans watched the event in stadia breaking the record for tournament attendance for any women’s cricket event. The tournament also witnessed viewership growth and new records being set for on-screen audiences across the world with nearly 500 million viewers in India.
The ICC, as announced earlier, reinforced the expasion of the next edition of the tournament to 10 teams, as opposed to the eight-team pool in the 2025 edition.
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The Board reviewed the ICC’s ongoing engagement with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games (LA28), as cricket deepens its footprint in the global multisport landscape.
Cricket is now confirmed to feature across multiple multisport events through to 2028, including the Asian Games 2026 (Aichi–Nagoya, Japan), African Games 2027 (Cairo, Egypt) and the PanAm Games 2027 (Lima, Peru), where cricket will make its debut.
At LA 2028, both the men’s and women’s T20 events will feature six teams each, comprising 28 matches in total.
The board approved an increase of nearly 10 percent in distribution of funds to Associate Members for 2026. The uplift in funding will enable these countries to invest further in domestic programmes, high-performance structures, and cricket development across emerging regions.
The ICC Board ratified the appointment of a number of members of the ICC Women’s Cricket Committee, namely Ashley De Silva, Mithali Raj, Amol Muzumdar, Ben Sawyer, Charlotte Edwards, and Sala Stella Siale-Vaea.
The meeting also involved discussions on digital experience, video gaming rights and the sport’s entertainment footprint.
Published on Nov 07, 2025
