The International Cricket Council (ICC) will discuss at its board meeting about how to address the issue of accommodating more associate teams in future World Cups, an official said.
The restructuring of the World Cup has drawn a lot of flak after the ICC decided to cut the number of teams from 14 to 10 in 2015, meaning there were only two places up for grabs at the Qualifiers, which was earlier in the year taken by the West Indies and Afghanistan.
Recently, Grant Bradburn, current head coach of the Scotland national team, pleaded with the ICC to help facilitate continuous development of the associate nations after the World Cup Qualifiers presented a good picture of these teams’ abilities to compete at a high level.
“There will be discussions on how to go about it. The ICC needs more associate teams in future World Cups and this meeting should provide a headway,” an ICC official told.
The issue will be discussed at the ICC board meeting on April 25 and 26.
