New Delhi: With the U-19 World Cup starting on Friday, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has focused on making everything easier for boys who participate in bubbles in the Caribbean and ready to tweak the schedule if there is a covid outbreak 19.
CEO ICC Geoff Alardice spoke on the night of the tournament.
Flexibility in Scheduling We need to make this tournament job.
We agile and flexible with scheduling.
This is an important event for cricket for game development.
So many countries field and prepare their U19 team.
For the players, this is a very lifetime opportunity.
The situation in Africa on the November-des flight schedule seemed disturbed and the possibility of getting three teams seemed challenging.
Insulation on arrival will be the most important.
We will get some positive cases at a certain stage and we will be flexible.
We have adjusted one time to accommodate the arrival of Afghanistan.
One positive case will not stop the match.
New Zealand pulls out …
we need to understand the isolation on the return for New Zealand.
We are not talking about professional athletes.
We talk about young people who go to the other side of the world for a month and then spend 14 days in quarantine when returning.
We can understand why the board makes a decision.
Manage several places …
The team travels only after the group stage.
We have involved four islands because we need flexibility and contingencies if changes are carried out on schedule.
It’s not a tight bubble.
We ensure that there are some freedom given they will be there for a month to enjoy the experience of being part of such a tournament.
There is mental health services in organizations in West Indies.
Plans around the U-19 Women’s World Cup …
it was on the January 2023 schedule.
We will look for prospective hosts in two months.
We got a female World Cup, CWG, U-19 World Cup and Senior Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa.
Qualifications will be resolved at the Board Meeting.
We are looking at the same structure for Men’s World Cup.
It has been discussed for several years and Covid has delayed the first edition and has provided several time-time countries to get their programs on the place and structure of the army held.
The future of tight bubbles …
at this stage, it is difficult to get a standard protocol.
It depends on host countries and the government.
They have different definitions for close contact.
It took the victim to players and officials.
Over time it has relaxed with certain countries that adopt life-with-virus in a pragmatic way.
U-19 is not a professional athlete, needs to take care of them in bubbles: ICC
