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ICC receives record number of submissions

Dubai: The International Cricket Council on Thursday announced that it had received submissions from 15 member boards, including India, for its package of events from 2007 to 2015.

It, however, said India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka had requested an extension to the deadline to March 20 for the submission of their joint bid to host the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011.

India had also bid for hosting a women's World Cup, it said in a statement.The submissions, which had to be received by February 28, include five members seeking to host ICC Champions Trophies and seven members targeting a potential Twenty20 event. A representative from Australia and New Zealand's joint bid for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 hand-delivered their submission document to the ICC office in Dubai on February 27.

Australia and New Zealand's bid covers both the 2011 and 2015 events while England has submitted to host the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.

ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed said this was an unprecedented response from the cricket world. ``This is the first time that we have run such a comprehensive submissions process and we have been delighted by the positive response from so many of our members,'' said Speed.

``We have been impressed by the quality of many of the bids and they will present the ICC Board with a good range of options when it meets to review the scheduling and hosting of these events in March,,'' Speed said.

Submissions for the ICC Champions Trophies have been sent by Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates and the West Indies.

England, Malaysia, Scotland, South Africa, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates and the West Indies have all followed up their expressions of interest by submitting to host a potential Twenty20 World championship.

Interest in the Women's World Cup is also high with India, Malaysia and United Arab Emirates all bidding for the event. — PTI

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