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New Delhi: The International Cricket Council (ICC) will switch next year's annual conference back to Lord's to mark its centenary year, president David Morgan said yesterday.
The ICC executive board took the unanimous decision during last week's annual meeting, which was moved to its Dubai headquarters over concerns Peter Chingoka, heading the troubled Zimbabwe board, would not be granted British visa.
"It is perfect timing as it will allow Lord's, the ICC's home for the first 96 years of its existence, to play a central role in our organisation's centenary celebrations, as 2009 is the 100th anniversary of the founding of the ICC," Morgan said. The decision could mean the Zimbabwe board may not be represented.
Last week, the ICC board persuaded Zimbabwe to skip the 2009 World Twenty20 in England following calls led by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to sanction them after the British government called for a suspension of bilateral cricket ties.
Zimbabwe is in the grip of a political crisis after last month's controversial presidential run-off which resulted in the re-election of Robert Mugabe unopposed.
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