This is a list of major tournaments that the ICC runs.
ICC Cricket World Cup 2011
The ICC Cricket World Cup is the showpiece event of the cricket calendar and takes place every four years, with matches contested in a 50 overs per side format. The next tournament takes place between 19 February-2 April 2011 in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. The 2015 event will take place in Australia and New Zealand.
ICC Test Championship
In October 2010, the ICC Board approved the recommendations from the ICC Chief Executives Committee (CEC) to create a Test league to provide context for Test matches and that the league would determine the top four teams to qualify for an ICC Test play-off. It also agreed that the play-off should be held once every four years to determine the Test champion team with a request to hold the first such play-off in 2013. Further details of the league will be announced soon.
ICC One-Day League
In October 2010, the ICC Board agreed that the FTP should also consist of a One-Day International league, the first to run from April 2011 until April 2014, culminating in the crowning of an ODI league champion. This would run separate to the ICC Cricket World Cup. Further details on this competition will be announced soon.
ICC Champions Trophy 2013
The ICC organises a second 50-overs per side event in addition to the ICC Cricket World Cup called the ICC Champions Trophy, which takes place every two years. The event, formally known as the ICC Knockout, has been contested six times and Australia is the only side to have won the competition on two occasions. The next event will be held in England in 2013.
The inaugural ICC World Twenty20 competition took place in South Africa in September 2007. The competition, which lasted for just two weeks, was a thrilling event which culminated in India's dramatic five run defeat of Pakistan. The second event was won by Pakistan in the men's competition and by England in the women's event which was played for the first time. West Indies hosted the next event in April-May 2010 which was won by England while Australia picked up the women's title. The next event will take place in Sri Lanka in 2012, while Bangladesh will host the tournament in 2014.
ICC Women's World Cup The ICC Women's World Cup was staged in Sydney, Australia in March 2009 and was the first to be played under the auspices of the ICC since its merger with the International Women's Cricket Council (IWCC) in 2005. England claimed the title with a thrilling four-wicket victory over a spirited New Zealand. The next event will be held in India in 2013.
