Claire Furlong and Chris Tetley, two senior ICC officials, step down

Two high-ranking ICC executives have resigned. These individuals were heavily involved in the planning of the Twenty20 World Cup in the US and the West Indies. Chris Tetley, the head of events at the ICC, and Claire Furlong, the general manager of marketing and communications, made their exits from the company known on Friday.

The resignations are thought to have something cricket do with how the competition was run because they happened right after the World Cup ended and around one week before the ICC’s annual meeting in Colombo.

The resignations, according to ICC insiders, are several months old.

According to a specific source, Tetley and Furlong made the decision to quit the international body at the conclusion of the most recent commercial cycle, but they remained in order to participate in the Twenty20 international Cup in the United States. The source continued, saying that although the two had resigned a while ago, they will stay on staff at the ICC for a few more months “to ensure smooth transition of charge in a busy event cycle.” Additionally, from July 19 to 22, they will be in Colombo for the Annual Conference.

The two officials had a close role in the ICC’s biggest objective, which was to host the World Cup in the United States, especially in New York. At the Colombo conclave, a number of ICC members were eager to bring up the subject of the New York games, which saw low scoring because of the ‘up and down’ character of the drop-in pitches at the NY venue. It has been learned that a prominent ICC board member brought up the matter in a letter to the other members.

In contrast to what is typically expected, there were remarkably few fours and sixes in the Twenty20 games compared to the New York games. The Indian team, who emerged as the winners, said that all participating teams had the same circumstances, although they refrained from commenting on the quality of the pitches.

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An organisation by the name of T20 World Cup Inc. organised the US matches. It had constructed a modular stadium in record time in Nassau County, New York’s Long Island. The stadium was instantly demolished following the championship game in New York. Of the 16 games awarded to the US, eight were held in New York.