Chairman of the Over-50s Cricket World Cup Steering Committee, Stirling Hamman has informed over 50 international teams that the next vintage event will be held until 2022.
The 2020 edition of the tournament which was being contested in Cape Town, South Africa ended prematurely in March due to the COVID – 19 Pandemic. West Indies and ten other teams were scrapping for top honours.
The Committee had intentions to replay the tournament in 2021 but has since backpedalled on that decision.
“…the rapid pace and dramatic effect of COVID-19 on the world’s health and economies has forced us to reconsider this as we now have enough facts and likely scenarios to guide us in our decision making,” said Hamman in a correspondence to the respective teams.
“Hence, we advise all of the Over-50s Cricket World Cup participating countries and those who may consider applying in the future that the next Over-50s Cricket World Cup will not be staged until at least 2022,” the chairman added.
Cape Town will once again host the 2022 instalment of the event in March of that year.
The steering committee went on the advice that more bilateral and trilateral Over-50s International series between as much as possible neighbouring member nations should be organised, in order to make the 2022 tournament one to remember.
