The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced that the International League T20 (ILT20), a UAE-based franchise league, will not be given List A T20 status. This is because the UAE is not a Full Member of the ICC and according to ICC regulations, leagues hosted by non-Full Member nations cannot be given formal List A T20 status.
The inaugural edition of the ILT20 is set to commence on January 13, with the Dubai Capitals facing the Abu Dhabi Knightriders in the tournament opener. Various high-profile cricketers will participate in the tournament, but their performances will not be recorded in their formal T20 records.
This means that any exceptional performances by participating players, whether with the bat or the ball, will be recorded in the “miscellaneous” or “other T20” columns of statisticians’ databases rather than added to their List-A records.
A report by The Cricketer read.
“T20 competitions hosted by non-Full Members cannot be attributed List A T20 status, and the global governing body recently confirmed to statisticians that no special exemption will be made for the big-money tournament in the UAE, which is set to have its inaugural run later this month,”
The ICC confirmed to statisticians that no special exemption would be made for the ILT20, despite it being a big-money tournament in the UAE.
An ICC spokesperson stated:
“The UAE ILT20 has been sanctioned by the ICC but List A T20 status will not be granted to this event as it does not meet the criteria in the regulations.”
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