{"id":46270,"date":"2021-03-18T09:36:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T10:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=46270"},"modified":"2021-03-18T10:56:53","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T10:56:53","slug":"t20-world-cup-regional-qualifiers-postponed-due-to-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=46270","title":{"rendered":"T20 World Cup regional qualifiers postponed due to COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/arysports.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/T20.jpg\" width=\"742\" height=\"486\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Dubai:\u00a0Three regional qualifying tournaments for the men\u2019s Twenty20 World Cup in Australia next year have been postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the governing International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Thursday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x\">All three tournaments, originally to be played next month, would now be played in October with the Asia A qualifiers in Kuwait while South Africa hosts the two African events.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x\">\u201cThe decision was taken &#8230; due to new restrictions being put in place by several participating countries to suspend sporting activities to limit the spread of the new COVID-19 variants&#8230;\u201d the ICC said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x\">\u201cThe other contributing factor was the extensive quarantine requirements for the visiting teams on their return to their respective countries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x\">The governing body also cancelled an Asian qualifier for next year\u2019s Under-19 World Cup in West Indies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x\">\u201cWe will continue to monitor and assess all events across our pathway structures with the ICC\u2019s priority continuing to be to protect the well-being of players, coaches, officials and fans,\u201d ICC Head of Events Chris Tetley said in a statement.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/arysports.tv\/icc-ceo-sent-leave-after-investigation-reveals-miscounduct\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ICC CEO Sawhney sent on leave after investigation reveals misconduct<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Dubai:\u00a0Three regional qualifying tournaments for the men\u2019s Twenty20 World Cup in Australia next year have been postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the governing International <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=46270\" title=\"T20 World Cup regional qualifiers postponed due to COVID-19\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46270"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46270"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46272,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46270\/revisions\/46272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}