The ICC board has approved an increase in funding available to its Associate and Affiliate Members from $125mn in the previous cycle to $208mn for the period 2016-2023. Prize money for the top-ranked Test sides and for ICC events has also gone up substantially. The increased funding was in line with the ICC’s new strategy,
ICC chief executive David Richardson has said that profitability of fixtures for broadcasters has been a stumbling block for getting top Associates Ireland and Afghanistan fixtures since their inclusion in the ICC ODI rankings table earlier this year. However, he said that the possible creation of an ODI facilitation fund could help alleviate these obstacles.