ICC Matches
On 30 November 1907 Abe Bailey the President of the South African Cricket Association wrote a letter to the Marylebone Cricket Club “MCC England” secretary Francis Lacey. Bailey suggested the formation of an (Imperial Cricket Board). In the letter he suggested that the board would be responsible for the formulation of rules and regulations that would govern the bilateral international matches of the three members Australia England and South Africa. Bailey wanted to host a Triangular Test series among the participant countries in South Africa. However Australia rejected the offer. Still Bailey did not lose hope. He saw an opportunity of getting the three members together during Australia tour of England in 1909. After continued lobbying and efforts, Bailey was successful.
On 15 June 1909 representatives from England Australia and South Africa met at Lord’s and founded the Imperial Cricket Conference. A month later a second meeting between the three members was held. The rules were agreed upon amongst the nations and the first-ever Tri-Test series was decided to be held in England in 1912.
Fixtures & Results
IPL T20
Each team plays twice against the teams in their group and the team in the same row in the other group and once against the remaining four teams in the other group. After the group stage the top four teams based on aggregate points qualify for the playoffs. In this stage the top two teams compete with each other in a match titled (Qualifier 1) as do the remaining two teams (in a match titled (Eliminator). While the winner of Qualifier 1 directly qualifies for the final match the losing team competes against the winning team of the Eliminator match in a match titled (Qualifier 2). The winner of this subsequent Qualifier 2 match moves on to the final match. The IPL Governing Council decided to keep the number of matches to 74 for this edition as it was in the previous three seasons to help the cricketers balance their workload however it will be increased to 84 for the next two seasons.