ICC confirms recognition of quadrangular tournament in Kenya

The ICC today confirmed that it had approved a quadrangular Twenty20 tournament being played in Kenya and afforded Twenty20 International status to all the games involving teams that currently enjoy One-Day International status.

The tournament runs from 1 to 4 September in Nairobi and includes the national teams from Kenya, Uganda, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Under current ICC regulations, all ten Full Members plus the top six Associate Members are entitled to play ODIs and, by extension, Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is).

As such, all matches between Kenya, Pakistan and Bangladesh have been classed as official T20Is while the matches involving Uganda, which is not currently one of the top six Associates, are not.

In the six-match tournament each team plays three matches with Kenya, Pakistan and Bangladesh using it as preparation for the ICC World Twenty20 which runs in South Africa from 11 to 24 September.

T20Is are those matches which are played in accordance with the ICC standard Twenty20 International playing conditions and other ICC regulations pertaining to Twenty20 matches.

They are between any teams participating in and as part of the ICC World Twenty20 or Full Member teams or any of the top six Associate Members whose matches have been granted ODI status.