“The directors also noted the appointment of forensic auditors to review ticketing during the World Cup, including allegations of ticketing and stadia corruption.”
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and the Sri Lanka World Cup secretariat’s handling of the World Cup has left SLC with debts amounting to US $69 million, forcing them to seek an unprecedented government bailout.
Earlier this month, faced with allegations that thousands of World Cup tickets were unaccounted for, Sri Lanka’s World Cup tournament director Suraj Dandeniya said that two hard drives containing crucial financial data related to World Cup ticket sales had been stolen from his offices.
The World Twenty20 tournament will remain a 12-team competition, despite protests from non-Test playing nations.
"The ICC acknowledges the associate members' disappointment," said ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat.
"But 14 teams in the [50-over] World Cup and 12 teams in the World Twenty20 is a return to the current format for ICC events."
An ICC statement said: "The associate and affiliate members, while welcoming the return to a 14-team format for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, expressed some disappointment at the decision to maintain a 12-team ICC World Twenty20 in 2012 (Sri Lanka) and 2014 (Bangladesh)."
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