{"id":519255,"date":"2026-03-05T01:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T01:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/519255\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T01:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T01:26:08","slug":"dame-therese-walsh-to-chair-2028-mens-t20-cricket-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/519255\/","title":{"rendered":"Dame Therese Walsh to chair 2028 Men\u2019s T20 Cricket World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

The businesswoman also announced Joel Morrison, who had previously been interim head of Australia\u2019s Big Bash Leagues, has been appointed as CEO for the 2028 T20 World Cup. <\/p>\n

\"AirAir New Zealand chair Dame Therese Walsh has been appointed as chair of the 2028 Twenty20 World Cup. Photo \/ Michael Cunningham<\/p>\n

Morrison has also been CEO of Northern Territory Cricket and has had roles with the 2015 Cricket World Cup, the 2014 T20 Champions League and at the Australian Football League.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a privilege to be entrusted with the leadership of the 2028 T20 World Cup and I\u2019m excited by the opportunity,\u201d Morrison said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is an exciting time for cricket. This will be the largest cricket World Cup ever hosted in the Southern Hemisphere, providing a significant platform to showcase our region, the enduring bond between Australia and New Zealand, and the power of cricket throughout the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

New Zealand were in 2021 announced as co-hosts<\/a> for the next edition of the men\u2019s T20 Cricket World Cup, while India were awarded future tournaments such as the 2029 Champions Trophy and the 2031 One-Day World Cup, with Bangladesh.<\/p>\n

The Black Caps could enter the 2028 tournament as champions, after chasing down a target of 170<\/a> with 7.1 overs to spare in this year\u2019s semi-final against South Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The businesswoman also announced Joel Morrison, who had previously been interim head of Australia\u2019s Big Bash Leagues, has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":519256,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[32601,64,63,22615,10966,259291,740,3933,53378,17415,85,23287,10965,259290,319,47567,113709,14329,1720,3205],"class_list":["post-519255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-32601","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-chair","tag-charge","tag-cohosted","tag-cricket","tag-cup","tag-dame","tag-mens","tag-sports","tag-t20","tag-take","tag-therese","tag-to","tag-twenty20","tag-walsh","tag-which","tag-world","tag-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}