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World Cricket Connects

World Cricket Connects to return to Lord’s in 2025 following formation of the World Cricket Connects Advisory Board (Connects Board)

The forum, which proved hugely popular in bringing together influential people from across all aspects of cricket in its inaugural year in 2024, will be held at Lord’s on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 June 2025, ahead of the ICC World Test Championship Final between South Africa and Australia.

The first event saw around 120 of the leading voices in cricket gather in the Long Room last July to discuss the many challenges and opportunities in global cricket.

 

Click below to read some more information about the event.

 

More Information

 

 

 

World Cricket Connects Board

The World Cricket Connects Advisory Board (Connects Board) was formed earlier this year. This independent group will shape the annual World Cricket Connects agenda, help facilitate the event’s discussions and in turn maximise the opportunity for genuine impact on the health of the game.  

  • Kumar Sangakkara (Chair – Former Sri Lanka captain and former President of MCC)
  • Anurag Dahiya (Chief Commercial Officer at ICC)
  • Chris Dehring (CEO at West Indies Cricket)
  • Sourav Ganguly (Former India captain and former President of BCCI)
  • Sanjog Gupta (CEO- Sports, JioStar)
  • Mel Jones (Former Australia international and current broadcaster)
  • Heather Knight (England captain)
  • Trudy Lindblade (CEO at Cricket Scotland)
  • Heath Mills (Executive Chair at World Cricketers’ Association)
  • Imtiaz Patel (Former Chair of SuperSport, MultiChoice and DStv)
  • Jay Shah (Chair of ICC)
  • Graeme Smith (Former South Africa captain and League Commissioner at SA20)
  • Andrew Strauss (Former England captain and former Director of Cricket at ECB)

FAQS

Attendance is by invitation only and the event will not be streamed online, but there will be the chance to follow discussion from the event on MCC's social media channels. There will also be a video wrap-up of the event released in the days after the event, with some of the game's big names discussing the outputs. There will also be a number of articles appearing in the media, both in the run-up to and after the event.

The main body of the event will take place in the Long Room at Lord's, one of the most iconic venues in the game. 

MCC is a neutral body that cares deeply about the game. The Club sees this as an opportunity to bring together many of cricket's leading decision-makers and thinkers in an attempt to try to find consensus on what the game can do better.

This is the second edition of World Cricket Connects, and for the first time, it will be held over two days. The event aims to foster ongoing discussions about the future shape of the game as cricket continues to evolve.