The International Cricket Council has given its clearance to the three-match T20 series (Tendulkar-Warne Series) promoted by Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne in the United States. The ICC nod came after talks with the two legends. The ICC, which recently disaffiliated USA Cricket Association, put in place a new body to run the game in the country. It is learnt that a portion of the earnings from these three T20 games will go to the ICC and that in turn will be used in the promotion of the game in the country. Sachin and Warne apart, 26 players, including Rahul Dravid, Glenn McGrath, Jacques Kallis, Adam Gilchrist, Sourav Ganguly, Brian Lara, VVS Laxman and Wasim Akram, have signed up for the series.

The games will be played on drop-in pitches at three baseball stadiums – Wrigley Field (Chicago), Yankee Stadium (New York) and Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles).

• The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the international governing body of cricket.
• The ICC has 106 members: 10 Full Members that play Test matches, 37 Associate Members,^[3] and 59 Affiliate Members
• The current ICC president is Zaheer Abbas, who was appointed in June 2015 following the resignation of Mustafa Kamal in April 2015.
• Full membership has not been expanded since Bangladesh was granted Full membership in 2000./su_box]

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