WELLINGTON: New Zealand Cricket (NZC) is viewing its joint venture with United States of America Cricket Association (USACA) as a long-term investment that could even see USA host the ICC Champions Trophy, possibly after 2015. “(2013 is) a real long shot. We talked about that, but ICC regulations require two venues pretty close to each other and at the moment we’ve only got one (in Florida),” NZC chief Justin Vaughan told the New Zealand Herald. “It also needs a number of practice facilities and at the moment there are no other turf wickets in Florida, so it would be a stretch. From the ICC’s perspective, and a commercial perspective, there would be a lot of enthusiasm for it, but it’s probably a bridge too far. ICC events beyond 2015, certainly that is something very much on the horizon.”.....................

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