ICC blast ticket mismanagement

The International Cricket Council are reportedly unhappy with the mishandling of tickets during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011.

By Sai Prasad Mohapatra

Despite the successful organisation of the tournament, the world governing body is irked with certain issues- ticketing being one of the prime concerns.

The ICC have kickstarted their own investigations where to get their acts right, the body has come out with a few corrective measures in its report to put in place a better ticketing distribution system for all future ICC events.

Rampant black marketing of tickets during the ICC CW C also put the ICC on alert about the underlying problems associated with ticket distribution.

"There is certainly something on the ticketing process that we need to consider for future events, particularly where there is such a high demand for tickets," Haroon Lorgat, the CEO ICC said in his post-world cup press conference.

Lorgat  had promised a thorough investigation into what went wrong this time, and what changes need to be made: "The board has agreed with the proposition that we will do a full investigation on the process