ICC chief executive David Richards, now in the capital to inspect the final phase preparation of the day-night tournament, Tuesday signed the agreement for ICC while Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Saber Hossian Chowdhury on behalf of the host country.
Sources at the BCB confirmed the signing of the agreement, but would not elaborate. An official announcement in this regard will jointly be made by the ICC and BCB at a press conference in Dhaka on Wednesday afternoon.
Meanwhile, Richards along with his executive assistant Campbell Jamieson and event manager of Wills Cup Asif Iqbal passed a very busy schedule on the second day in Dhaka Tuesday.
In the morning, the ICC officials visited three practice grounds in the city - Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium, Dhanmondi Sultana Kamal Women's Sports Complex and BUET ground. BCB joint secretary DS Arefin Tutul accompanied them. Later they met with the local representative of UN's World Health Organisation (WHO) discussing the post-flood health situation in the country and were completely satisfied with the present condition, sources said.
The ICC officials also met with managing director of Sadharan Bima Corporation to discuss the insurance related matters and the Chief Engineer of Dhaka Electric Supply Authority about power facilities during the 9-day tourney.
They had meetings with the chairmen and convenors of different sub-committees of the Wills Cup Cricket, the first ever knock-out World Cup Cricket involving all the nine test playing countries. In the evening, the ICC officials met with BCB president Saber Hossain Chowdhury at the board office. Later, they again inspected the floodlights and other facilities at the games venue - Bangabandhu National Stadium.
From: CricInfo365 (www.cricinfo365.com)