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Sri Lanka is preparing to stage the International Cricket Council (ICC) Knockout Trophy in September after India's decision not to host the popular ten-team tournament. Sri Lanka has been offered the tournament by the ICC. "An offer has been made to the Sri Lankan cricket board and in principle we have agreed to host the tournament," Vijaya Malalasekera, Chairman of the BCCSL Interim Committee said. "We have more than enough experience of organising such an event after the Under 19 World Cup in January 2000, which was such a resounding success," the Chairman added. India were to host the tournament but withdrew earlier in the week citing financial reasons. The biennial ICC tournament is played by the ten Test-playing nations; England, Australia, South Africa, West Indies, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh. It was first held in 1998 in Dhaka and then in Kenya in 2000.
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