Wannous joins World Twenty20 team

12 January 2009

The ECB has appointed Rania Wannous as head of media relations for the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 tournament being held in England.

Wannous joins the ICC World Twenty20 team from Visit London, where she was corporate affairs and communications manager.

Beginning on June 5 2009 and finishing on June 21, the two-week ICC World Twenty20 tournament will set a sporting global precedent.

For the first time, the women’s tournament will be played alongside the men’s, with the semi-final and final stages integrated. In an historic move the men’s and women’s finals on June 21 2009 will both be staged at Lord’s.

The World Twenty20 England 2009 tournament will be staged at four venues: Lord’s, the Brit Oval, Trent Bridge and Taunton.

It will be the second time a world event for Twenty20 cricket has been held. The inaugural ICC World Twenty20 competition took place in South Africa in September 2007, with India the winners.