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ESSENTIAL MEDIA INFORMATION

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OVERVIEWAround 1,500 members of the print and electronic media are expected to cover the sixth edition of the ICC World Twenty20 India 2016. In this section, we are providing you with all the information relating to accreditation under the following headings

• Accreditation information

• Accreditation center and match-day ticket booth details at each venue

ACCREDITATION INFORMATIONAccreditation PassesMedia covering the ICC World Twenty20 India 2016, are required to carry their tournament accreditation passes to access any official venue, including match venues and training grounds.

If you lose your pass, you must report it as soon as possible to the nearest Accreditation Centre (details below). The accreditation team may re-issue your pass, but only with the prior approval of the ICC.

Match-day ticketsIn addition to your tournament pass, on match-days you will require a match-day ticket to enter the venue. These are issued on the basis of confirmation emails sent to applicants based on their choice of matches they intend to cover.

Media, which have emails confirming that they have been accredited for the match, can collect the match-day ticket from the venue two hours prior to the start of the match until half an hour after the start of the match at specially defined media ticket collection booths, which are separate from the venue accreditation centres.

It is strongly recommended that you take a copy of the email confirmation to avoid any delays on the day.

Note: You will need to collect your ticket in person; your colleagues cannot collect it for you.

Wait-listsThere are no waiting-lists, so if you do not receive a confirmation that you have been allocated that match, then please don’t turn-up at the venue on the match day expecting admission to the press box.

Entry to semi-finals and finalsMatch selections for the semi-finals and the finals will take place in the third phase of the accreditation process, which will run between 25 and 28 March.

Again, in this process, applicants will have to revisit their accreditation page to select the knock-out matches they wish to attend. The ICC will follow its priority order before confirming allocations.

Accreditation FAQs can be found at http://iccwt20media.dnanetworks.co.in/media/faqsmedia.aspx

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ACCREDITATIONMatch-day quotasDue to the huge demand for tickets and limited space in the media working areas, the ICC have put a cap on number of seats that can be allocated to an organisation on a match day.

• A maximum of two reporters and two photographers for news agencies, national daily newspapers from the teams playing in the match and local national daily newspapers

• A maximum of one reporter representing organisations from non-playing teams, regional newspapers, TV / radio stations, websites and magazines

• A maximum of two photographers per media outlet

This is, of course, subject to space in the media working areas and allocations will be decided using the ICC priority order, as outlined below.

Priority order Media:

• International News Agencies

• National News Agencies

• National Daily Newspapers from competing countries

• National Daily Newspapers from other countries

• Regional Daily Newspapers from competing countries

• National Sunday Newspapers from competing countries

• National Sunday Newspapers from other countries

• Cricket Website journalists

• TV/radio reporters from competing countries

• Cricket specialist magazines/publications from competing countries

• TV/radio reporters from other countries

• Cricket specialist magazines/publications from other countries

• Regional Daily Newspapers from other countries

• Sports specialist magazines from competing countries

• Sports specialist magazines from other countries

• General interest magazines from competing countries

• General interest magazines from other countries

• Other organisations/publications/website journalists from competing countries

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ACCREDITATIONPhotographers (not including ICC official Photographer):

• International Wire Agency

• National Wire Agency

• National Daily Newspapers and recognised specialist cricket photographers from competing countries

• Freelance photographers from competing countries

• Photo wire agency from other countries

• Regional newspapers from competing countries

• National Daily Newspapers and recognised specialist cricket photographers from other countries

• National Sunday newspapers from competing countries

• National Sunday newspapers from other countries

• Photo agencies (with sponsored assignments) from competing countries

• Photo agencies (with sponsored assignments) from other countries

• Regional newspapers from other countries

• Website

Filming inside the venue on match daysWhen applying for accreditation, you have acknowledged the terms and conditions that preclude filming by non-rights holders at match venues on match days.

If you are found filming in the venue on match days, then you risk having your tournament accreditation cancelled, as well as any other passes that have been allocated to your organisation.

Non-match daysWhile a match-day ticket is essential to gain entry into the venue on a match-day, it is not a requirement for the non-match days.

In addition, there are no restrictions on filming in the venue on non-match days.

Anyone with tournament accreditation pass, including all non-right holders, can cover non-match day activities.

ContactsIf you have any queries on accreditation and match-day ticketing, please contact Nicole Reynolds, ICC Media Accreditation Manager, at nicole.reynolds@icc-cricket.com.

If you have any technical queries or issues with the online accreditation and ticketing system, please contact wt20acc@dnanetworks.in.

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ACCREDITATION

MEDIA ACCREDITATION CENTRES Working hoursMatch days: 09h30 until the end of the match Non-match days: 09h30-18h30

BengaluruAccreditation Office, Room No 306, Terrace Rooms, M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Cubbon Road, Bengaluru – 560001

ChennaiAccreditation Office, Stand C Lower, TNCA, M. A. Chidambaram Stadium,Victoria Hostel Road, Chepauk, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600005

DelhiAccreditation Office,Old Club House,Feroz Shah Kotla, Vikram Nagar, New Delhi, Delhi 110002

DharamsalaAccreditation Office, 1st Floor, Indoor Stadium,Hpca International Cricket Stadium,Dharamsala, District Kangra,Himachal Pradesh -176215

KolkataAccreditation Office,Cricket Association of Bengal, Dr BC Roy,Club House, Eden Garden,Kolkata - 700021

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ACCREDITATIONMohaliAccreditation Office, Glass House,Punjab Cricket Association,IS Bindra Stadium, Sector-63,Sas Nagar, Mohali – 160059

MumbaiAccreditation Office, 3rd Floor, MCA, Wankhede Stadium, D Road, Churchgate, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400020

NagpurAccreditation Office, Ground Floor, Gate 5,Vidharba Cricket Association Stadium,Civil Lines, Nagpur, Maharashtra 440001

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MEDIA TICKETING

MEDIA TICKET COLLECTION BOOTHS(match-days only)Working hoursTwo hours before the start of each match, until half an hour after the start of each match.

*For double-headers: match day tickets will only be available before the start of the first match and will be valid for both the matches

BengaluruGate 20

DelhiOpposite Gate Number-six

DharamsalaKunal Hotel,HPTDC, opposite Fire Station and Municipal Corporation

KolkataCalutta Sports Journalists Club (for reporters)Outside Gate No.1 (for photographers)

MohaliOutside Gate 1B

MumbaiGate No.2, near Cricket Centre, Wankhede Stadium

NagpurOutside media entrance Gate number-12

There will be no match-day ticketing in Chennai. This means tournament pass will be enough to gain entry into the venue. However, TV camerapersons are not allowed as filming is not allowed as it is a tournament match.

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MEDIA FACILITIES

MEDIA FACILITIESThis section provides information you require in relation to the media facilities available, both on match and non-match days.

These facilities include:

• Press box with allocated seating, wi-fi, power-points, television monitors

• Press conference room (audio splitters, broadcast lights, PA system, wi-fi)

• Photographers’ pitch-side positions (iceboxes, tables, chairs, extension cables, wi-fi)

• Media dining

• Media scorers, volunteers and support staff

HOURS OF OPERATIONMatch days: two hours prior to the scheduled start of the match until two hours after the press conferences are finished.

Non-match days: access to media facilities will be available to accredited media a day before and on match days. The media working areas will be open from 09h00-18h00, dependent upon specific media activities and demands and requests from media.

Please note that opening hours of media facilities are subject to changes.

MEDIA DININGMedia catering will be available on all tournament match days and all pre-match days at the relevant venues. Light refreshments will be made available for the remaining warm-up matches.

EVENT WEBSITEThe ICC event website is www.icc-cricket.com, which includes:

• Groups, fixtures, live-scoring and teams

• Important documents such as umpire and match referee appointments; Teams’ daily schedule;

Playing conditions;

PDF version of the Media Guide;

Contact details of ICC / LOC / Venue Media Managers / Team Media Managers

• Twitter handle is #wt20

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MEDIA FACILITIES

POST-MATCH MEDIA CONFERENCESThe ICC will provide both edited and unedited post-match media conferences from all the 58 tournament matches. These press conferences will be in High-Definition. Details from where these press conferences can be downloaded for editorial use will be announced in due course.

All the 58 tournament post-match media pressers will also be live-streamed at www.icc-cricket.com

MEDIA AND BROADCAST COMPLAINTSComplaints about the content of any media report or the behaviour of any journalist should be referred in the first instance to Sami Ul Hasan from the ICC.

Complaints about the content of broadcast or conduct of any rights-holder should be referred in the first instance to Aarti Dabas from the ICC.

Note: All information in the Media Guide is correct as on Tuesday, 23 February 2016. Please check the ICC website at www.icc-cricket.com for any updates.

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EVENT TECHNICAL COMMITTEEThe members of the Event Technical Committee (ETC) are as follows:

Geoff Allardice - Chairman, ICC General Manager – Cricket

Anurag Thakur - Host Representative

MV Sridhar - Tournament Director

Campbell Jamieson - IBC Representative

Ian Bishop - Independent Nominee

Nick Knight - Independent Nominee

The purpose of the ETC shall be to deal with issues arising during the Event. The jurisdiction of the ETC is as follows:

a) Pre-event briefings of squad management, umpires and referees;

b) Appointment, in conjunction with IBC, of umpires and referees for each match;

c) Decisions on issues relating to Playing Conditions, player eligibility and the replacement of players;

d) Enforcement of the ICC Code in circumstances that fall outside the jurisdiction of the Referee;

e) Approval of the granting of leave of absence to team members

f) Issuing notifications requiring team members to comply with the squad terms and notifying potential breaches of the squad terms to the ICC Disputes Resolution Committee.

REPLACEMENT PLAYER APPLICATION PROCESSMen’s teams featuring in the first round can make player changes until 1 March, sides participating in the second round can make changes until 7 March and changes in women’s squads are allowed until 10 March. These changes can be made without the ETC approvals.

However, after the expiry of these timelines, all applications for replacement players will have to be approved by the ETC. All submissions will be required in writing and must be accompanied by a medical diagnosis from a certified medical practitioner.

MATCH OFFICIALS AND APPOINTMENTSMatch Officials’ information can be found in section 7 of the Media Guide. Umpire and match referee appointments are available at www.icc-cricket.com.

Two on-field umpires, a third umpire (TV) and a fourth umpire will be appointed for all matches.

EVENT TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

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