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ICC to move its HQ out of England
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The International Cricket Council is likely to move its headquarters out of England but Sri Lanka is not one of the venues being looked at. Among the six destinations that are being considered are Singapore, Dubai and Malaysia in Asia, and Ireland, Monaco and Switzerland in Europe.

The issue is expected to be taken up at this week's ICC board meeting in New Zealand. Most of the destinations being considered offer tax concessions than the UK, reports The Independent's Colin Crompton.

"The ICC management were asked to prepare a paper looking at cricketing and commercial reasons for being in this country or other possible locations," Brendan McClements, ICC Corporate Affairs Manager was quoted as saying. If the ICC moves out of its present headquarters at Lords it will end a 95-year association with what has been considered the capital of world cricket.

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