The New Nation - Internet Edition

AP, Dubai

The International Cricket Council will invest US$300 million (euro190 million) to develop the sport in countries that are not full members of the council.

"(It's) the biggest investment in global development by any sport outside football," Haroon Lorgat, the CEO of cricket's governing body, said in an ICC statement Tuesday.

Lorgat wants "to see results that challenge world cricket's existing order."

The ICC has 10 full member nations and 104 other member countries. It also has 34 associates and 60 affiliates around the world.