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Afghanistan and Ireland have been approved as Full Members by the ICC making them cricket's 11th and 12th Test-playing nation respectively. The status was awarded by the International Cricket Council (ICC) Board in London on Thursday, during the ICC's Annual General Meeting.

The ICC is mulling the possibility of scrapping the ICC Champions Trophy in favour of staging the World Twenty20 every two years, according to ICC Chief Executive David Richardson. Pakistan won their maiden CT title on Sunday, after beating India by 180 runs in the final.