Dubai, Sep 9 (IANS) Commercial and broadcast rights of 18 events of the International Cricket Council (ICC), including two World Cups, between 2007-2015 will be up for grabs when the bidding process start this month.

Potential commercial partners fulfilling ICC's criteria for bidding would be invited to its headquarters in Dubai at the end of this month for negotiations, the ICC announced here.

"That sale gives us the opportunity to place cricket on a sound financial footing for the next eight years and by doing that, it will provide all our members a chance to sustain and grow the game," said ICC CEO Malcolm Speed.

The events include 18 ICC-owned tournaments with two World Cups, in Asia (2011) and Australia/New Zealand (2015) and up to three Champions Trophy competitions.

Also included are the first two Twenty20 World Championships, in South Africa (2007) and England (2009). Then there are World Cup qualifiers and four under-19 World Cups and the women's World Cups to be held in Australia in 2009 and in India in 2013.

The current commercial agreement with the Global Cricket Corporation (GCC), which began in 2000, will end with the World Cup in the West Indies in March and April. It was worth $ 550 million.

ICC's team of negotiators will include its former president Ehsan Mani, who played a key role in securing the current agreement with GCC, owned by News International Limited.

ICC events for the period 2007-2015:

2007: Twenty20 World Championship (Sep, South Africa)
2008: Under-19 World Cup (Feb, Malaysia); Champions Trophy (Sep, Pakistan)
2009: Women's World Cup (March, Australia); ICC Trophy (April, United Arab Emirates; Twenty20 World Championships (June, England)
2010: U-19 World Cup (February, Kenya); Champions Trophy (March-April, West Indies); World Cricket League (date to be announced, The Netherlands)
2011: World Cup (Feb-March, Bangladesh/India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka)
2012: U-19 World Cup (July, Canada); Champions Trophy/Twenty20 World Championship (Sep, Sri Lanka)
2013: Women's World Cup (Feb, India); Champions Trophy (date and venue TBA); Twenty20 World Championship (date and venue TBA)
2014: Champions Trophy (April, Bangladesh); Twenty20 World Championship (date and venue TBA); U-19 World Cup (February-March, UAE); World League (date and venue TBA)
2015: World Cup (February-March, Australia /New Zealand)