Elworthy to oversee 2019 World Cup

South African Steve Elworthy will head up the organisation of the 2019 Cricket World Cup being hosted in England and Wales after the former international cricketer was appointed managing director on Tuesday.

The 51-year-old has accrued vast experience in the organisation of major tournaments.

He was tournament director of the 2007 and 2009 World Twenty20 competitions and the 2013 Champions Trophy held in England and Wales -- a competition he is also in charge of organising for the same hosts for next year.

England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chief executive officer Tom Harrison said Elworthy was the perfect man for the job based on his previous handling of tournaments.

Elworthy said he was looking forward to the biggest challenge of his career which sees it set to get underway in May 2019.