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The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the global governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from Australia, England, and South Africa. In 1965, the body was renamed as the International Cricket Conference and adopted its current name in 1987.

The governing bodies for cricket of a country recognised by the ICC as members take part in the competitions organised by ICC. It has two membership categories: full and associate. Full members have full voting rights at meetings of the ICC and are qualified to play Test cricket, One Day Internationals (ODIs) and Twenty20 International (T20Is). All associate members are eligible to play T20Is while only the top performing associates are eligible to play ODIs.

As of February 2024, there are 108 ICC members, with 12 full members and 96 associate members, of which of which 5 have men's ODI status, 2 have women's ODI status and 3 have both men's and women's ODI status.

History

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Current ICC members by membership status
Current ICC members by membership status:
  Non-members

The International Cricket Council (ICC) was founded at Lord's on 15 June 1909 as the Imperial Cricket Conference, with Australia, England, and South Africa as its founding members.[1] Initially only the countries within the Commonwealth were able to join the ICC.[2] India, New Zealand and the West Indies joined in 1926, and Pakistan joined in 1953 after the partition of India.[3] In 1961, South Africa resigned from the Conference due to them leaving the Commonwealth,[4] but they continued to play Test cricket until their international exile in 1970.[5]

The Imperial Cricket Conference was renamed as the International Cricket Conference in 1965, with new rules permitting countries from outside the Commonwealth to be elected into the ICC for the first time: Fiji and the USA became the first associate member nations that year.[4] In 1981, Sri Lanka became the first associate member to be elected a full member. In 1989, the ICC was again renamed as the International Cricket Council.[4] South Africa was re-elected as a full member of the ICC in 1991, with Zimbabwe elected in 1992, and Bangladesh elected in 2000.[3] On 22 June 2017, Ireland and Afghanistan were granted full member status as well.[6]

From July to October 2019, the ICC suspended Zimbabwe Cricket due to government interference, the first time this had occurred with a full member side.[7][8][9] From November 2023 to January 2024, the ICC suspended Sri Lanka Cricket due to government interference in the board. [10]

Selection and promotion

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The membership committee will consider requests for membership – full and associate – against an objective set of criteria. There was previously a third level, affiliate membership, which was abolished in June 2017, with all existing affiliate members becoming associate members,[11] and introducing a two-tier hierarchy (full members and associate members): any new member elected to the ICC would be an associate member, with the possibility of promotion to full member status based on ongoing performance in international competitions.[12]

Full members

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Full Members are the governing bodies for cricket of a country recognised by the ICC, which have a right to send a representative team to play official Test matches, have full voting rights at meetings of the ICC, and are automatically qualified to play One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals.[12] There are 12 full members.[13][14]

The West Indies cricket team is a combined team representing 15 countries and territories from the Caribbean, while the English cricket team represents both England and Wales and the Irish cricket team represents all of the island of Ireland. Of these 12 nations, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Ireland played as associate members before being elected as full members. In April 2021, ICC granted permanent women's Test and women's One Day International status to all the full member nations.[15]

Later in 2021, the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan and promptly banned women from sport; consequently, there have been calls to suspend Afghanistan's ICC membership.[16] In 2023, Australia withdrew from a one-day series against Afghanistan to protest the Taliban's oppression of women in the country.[17] The same year, Human Rights Watch called for Afghanistan's suspension.[18] The Women's team, which was dissolved in 2021, has since written to the ICC requesting the formation of a refugee team based in Australia.[19] In January 2025, Afghanistan women's team played their first match since fleeing Afghanistan, an exhibition game in Melbourne.[20]

† denotes countries taking part in the ICC World Test Championship.

Full members of the International Cricket Council
Country Code[α] Teams[β] Governing body Full member since Test status since Region Ref.
 Afghanistan AFG MWAU19MU19W Afghanistan Cricket Board 22 June 2017 14 June 2018 Asia [21]
 Australia AUS MWAU19MU19W Cricket Australia 15 June 1909 15 March 1877 East Asia-Pacific [22]
 Bangladesh BAN MWAU19MU19W Bangladesh Cricket Board 26 June 2000 10 November 2000 Asia [23]
 England ENG MWAU19MU19W England and Wales Cricket Board 15 June 1909 15 March 1877 Europe [24]
 India IND MWAU19MU19W Board of Control for Cricket in India 31 May 1926 25 June 1932 Asia [25]
 Ireland IRE MWAU19MU19W Cricket Ireland 22 June 2017 11 May 2018 Europe [26]
 New Zealand NZ MWAU19MU19W New Zealand Cricket 31 May 1926 10 January 1930 East Asia-Pacific [27]
 Pakistan PAK MWAU19MU19W Pakistan Cricket Board 28 July 1952 16 October 1952 Asia [28]
 South Africa SA MWAU19MU19W Cricket South Africa 29 June 1991 12 March 1889 Africa [29]
 Sri Lanka SRI MWAU19MU19W Sri Lanka Cricket 21 July 1981 17 February 1982 Asia [30]
 West Indies WI MWAU19MU19W Cricket West Indies 31 May 1926 23 June 1928 Americas [31]
 Zimbabwe ZIM MWAU19MU19W Zimbabwe Cricket 6 July 1992 18 October 1992 Africa [32]

Associate members

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Associate Members are the governing bodies for cricket of a country recognised by the ICC, which does not qualify as a Full Member, but where cricket is firmly established and organised.[12] There are 96 associate members, of which 5 have men's One Day International status, 2 have women's One Day International status and 3 have both men's and women's ODI status.[13][14]

Until 2019, all associates were eligible to play in the World Cricket League, a series of international one-day cricket administered by the ICC which formed part of the Cricket World Cup qualification.[33] From 2019 onwards this was replaced by the Cricket World Cup League 2 and Cricket World Cup Challenge League in which only the top twenty associates participate.[34] Associates are also eligible to play in the T20 World Cup Regional Qualifiers (men's and women's) which forms part of the T20 World Cup qualification (men's and women's); until April 2018, only the teams qualified for final stage were awarded Twenty20 International status.[35] In April 2018, the ICC announced T20I status for all its members from 1 July 2018 for the women's game, and from 1 January 2019 for the men's game.[36]

† denotes associates with ODI status.

Associate members of the International Cricket Council
Country Code[α] Teams[β] Governing body Affiliate since Associate since Region Ref.
 Argentina ARG MWU19M Argentine Cricket Association N/A 1974 Americas [37]
 Austria AUT MWU19M Austrian Cricket Association 1992 2017 Europe [38]
 Bahamas BAH MWU19M Bahamas Cricket Association 1987 2017 Americas [39]
 Bahrain BHR MWU19M Bahrain Cricket Federation 2001 2017 Asia [40]
 Belgium BEL MWU19M Belgian Cricket Federation 1991 2005 Europe [41]
 Belize BLZ MWU19M Belize National Cricket Association 1997 2017 Americas [42]
 Bermuda BER MWU19M Bermuda Cricket Board N/A 1966 Americas [43]
 Bhutan BHU MWU19M Bhutan Cricket Council Board 2001 2017 Asia [44]
 Botswana BOT MWU19M Botswana Cricket Association 2001 2005 Africa [45]
 Brazil BRA MWU19M Brazilian Cricket Confederation 2002 2017 Americas [46]
 Bulgaria BUL MWU19M Bulgarian Cricket Federation 2008 2017 Europe [47]
 Cambodia CAM MWU19M Cricket Association of Cambodia N/A 2022 Asia [48]
 Cameroon CMR MWU19M Cameroon Cricket Federation 2007 2017 Africa
 Canada CAN MWU19M Cricket Canada N/A 1968 Americas
 Cayman Islands CAY MWU19M Cayman Islands Cricket Association 1997 2002 Americas
 Chile CHI MWU19M Chilean Cricket Association 2002 2017 Americas
 China CHN MWU19M Chinese Cricket Association 2004 2017 Asia
 Cook Islands COK MWU19M Cook Islands Cricket Association 2000 2017 East Asia-Pacific
 Costa Rica CRC MWU19M Costa Rica Cricket Federation 2002 2017 Americas
 Croatia CRO MWU19M Croatian Cricket Federation 2001 2017 Europe
 Cyprus CYP MWU19M Cyprus Cricket Association 1999 2017 Europe
 Czech Republic CZE MWU19M Czech Cricket Union 2000 2017 Europe
 Denmark DEN MWU19M Danish Cricket Federation N/A 1966 Europe
 Estonia EST MWU19M Estonian Cricket Association 2008 2017 Europe
 Eswatini SWZ MWU19M Eswatini Cricket Association 2007 2017 Africa
 Falkland Islands FLK MWU19M Falkland Cricket Association 2007 2017 Americas
 Fiji FIJ MWU19M Cricket Fiji N/A 1965 East Asia-Pacific
 Finland FIN MWU19M Cricket Finland 2000 2017 Europe
 France FRA MWU19M France Cricket Association 1987 1998 Europe
 Gambia GAM MWU19M Gambia Cricket Association 2002 2017 Africa
 Germany GER MWU19M German Cricket Federation 1991 1999 Europe [49]
 Ghana GHA MWU19M Ghana Cricket Association 2002 2017 Africa [50]
 Gibraltar GIB MenWU19M Gibraltar Cricket Association N/A 1969 Europe [51]
 Greece GRE MWU19M Hellenic Cricket Federation 1995 2017 Europe [52]
 Guernsey GUE MWU19M Guernsey Cricket Board 2005 2008 Europe [53]
 Hong Kong HKG MWU19M Cricket Hong Kong, China N/A 1969 Asia [4]
 Hungary HUN MWU19M Hungarian Cricket Association 2012 2017 Europe [54]
 Indonesia IDN MWU19M Indonesian Cricket Association 2001 2017 East Asia-Pacific [55]
 Iran IRN MWU19M Islamic Republic of Iran Cricket Association 2003 2017 Asia [56]
 Isle of Man IOM MWU19M Isle of Man Cricket Association 2004 2017 Europe [57]
 Israel ISR MWU19M Israel Cricket Association N/A 1974 Europe [4]
 Italy ITA MWU19M Italian Cricket Federation 1984 1995 Europe [58]
 Ivory Coast CIV MWU19M Côte d’Ivoire Cricket Federation N/A 2022 Africa N/A
 Japan JPN MWU19M Japan Cricket Association 1989 2005}} East Asia-Pacific [59]
 Jersey JER MWU19M Jersey Cricket Board 2005 2007 Europe [60]
 Kenya KEN MWU19M Cricket Kenya N/A 1981 Africa [4]
 Kuwait KUW MWU19M Cricket Kuwait 1998 2005 Asia [61]
 Lesotho LES MWU19M Lesotho Cricket Association 2001 2017 Africa [62]
 Luxembourg LUX MWU19M Luxembourg Cricket Federation 1998 2017 Europe [63]
 Malawi MWI MWU19M Cricket Malawi 1998 2017 Africa [64]
 Malaysia MAS MWU19M Malaysian Cricket Association N/A 1967 Asia [65]
 Maldives MDV MWU19M Cricket Board of Maldives 1998 2017 Asia [66]
 Mali MLI MWU19M Malian Cricket Federation 2005 2017 Africa [4]
 Malta MLT MWU19M Malta Cricket Association 1998 2017 Europe [67]
 Mexico MEX MWU19M Mexico Cricket Association 2004 2017 Americas [68]
 Mongolia MNG MWU19M Mongolia Cricket Association N/A 2021 Asia [69]
 Mozambique MOZ MWU19M Mozambican Cricket Association 2003 2017 Africa [70]
 Myanmar MYA MWU19M Myanmar Cricket Federation 2006 2017 Asia [71]
 Namibia NAM MWU19M Cricket Namibia N/A 1992 Africa [72]
   Nepal NEP MWU19M Cricket Association of Nepal 1988 1996 Asia [73]
 Netherlands NED MWU19M Royal Dutch Cricket Association N/A 1966 Europe [4]
 Nigeria NGA MWU19M Nigeria Cricket Federation N/A 2002 Africa [74]
 Norway NOR MWU19M Norwegian Cricket Board 2000 2017 Europe [75]
 Oman OMA MWU19M Oman Cricket 2000 2014 Asia [76]
 Panama PAN MWU19M Panama Cricket Association 2002 2017 Americas [77]
 Papua New Guinea PNG MWU19M Cricket PNG N/A 1973 East Asia-Pacific [78]
 Peru PER MWU19M Peru Cricket Association 2007 2017 Americas [4]
 Philippines PHI MWU19M Philippine Cricket Association 2000 2017 East Asia-Pacific [79]
 Portugal POR MWU19M Portuguese Cricket Federation 1996 2017 Europe [80]
 Qatar QAT MWU19M Qatar Cricket Association 1999 2017 Asia [81]
 Romania ROU MWU19M Cricket Romania 2013 2017 Europe [82]
 Rwanda RWA MWU19M Rwanda Cricket Association 2003 2017 Africa [83]
 Saint Helena SHN MWU19M St Helena Cricket Association 2001 2017 Africa [84]
 Samoa MWU19M Samoa International Cricket Association 2000 2017 East Asia-Pacific [85]
 Saudi Arabia MWU19M Saudi Arabian Cricket Federation 2003 2016 Asia [86]
 Scotland MWU19M Cricket Scotland N/A 1994 Europe [4]
 Serbia MWU19M Serbian Cricket Federation 2015 2017 Europe [87]
 Seychelles MWU19M Seychelles Cricket Association 2010 2017 Africa [88]
 Sierra Leone MWU19M Sierra Leone Cricket Association 2002 2017 Africa [89]
 Singapore MWU19M Singapore Cricket Association N/A 1974 Asia [90]
 Slovenia MWU19M Slovenian Cricket Association 2005 2017 Europe [91]
 South Korea MWU19M Korea Cricket Association 2001 2017 East Asia-Pacific [92]
 Spain MWU19M Cricket Spain 1992 2017 Europe [93]
 Suriname MWU19M Suriname Cricket Board 2002 2011 Americas [94]
 Sweden MWU19M Swedish Cricket Federation 1997 2017 Europe [95]
  Switzerland MWU19M Cricket Switzerland 1985–2012, 2021[a] 2021 Europe [69]
 Tajikistan MWU19M Tajikistan Cricket Federation N/A 2021 Asia [69]
 Tanzania MWU19M Tanzania Cricket Association N/A 2001 Africa [98]
 Thailand MWU19M Cricket Association of Thailand 1995 2005 Asia [99]
 Turkey MWU19M Cricket Turkey 2008 2017 Europe [87]
 Turks and Caicos Islands MWU19M Turks and Caicos Cricket Association 2002 2017 Americas [100]
 Uganda MWU19M Uganda Cricket Association N/A 1998}} Africa [101]
 United Arab Emirates MWU19M Emirates Cricket Board 1989 1990 Asia [102]
 United States MWU19M USA Cricket N/A 1965–2017, 2019[b] Americas [103]
 Uzbekistan MWU19M Cricket Federation of Uzbekistan N/A 2022 Asia [104]
 Vanuatu MWU19M Vanuatu Cricket Association 1995 2009 East Asia-Pacific [105]

Associate members with ODI status

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The ICC granted men's One Day International status to its associate members based on their progress in the World Cricket League; the World Cricket League was replaced in 2019 and ODI status went to only the teams qualifier for the Cricket World Cup Super League and Cricket World Cup League 2.[106]

Netherlands ensured they would regain ODI status after the completion of the 2018 CWC Qualifier, by winning the 2015–2017 WCL Championship. The next three highest placed associates in the qualifier (United Arab Emirates, Scotland and Nepal) also gained ODI status.[107] Four additional teams (Namibia, Oman, Papua New Guinea and United States) gained ODI status after the conclusion of the 2019 WCL Division Two tournament in April 2019.[106] On 25 May 2022, five Associate teams (Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, Scotland, Thailand and United States) were granted women's One Day International status by the ICC.[108]

The CWC Super League was cancelled after the inaugural 2020–2023 Super League and ODI status now goes exclusively to teams participating in the CWC League 2.[109] After finishing as bottom two in the 2023 CWC Qualifier Play-off, Papua New Guinea lost their ODI status to Canada who finished in the top four of 2023 Qualifier Play-off.[110][111]

Associate members with ODI status
Country Code[α] Governing body ODI status since Region Current ODI ranking
Men's Women's Men's[i] Women's[ii]
 Canada CAN Cricket Canada 2023 No[c] Americas 17 No[c]
 Namibia NAM Cricket Namibia 2019 No[c] Africa 16 No[c]
   Nepal NEP Cricket Association of Nepal 2018 No[c] Asia 15 No[c]
 Netherlands NED Royal Dutch Cricket Association 2018 2022 Europe 14 13
 Oman OMA Oman Cricket 2019 No[c] Asia 19 No[c]
 Papua New Guinea PNG Cricket PNG No[d] 2022 East Asia-Pacific No[d] [e]
 Scotland SCO Cricket Scotland 2018 2022 Europe 13 [e]
 Thailand THA Cricket Association of Thailand No[d] 2022 Asia No[d] 9
 United Arab Emirates UAE Emirates Cricket Board 2018 No[c] Asia 20 No[c]
 United States USA USA Cricket 2019 2022 Americas 18 [e]
  1. ^ Source: ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings as of January 2025
  2. ^ Source: ICC Women's ODI Team Rankings as of 24 January 2025

Associate members with T20I status

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In April 2018, the ICC announced Twenty20 International status for all members from 1 January 2019. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between ICC members since 1 January 2019 have been eligible for full T20I status.[112][36]

Former members

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Expelled members

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There are six countries who were associate or affiliate members of the ICC, but were expelled from the ICC:

Team Region ICC membership period
 Brunei Asia 2002–2015[113]
 Cuba Americas 2002–2013
 Morocco Africa 1999–2019[114][115]
 Russia Europe 2012–2022[104]
 Tonga East Asia-Pacific 2000–2014[116]
 Zambia Africa 2003–2021[69]

Dissolved members

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There were two combined teams who were associate members of the ICC, but were subsequently dissolved.

  •  East Africa (a combined team representing Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia): admitted as an associate member in 1966, the team played at the inaugural Cricket World Cup in 1975, with Kenya becoming an associate member in its own right in 1981.
    • In 1989, East Africa was succeeded by a combined team from  East and Central Africa (representing Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia and Malawi), which remained an associate member, with Uganda and Tanzania becoming associate members in their own right in 1998 and 2001. In 2003, the ICC, Zambia and Malawi mutually agreed to dissolve the team, with Zambia becoming an associate member (expelled in 2021) and Malawi becoming an affiliate member (associate member from 2017).
  •  West Africa (representing Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone): admitted as an associate member in 1976. In 2003, the ICC and the four constituent countries mutually agreed to dissolve the team, with Nigeria becoming an associate member, and Gambia, Ghana and Sierra Leone becoming affiliate members (associate members from 2017).

Regional bodies

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Regional bodies aim to organise, promote and develop the game of cricket in their respective ICC regions.

These are the current bodies:

The regional body for Europe was disestablished following which ICC took over operations:

Two further regional bodies were dissolved following the creation of the African Cricket Association:

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c The ICC assigns a two or three-letter country code (more properly termed a trigram or trigraph) to each of its member countries.[13][14]
  2. ^ a b Key for the "Teams" column:
    • M: Men's national cricket team
    • W: Women's national cricket team
    • A: National List A cricket team (only for full members)
    • U19M: Under-19 men's national cricket team
    • U19W: Under-19 women's national cricket team (only for full members)
  1. ^ Switzerland were admitted in 1985, but were expelled in 2012,[96][97] before being readmitted in July 2021.[69]
  2. ^ The USA were admitted as an associate member in 1965 under the governance of the United States of America Cricket Association, which was expelled in September 2017. USA Cricket was admitted in January 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Canada, Namibia, Nepal, Oman and UAE have men's ODI status, but don't have women's ODI status.[111][108]
  4. ^ a b c d e Papua New Guinea and Thailand have women's ODI status, but don't have men's ODI status.[108][111]
  5. ^ a b c Papua New Guinea, Scotland and US have women's ODI status, but are currently not ranked on Women's ODI Rankings.[108][117]

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