Asian Cricket Council

The Asian Cricket Council also known as ACC is a cricket organisation which was established in 1983, to promote and develop the sport of cricket in Asia. Subordinate to the International Cricket Council, the council is the continent's regional administrative body, and currently consists of 25 member associations. Jay Shah is the current president of Asian Cricket Council.[1][2]

Asian Cricket Council
AbbreviationACC
Formation19 September 1983 (1983-09-19)
PurposeCricket administration
HeadquartersColombo, Sri Lanka
Region
Asia
Membership
25 Members
Official language
English
President
India Jay Shah
Vice President
Oman Pankaj Khimji
Parent organization
International Cricket Council
Websitewww.asiancricket.org
ACC Events
Men's
Women's
Women's Asia Cup

History

The council was formed as the Asian Cricket Conference in New Delhi, India, on 19 September 1983, with the original members being Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, and Sri Lanka. Changing its name to the present in 1995. Until 2003, the headquarters of the council were rotated biennially amongst the presidents' and secretaries' home countries. The organisation's current president is Jay Shah, who is also the Secretary of the BCCI.

The council runs a development program that supports coaching, umpiring and sports medicine programs in member countries, funded from television revenues collected during the officially sanctioned Asian Cricket Council tournaments including the Asia Cup ,Under-19 Asia Cup , Women's Asia Cup and various other tournaments.

The current ACC headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka, which was officially opened on 20 August 2016.[3]

Members

ACC member associations are divided into two categories: full and associate members . Full members of the ICC are accorded "Full Member Status", while the associate members of the ICC and ICC non-members (Taiwan as of 2023) are accorded "Associate Member Status".[4] Fiji, Japan, and Papua New Guinea were formerly members of the ACC, but joined the East Asia–Pacific regional council when it was established in 1996.[5]

Full members
Current Full Members of the Asian Cricket Council
No.CountryAssociationICC Membership
Status (Approval Date)		ICC
Membership		ACC
Membership
1 IndiaBoard of Control for Cricket in IndiaFull (31 May 1948)19481983
2 PakistanPakistan Cricket BoardFull (28 July 1952)19521983
3 Sri LankaSri Lanka CricketFull (21 July 1981)19651983
4 BangladeshBangladesh Cricket BoardFull (26 June 2000)19771983
5 AfghanistanAfghanistan Cricket BoardFull (22 June 2017)20012003

Associate Members with ODI and T20I status
Current Associate Members with ODI and T20I status of the Asian Cricket Council
No.CountryAssociationICC Membership
Status		ICC
Membership		ACC
Membership
1   NepalCricket Association of NepalAssociate19961990
2 OmanOman Cricket BoardAssociate20002000
3 United Arab EmiratesEmirates Cricket BoardAssociate19901984

Associate Members with T20I status
Current Associate Members with T20I status of the Asian Cricket Council
No.CountryAssociationICC Membership
Status		ICC
Membership		ACC
Membership
1 BahrainBahrain Cricket AssociationAssociate20012003
2 BhutanBhutan Cricket Council BoardAssociate20012001
3  Cambodia Cricket Association of Cambodia Associate 2022 2012
4 ChinaChinese Cricket AssociationAssociate20042004
5  Hong Kong Cricket Hong Kong Associate 1969 1983
6 IranIslamic Republic of Iran Cricket AssociationAssociate20032003
7 KuwaitKuwait Cricket AssociationAssociate20032005
8 MalaysiaMalaysian Cricket AssociationAssociate19671983
9 MaldivesCricket Control Board of MaldivesAssociate19981996
10 MongoliaMongolia Cricket AssociationAssociate2021N/A
11 MyanmarMyanmar Cricket FederationAssociate20062005
12 QatarQatar Cricket AssociationAssociate19992000
13 Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabian Cricket FederationAssociate20032003
14 SingaporeSingapore Cricket AssociationAssociate19741983
15 TajikistanTajikistan Cricket FederationAssociate20212012
16 ThailandCricket Association of ThailandAssociate20051996
17  Uzbekistan Cricket Federation of Uzbekistan Associate 2022 N/A

Note
  • Mongolia has been admitted as an ICC Member as of 18 July 2021, but yet to get membership of any regional body. However, being an Asian country, it is expected to join ACC.

Non-ICC members
Current members of the Asian Cricket Council
No.CountryAssociationICC Membership
Status (Approval Date)		ICC
Membership		ACC
Membership
1 Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Cricket Association—2012

Former members that joined East Asia-Pacific
Former members of the Asian Cricket Council
No.CountryAssociationICC Membership
Status (Approval Date)		ICC
Membership		ACC
Membership
1 FijiFiji Cricket AssociationAssociate19651996
2 JapanJapan Cricket AssociationAssociate19891996
3 Papua New GuineaCricket PNGAssociate (ODI Status)19731996

Former members
Former members of the Asian Cricket Council
No.CountryAssociationICC Membership
Status (Approval Date)		ICC
Membership		ACC
Membership
1 BruneiBrunei Darussalam National Cricket Association—2002–20151996

Map
Members of the International Cricket Council located in Asia.
  Full ICC members (5)
  Associate ICC members with ODI status (3)
  Associate ICC members (15)
  ACC members which are not members of ICC (2)
  Former ICC members (1)
  Former ACC members now members of ICC East Asia-Pacific (3) – Papua New Guinea and Fiji not shown
  ICC members part of neighbouring associations
  Non-members

ACC Events

Current Title Holders

Tournament Year Champions Runners-up Next edition
Asia Cup 2022  Sri Lanka  Pakistan 2023
Women's Asia Cup 2022  India  Sri Lanka 2024
Under-19 Asia Cup 2021  India  Sri Lanka 2023
ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2023 - - 2024
ACC Premier Cup 2023    Nepal  United Arab Emirates 2024
ACC Challenger Cup 2023  Saudi Arabia  Bahrain 2024

Defunct Events

Officials

Executive Board members
ACC Executive Board Members[6]
NameNationalityBoardPost
Jay Shah IndiaBoard of Control for cricket in IndiaPresident
Pankaj Khimji OmanOman CricketVice President
Najam Sethi PakistanPakistan Cricket BoardExecutive Board Member
Shammi Silva Sri LankaSri Lanka CricketExecutive Board Member
Nazmul Hassan BangladeshBangladesh Cricket BoardExecutive Board Member
Mirwais Ashraf AfghanistanAfghanistan Cricket BoardExecutive Board Member
Ravi Sehgal ThailandCricket Association of ThailandExecutive Board Member
Khalid Al Zarooni United Arab EmiratesEmirates Cricket BoardExecutive Board Member
Mohamed Faisal MaldivesCricket Control Board of MaldivesExecutive Board Member
Ashley De Silva Sri LankaSri Lanka CricketEx Officio; CEO, SLC
Arun Singh Dhumal IndiaBoard of Control for Cricket in IndiaEx Officio; CEO, BCCI
Faisal Hasnain PakistanPakistan Cricket BoardEx Officio; CEO, PCB
Nizam Uddin Chowdhury BangladeshBangladesh Cricket BoardEx Officio; CEO, BCB
Naseeb Khan AfghanistanAfghanistan Cricket BoardEx-officio, CEO, ACB
  • Last Updated: 16 May 2023

ACC Executive Committee
ACC Executive Committee[6]
NameNationalityBoardPost
Amitabh Choudhary IndiaBoard of Control for Cricket in IndiaChairman, Executive Committee
Nazmul Hassan Papon BangladeshBangladesh Cricket BoardPresident
Kamal Padmasiri Sri LankaSri Lanka CricketMember
Ehsan Mani PakistanPakistan Cricket BoardMember
Azizullah Fazli AfghanistanAfghanistan Cricket BoardMember
Thusith Perera Sri LankaSri Lanka CricketConvenor, GM – Finance & Operations

Development team

Development Committee
ACC Development Committee[6]
NameNationalityBoardPost
Kamal Padmasiri Sri LankaSri Lanka CricketChairman
Nazmul Hassan Papon BangladeshBangladesh Cricket BoardPresident
Mahinda Vallipuram MalaysiaMalaysia Cricket AssociationMember
Nadeem Nadwi Saudi ArabiaSaudi Cricket CentreMember
Manzoor Ahmad QatarQatar Cricket AssociationMember
Sultan Rana PakistanPakistan Cricket BoardConvenor – Events and Development Manager[7]

Resource staff (Umpiring)

Past presidents
Sl. NoNameCountryTerm
1N. K. P. Salve India1983–85[8]
2Gamini Dissanayake Sri Lanka1985–87
3Lt. Gen. G.S Butt Pakistan1987
4Lt. Gen. Zahid Ali Akbar Khan1988–89
5Anisul Islam Mahmud Bangladesh1989–91
6Abdulrahman Bukhatir UAE1991–93
7Madhavrao Scindia India1993
8IS Bindra1993–97
9Upali Dharmadasa Sri Lanka1997–98
10Thilanga Sumathipala1998–99
11Mujibur Rahman Pakistan1999-99
12Zafar Altaf1999-00
13Lt. Gen. Tauqir Zia2000–02
14Mohammad Ali Asghar Bangladesh2002–04
15Jagmohan Dalmiya India2004–05
16Sharad Pawar2006-06
17Jayantha Dharmadasa Sri Lanka2006–07
18Arjuna Ranatunga2008-08
19Dr. Nasim Ashraf Pakistan2008-08
20Ijaz Butt2008–10
21Mustafa Kamal Bangladesh2010–12
22N. Srinivasan India2012–14
23Jayantha Dharmadasa Sri Lanka2014–2015
24Thilanga Sumathipala2015–2016
25Shehreyar Khan Pakistan2016–2016
26Ehsan Mani Pakistan2016–2018
27Nazmul Hassan Bangladesh2018–2021
28Jay Shah India2021–present

Asia XI team

ACC Asia XI was a team named for the 2005 World Cricket Tsunami Appeal, a one-off match designed to raise funds for charities following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and resulting tsunami. It also competes in a regular Afro-Asia Cup against an Africa XI which was designed as a fund-raiser for the African Cricket Association and the Asian Cricket Council. The Afro-Asian Cup debuted in 2005 and the second tournament was played in 2007.

See also

References
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  2. "BCCI secretary Jay Shah appointed Asian Cricket Council president". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  3. "ASIAN CRICKET COUNCIL TO BE SHIFTED TO COLOMBO". News Radio. Archived from the original on 9 November 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  4. Members – Asian Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  5. The Formation of the ACC – Asian Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  6. "ACC Executive Board Members". Asian Cricket Council.
  7. "Sultan Rana to join Asian Cricket Council". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  8. "NKP Salve, who brought '87 world cup to sub-continent, passes away in Delhi". India Today. 2 April 2012.
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