Asian Cricket Council

The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) is a cricket organization 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 27 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
HeadquartersDubai, United Arab Emirates
Region
Asia
Membership
27
Official language
English
President
Jay Shah
Vice President
Pankaj Khimji
Websitewww.asiancricket.org

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 organization'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.

Previously ACC was headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka, which was officially opened on 20 August 2016.[3] In 2019, the headquarter of the ACC was moved to Dubai, near the International Cricket Council (ICC) office.[4]

Members of ACC
Members of Asian Cricket Council
No.CountryAssociationICC Membership
Status		ICC
Membership		ACC
Membership
Full Members of ICC (5)
1 IndiaBoard of Control for Cricket in IndiaFull Member19261983
2 PakistanPakistan Cricket BoardFull Member19521983
3 Sri LankaSri Lanka CricketFull Member1981[lower-alpha 1]1983
4 BangladeshBangladesh Cricket BoardFull Member2000[lower-alpha 2]1983
5 AfghanistanAfghanistan Cricket BoardFull Member2017[lower-alpha 3]2001
Associate Members of ICC with ODI & T20I status (3)
6 UAEEmirates Cricket BoardAssociate19901984
7   NepalCricket Association of NepalAssociate19961990
8 OmanOman Cricket BoardAssociate20142000
Associate Members of ICC with T20I status (17)
9 Hong KongCricket Hong KongAssociate19691983
10 MalaysiaMalaysian Cricket AssociationAssociate19671983
11 SingaporeSingapore Cricket AssociationAssociate19741983
12 ThailandCricket Association of ThailandAssociate[lower-alpha 4]20051996
13 MaldivesCricket Control Board of MaldivesAssociate20171996
14 QatarQatar Cricket AssociationAssociate20172000
15 BhutanBhutan Cricket Council BoardAssociate20172001
16 Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabian Cricket FederationAssociate20162003
17 BahrainBahrain Cricket AssociationAssociate20172003
18 IranIslamic Republic of Iran Cricket AssociationAssociate20172003
19 ChinaChinese Cricket AssociationAssociate20172004
20 KuwaitKuwait Cricket AssociationAssociate20052005
21 MyanmarMyanmar Cricket FederationAssociate20172005
22 CambodiaCricket Association of CambodiaAssociate20222012
23 JapanJapan Cricket AssociationAssociate19892024[lower-alpha 5]
24 IndonesiaIndonesian Cricket AssociationAssociate20012024[lower-alpha 6]
25 TajikistanTajikistan Cricket FederationAssociate20212024[lower-alpha 7]
Non-members of ICC (2)
26 BruneiBrunei Darussalam National Cricket Association——1996
27 Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Cricket Association——2012

Notes:

  1. Sri Lanka became associate member of ICC in 1965, before getting Full Membership in 1981. Sri Lanka was also the first associate member to get full member status.
  2. Bangladesh became associate member of ICC in 1977, and later promoted to Full Member in 2000.
  3. Afghanistan was granted associate membership of ICC in 2014, before getting promoted to Full Member in 2017.
  4. Thailand Women's team has Women's ODI status.
  5. Japan has ACC membership while still remaining a part of ICC EAP region for ICC events qualification pathways. Japan was also a member of the ACC between 1996–2001.
  6. Indonesia has ACC membership while still remaining a part of ICC EAP region for ICC events qualification pathways.
  7. Tajikistan, one of the newest members of the ICC, has been granted provisional membership of the Asian Cricket Council in January 2024, subject to an evaluation visit to determine their eligibility for permanent status.

Members of ICC in Asia but not part of Asian Cricket Council
Members of ICC Asia
No.CountryAssociationICC Membership
Status		ICC
Membership
1 MongoliaMongolia Cricket AssociationAssociate2021
2 UzbekistanCricket Federation of UzbekistanAssociate2022
Members of ICC East Asia-Pacific
No.CountryAssociationICC Membership
Status		ICC
Membership		EAP
membership
1 PhilippinesPhilippine Cricket AssociationAssociate20002000
2 South KoreaKorea Cricket AssociationAssociate20012001

Former members of Asian Cricket Council
Former ACC members that became part of the ICC East Asia-Pacific
No.CountryAssociationICC Membership
Status		ICC
Membership		ACC
Membership
1 FijiFiji Cricket AssociationAssociate19651996–2001
2 Papua New GuineaCricket PNGAssociate19731996–2001

Map
Members of the ACC across Asia
  ACC members with Full Membership of the ICC (5)
  ACC members with Associate Membership of the ICC (18)
  ACC members without membership of the ICC (2)
  ICC members in Asia who are not part of the ACC (2)
  Members of ICC East-Asia Pacific
  Non-ACC members

ACC Events

Current Title Holders :

Tournament Latest edition Champions Next edition
Men
ACC Men's Asia Cup 2023  India 2025
ACC Men's Premier Cup 2024  United Arab Emirates 2025
ACC Men's Challenger Cup 2024  Saudi Arabia 2026
ACC Men's Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2023  Pakistan A 2024
Women
ACC Women's Asia Cup 2022  India 2024
ACC Women's Premier Cup 2024  United Arab Emirates 2026
ACC Women's Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2023  India A 2024
Under-19
ACC Men's Under-19 Asia Cup 2023  Bangladesh 2024
ACC Men's Under-19 Premier Cup 2023    Nepal 2025
Under-16
ACC Men’s U16 East Zone Cup 2023    Nepal 2025
ACC Men’s U16 West Zone Cup 2023  United Arab Emirates 2025

Defunct Events
  • Afro-Asia Cup
  • ACC Championship
  • Asian Test Championship
  • ACC Premier League
  • ACC Trophy
  • ACC Twenty20 Cup
  • ACC Eastern Region T20
  • ACC Western Region T20

Officials

Executive Board members
ACC Executive Board Members[5]
NameNationalityBoardPost
Jay Shah IndiaBoard of Control for cricket in IndiaPresident
Pankaj Khimji OmanOman CricketVice President
Zaka Ashraf 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: 23 July 2023

ACC Executive Committee
ACC Executive Committee[5]
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[5]
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[6]

Resource staff (Umpiring)

Past presidents
Sl. NoNameCountryTerm
1N. K. P. Salve India1983–85[7]
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 Mani2016–2018
27Nazmul Hassan Bangladesh2018–2021
28Jay Shah India2021–present

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. Dani, Bipin (15 May 2019). "Asian Cricket Council (ACC) head quarter is now based in Dubai". www.deccanchronicle.com. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  5. "ACC Executive Board Members". Asian Cricket Council.
  6. "Sultan Rana to join Asian Cricket Council". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  7. "NKP Salve, who brought '87 world cup to sub-continent, passes away in Delhi". India Today. 2 April 2012.
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