All members of the
International Cricket Council
(ICC) on this list are recognised by the ICC as the
governing body of the
sport of
cricket in their
respective nations or geographic area.
The 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. In the beginning, only countries within the
commonwealth could join. These members were then joined by
India,
New Zealand, and the
West Indies in 1926 and later by
Pakistan in 1953. In 1961,
South Africa resigned due
to their leaving the
Commonwealth. The Imperial Cricket
Conference was renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965
with new rules permitting countries from outside the Commonwealth
to be elected in to the governing body for the first time. Any new
member elected to the governing body could only be an Associate
Member with the possibility of being promoted to a Full Member. The
first Associates were
Fiji and the
USA. In 1989, the ICC was
again renamed, this time to International Cricket Council. South
Africa was reelected as a Full Member to the ICC in 1991 and
Zimbabwe was elected in 1992.
The most recent new Full Member is
Bangladesh, which was elected in
2000. The ICC currently has 104 members.
Membership is a
hierarchy and there are
three categories of membership: Full Members, Associate Members,
and Affiliate Members. In the highest category, there are 10 Full
Members. Below the Full Members are the 34 Associate Members. In
the lowest category, there are 60 Affiliate Members .
Full Members
Full Members are the governing bodies for cricket in a country or
associated countries. Full Members may also represent a
geographical area. All Full Members have a right to send one
representative team to play official Test matches. Also, all Full
Member nations are automatically qualified to play
ODIs and
Twenty20 Internationals. West Indies
cricket team does not represent one country instead an amalgamation
of over 20 countries from the Caribbean. The English Cricket team
represents both England and Wales.
AResigned May 1961, readmitted 10 July 1991.
Top Associate/Affiliate Members
All the associate and affiliate members are not qualified to play
Test Cricket, however
ICC grants
One Day International status to it's
associate and affiliate members based on their success in the
World Cricket League. The top
six teams will be awarded
One day
international and
Twenty20
International status, which will allow the associate and
affiliate teams to be eligible to play the full members and play
official ODI cricket.
The associate and affiliate teams who currently hold
ODI and
T20I status:
Associate Members
These are countries where cricket is firmly established and
organised but do not qualify for Full Membership. There are 34
Associate Members. Associates that have made it to World Cricket
League Division 1 are awarded
ODI
status until 2009. They are also awarded
Twenty20 status. Also, all Associates
are eligible to play in the
ICC
World Cricket League.
Affiliate Members
These are countries where the ICC recognises that cricket is played
according to the
Laws of Cricket.
There are 60 Affiliate Members. All Affiliates are eligible to play
in the
ICC World Cricket
League.
References
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http://static.icc-cricket.yahoo.net/ugc/documents/DOC_1BA6E55AE33E6588710706CF725AF0DC_1250055256330_248.pdf
Americas News Flash July 2009 at icc-cricket.yahoo.net
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