Asian Cricket Council

The Asian Cricket Council (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 24 member associations. Jay Shah is the current president of Asian Cricket Council.[1]

Asian Cricket Council
Official logo of the ACC
AbbreviationACC
Motto"Cricket for good"
Formation19 September 1983 (1983-09-19)
PurposeCricket administration
HeadquartersColombo, Sri Lanka
Membership
24 associations
Official languages
English
Chairman
Amitabh Choudhary
President
Jay Shah
Parent organization
ICC
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 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, Asian Test Championship, ACC Trophy, and various other tournaments.

The current ACC headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka, which was officially opened on 20 August 2016.[2]

Members

ACC member associations are divided into two categories: full and associate members of the ICC are accorded "Full Member Status", whilst associate members of the ICC and ICC non-members (Cambodia, Chinese Taipei, and Tajikistan, as of 2014) are accorded "Associate Member Status".[3] 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.[4]

Full members

Current members of the Asian Cricket Council
No.CountryAssociationICC Membership
Status (Approval Date)
ICC
Membership
ACC
Membership
1 IndiaBCCIFull (31 May 1926)19261983
2 PakistanPCBFull (28 July 1952)19521983
3 Sri LankaSLCFull (21 July 1981)19651983
4 BangladeshBCBFull (26 June 2000)19771983
5 AfghanistanACBFull (22 June 2017)20012003

Associate Members with ODI and T20I status

Current Associate Members 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 members of the Asian Cricket Council
No.CountryAssociationICC Membership
Status
ICC
Membership
ACC
Membership
1 BahrainBahrain Cricket AssociationAssociate20012003
2 BhutanBhutan Cricket Council BoardAssociate20012001
3 ChinaChinese Cricket AssociationAssociate20042004
4 Hong KongHong Kong Cricket AssociationAssociate19691983
5 IranIslamic Republic of Iran Cricket AssociationAssociate20032003
6 KuwaitKuwait Cricket AssociationAssociate20032005
7 MalaysiaMalaysian Cricket AssociationAssociate19671983
8 MaldivesCricket Control Board of MaldivesAssociate19981996
9 MyanmarMyanmar Cricket FederationAssociate20062005
10 QatarQatar Cricket AssociationAssociate19992000
11 Saudi ArabiaSaudi Cricket CentreAssociate20032003
12 SingaporeSingapore Cricket AssociationAssociate19741983
13 ThailandCricket Association of ThailandAssociate20051996

Non-ICC members

Current members of the Asian Cricket Council
No.CountryAssociationICC Membership
Status (Approval Date)
ICC
Membership
ACC
Membership
1 CambodiaCricket Association of CambodiaN/A2012
2 Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Cricket AssociationN/A2012
3 TajikistanTajikistan Cricket FederationN/A2012

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 AssociationN/A2002–20151996

Map

Members of the International Cricket Council located in Asia.
  Full ICC members (5)
  Associate ICC members with ODI status (3)
  Associate ICC members (13)
  ACC members which are not members of ICC (3)
  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

Officials

Executive Board members

ACC Executive Board Members [5]
NameNationalityBoardPost
Sourav Ganguly IndiaBoard of Control for cricket in IndiaPresident
K H Imran PakistanPakistan Cricket BoardVice President
Amitabh Choudhary IndiaBoard of Control for Cricket in IndiaExecutive Board Member
Ehsan Mani PakistanPakistan Cricket BoardExecutive Board Member
Kamal Padmasiri Sri LankaSri Lanka CricketExecutive Board Member
Azizullah Fazli AfghanistanAfghanistan Cricket BoardExecutive Board Member
Ravi Sehgal ThailandCricket Association of ThailandExecutive Board Member
Pankaj Khimji OmanOman CricketExecutive Board Member
Mohamad Aflah MaldivesCricket Control Board of MaldivesExecutive Board Member
Rahul Johri IndiaBoard of Control for Cricket in IndiaEx Officio; CEO, BCCI
Subhan Ahmad PakistanPakistan Cricket BoardEx-officio, COO, PCB
Ashley De Silva Sri LankaSri Lanka CricketEx Officio; CEO, SLC
Nizam Uddin Chowdhury BangladeshBangladesh Cricket BoardEx Officio; CEO, BCB
Shafiq Stanikzai AfghanistanAfghanistan Cricket BoardEx-officio, CEO, ACB
  • Last Updated: 25 November 2018

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 Sri LankaSri Lanka CricketMember
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 Khan1988–98
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

Tournaments

ACC Asia Cup

ACC Asia Cup is an international men's One Day International cricket tournament. It was established in 1983 when the Asian Cricket Council was founded as a measure to promote goodwill between Asian countries. It was originally scheduled to be held every two years.

The ACC has announced that the tournament will be held biennially from 2008 onwards. The ICC has ruled that all games played in the Asia Cup have official ODI status.

After downsizing the Asian Cricket Council in 2015, it was announced by the ICC that Asia Cup events from 2016 will be played on a rotation basis between One Day International and Twenty20 International format, on the basis of format of upcoming world events.[8] As a result, the 2016 event was the first event played in the T20I format and functioned as a preparatory tournament ahead of the 2016 ICC World Twenty20.

ACC Asia Twenty20

The first ACC Asia Twenty20 was played in 2016. After downsizing the Asian Cricket Council in 2015, it was announced by the ICC that Asia Cup events from 2016 will be played on a rotation basis between One Day International and Twenty20 International format, on the basis of format of upcoming world events.[8] As a result, the 2016 event will be first event played in the T20I format and will function as a preparatory tournament ahead of the 2016 ICC World Twenty20.

ACC Asian Test Championship

ACC Asian Test Championship was a professional Test cricket tournament contested between the Test playing nations of Asia: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. It was held in 1998–99 when Pakistan won, and in 2001–02 with Sri Lanka as champions. It was originally planned that the tournament would be held every two years, alternatively with the Asia Cup.

India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka competed in the inaugural Asian Test Championship between February and March 1999. Bangladesh could not compete because the ICC had not granted them Test status.

The venues of the round robin matches were rotated between the three countries, with the final to be held in Dhaka, Bangladesh as a neutral venue. Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by an innings and 175 runs in the final to become the first Asian Test Champions.

Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka competed in the second Asian Test Championship between August 2001 and March 2002. India pulled out of the tournament due to political tensions with Pakistan.The final was held at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan. Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan by 8 wickets to win the second Asian Test championship.

ACC Women's Asia Cup

ACC Women's Asia Cup is an international One Day International cricket tournament contested by women's cricket teams from Asia. It has been played seven times to date till 2008 it was held in ODI format and since 2012 the tournament is held in T20 format. India winning six tournament while Bangladesh won the trophy in 2018

ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament

ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament, later known as the ACC Premier League is a First-class cricket tournament run by the Asian Cricket Council that is contested between its members nations. It was played three times between 2004 and 2007, and was then replaced by the ACC Twenty20 Cup.

ACC Trophy

ACC Trophy or Asian Cricket Council Trophy is a one-day cricket tournament organised by the Asian Cricket Council for the non-test nations in Asia. The last edition was held in UAE in 2012 as ACC changed tournament structure to three division instead of two.

ACC Twenty20 Cup

ACC Twenty20 Cup is a Twenty20 cricket tournament held in Asia. The first tournament was jointly won by Afghanistan and Oman.

ACC Premier League

ACC Premier League is a One Day cricket tournament run by the Asian Cricket Council that is contested between its members nations. It has evolved from the former ACC Trophy Elite cricket competition and involves three divisions; ACC Premier League, ACC Ellite League and ACC Challenge League. The first tournament was held in Malaysia in May 2014.

ACC Championship

ACC Championship 2014 was supposed to be first tournament of ACC Championship going to be held in UAE on 7–14 December 2014. The top 4 teams from 2014 ACC Premier League will qualify for the Championship. But later it was cancelled.

Asian Games

The team sport of Cricket became a medal sport at the 2010 Asian Games. The last time cricket featured in a major multi-sport event was at the 1998 Commonwealth Games held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The gold medal was won on that occasion by South Africa who defeated Australia by 4 wickets in the final with New Zealand winning the bronze medal.

At a general meeting of the Olympic Council of Asia held in Kuwait on 17 April 2007, it was announced that cricket would be included as a medal sport in the 2010 Asian Games to be held in Guangzhou. Matches would be played on a Twenty20, 20-overs per side format.

Afro-Asia Cup

Afro-Asia Cup was a cricket competition played for the first time in 2005 and which is intended to run for at least three years. The idea was to raise money for the Asian Cricket Council and the African Cricket Association and the whole venture was given a massive boost when the ICC somewhat controversially, agreed to give the series of one-day matches full ODI status.

The inaugural competition was a series of three one day matches played between an Asian XI and an African XI. Controversially, the games have been awarded official One Day International status. The teams were selected by former Test match players rather than by national selectors.

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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