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][2]

Asian Cricket Council
Official logo of the ACC
AbbreviationACC
Formation19 September 1983 (1983-09-19)
PurposeCricket administration
HeadquartersColombo, Sri Lanka
Membership
25 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.[3]

Members

ACC member associations are divided into two categories: full and associate members . Full members of the ICC are accorded "Full Member Status", whilst associate members of the ICC and ICC non-members (Cambodia and Chinese Taipei, as of 2021) 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 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 MongoliaMongolia Cricket AssociationAssociate2021N/A
10 MyanmarMyanmar Cricket FederationAssociate20062005
11 QatarQatar Cricket AssociationAssociate19992000
12 Saudi ArabiaSaudi Cricket CentreAssociate20032003
13 SingaporeSingapore Cricket AssociationAssociate19741983
14 TajikistanTajikistan Cricket FederationAssociate20212012
15 ThailandCricket Association of ThailandAssociate20051996

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 CambodiaCricket Association of CambodiaN/A2012
2 TaiwanTaiwan Cricket AssociationN/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 (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

Officials

Executive Board members
ACC Executive Board Members [6]
NameNationalityBoardPost
Jay Shah IndiaBoard of Control for cricket in IndiaPresident
Pankaj Khimji OmanOman CricketVice 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 [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

Tournaments

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
  1. Sportstar, Team. "Jay Shah takes over as the president of Asian Cricket Council". Sportstar. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  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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