List of International Cricket Council members

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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,1 with Australia, England, and South Africa as its founding members. In the beginning, only countries within the commonwealth could join.2 These members were then joined by India, New Zealand, and the West Indies in 1926 and later by Pakistan in 1953.3 In 1961, South Africa resigned due to their leaving the Commonwealth.3 The Imperial Cricket Conference was renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965 with new rules permitting countries from outside the Commonwealth to be elected into the governing body for the first time.2 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.2 In 1989, the ICC was again renamed, this time to International Cricket Council.2 South Africa was reelected as a Full Member to the ICC in 1991 and Zimbabwe was elected in 1992.3 The most recent new Full Member is Bangladesh, which was elected in 2000.3 The ICC currently has 106 members.4

Membership is a hierarchy and there are three categories of membership: Full Members, Associate Members, and Affiliate Members.2 In the highest category, there are 10 Full Members. Below the Full Members are the 36 Associate Members. In the lowest category, there are 60 Affiliate Members.

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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.2 West Indies cricket team does not represent one country, but rather an amalgamation of over 20 countries and territories from the Caribbean. The English Cricket team represents both England and Wales.

Nation Governing body Member since2 Current ODI Rankings Current Test RankingsB Current T20 Rankings
 Australia Cricket Australia 01909-07-1515 July 1909 3 4 7
 Bangladesh Bangladesh Cricket Board 02000-06-2626 June 2000 9 9 9
 England England and Wales Cricket Board 01909-07-1515 July 1909 2 2 4
 India Board of Control for Cricket in India 01926-05-3131 May 1926 1 3 3
 New Zealand New Zealand Cricket 01926-05-3131 May 1926 8 8 8
 Pakistan Pakistan Cricket Board 01953-07-2828 July 1953 6 4 6
 South Africa Cricket South Africa 01909-07-1515 July 1909A 3 1 5
 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Cricket 01981-07-2121 July 1981 5 6 1
 West Indies West Indies Cricket Board 01926-05-3131 May 1926 7 7 2
 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Cricket 01992-07-066 July 1992 10 Unranked 11

AResigned May 1960, readmitted 10 July 1991.

BTeams with no ranking have not played enough qualifying matches to be ranked

Top Associate/Affiliate Members

None of the associate and affiliate members are qualified to play Test Cricket, however ICC grants One Day International status to its associate and affiliate members based on their success in the World Cricket League. The top six teams are awarded One day international and Twenty20 International status, which allows 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 are listed below. Of these six teams, Afghanistan is the only affiliate member; the remaining five teams are all associate members.

Nation Governing body Member since Current ODI Rankings Current T20 Rankings A References
 Afghanistan Afghanistan Cricket Federation 02001-01-012001 14 Not ranked 5
 Canada Cricket Canada 01968-01-011968 16 Not ranked 2
 Ireland Cricket Ireland 01993-01-011993 11 10 2
 Kenya Cricket Kenya 01981-01-011981 13 Not ranked 2
 Netherlands Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond 01966-01-011966 12 Not ranked 2
 Scotland Cricket Scotland 01994-01-011994 15 Not ranked 2

AT20 Rankings are based on Win Percentage of all International T20 matches played, including matches played against Full Members.

Associate Members

Associate members are countries where cricket is firmly established and organised but do not qualify for Full Membership.2 There are 36 Associate Members, Vanuatu being the recently promoted. Associates that have qualified for the World Cricket League Division 1 are awarded ODI status until the following ICC World Cup Qualifier, which will take place in 2013.6 They are also awarded Twenty20 status.7 Also, all Associates are eligible to play in the ICC World Cricket League.8 There is also an ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier that works as a qualification process for ICC World Twenty20 that occurs every two years.

An associate member must maintain the following criteria along with other administration requirements of the national governing body:9

  • Have a minimum of 16 senior teams and 16 junior teams playing in a structured competition or competitions
  • Must have access to at least 8 cricket grounds, 4 of which must have a permanent pitch
Nation Governing body Member since References
 Argentina Asociacion de Cricket Argentino 01974-01-011974 10
 Belgium Belgian Cricket Federation 01991-01-011991 11
 Bermuda Bermuda Cricket Board 01966-01-011966 2
 Botswana Botswana Cricket Association 02001-01-012001 12
 Canada Cricket Canada 01968-01-011968 2
 Cayman Islands Cayman Islands Cricket Association 01997-01-011997 13
 Denmark Dansk Cricket Forbund 01966-01-011966 14
 Fiji Fiji Cricket Association 01965-01-011965 15
 France Association France Cricket 01998-01-011998 16
 Germany Deutscher Cricket Bund 01999-01-011999 17
 Gibraltar Gibraltar Cricket Association 01969-01-011969 18
 Guernsey Guernsey Cricket Association 02008-01-012008 19
 Hong Kong Hong Kong Cricket Association 01969-01-011969 2
 Ireland Irish Cricket Union 01993-01-011993 2
 Israel Israel Cricket Association 01974-01-011974 2
 Italy Federazione Cricket Italiana 01995-01-011995 20
 Japan Japan Cricket Association 01989-01-011989 21
 Jersey Jersey Cricket Board 02007-01-012007 22
 Kenya Cricket Kenya 01981-01-011981 2
 Kuwait Kuwait Cricket Association 01998-01-011998 23
 Malaysia Malaysian Cricket Association 01967-01-011967 24
 Namibia Namibia Cricket Board 01992-01-011992 25
 Nepal Cricket Association of Nepal 01996-01-011996 26
 Netherlands Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond 01966-01-011966 2
 Nigeria Nigeria Cricket Association 02002-01-012002 27
 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Cricket Board 01973-01-011973 28
 Scotland Cricket Scotland 01994-01-011994 2
 Singapore Singapore Cricket Association 01974-01-011974 29
 Suriname Surinaamse Cricket Bond 02002-01-012002 30
 Tanzania Tanzania Cricket Association 02001-01-012001 31
 Thailand Thailand Cricket League 01995-01-011995 32
 Uganda Uganda Cricket Association 01998-01-011998 33
 United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Cricket Board 01990-01-011990 34
 United States United States of America Cricket Association 01965-01-011965 2
 Vanuatu Vanuatu Cricket Association 02009-01-012009 35
 Zambia Zambia Cricket Union 02003-01-012003 36

Affiliate Members

Affiliate members are countries where the ICC recognises that cricket is played according to the Laws of Cricket.2 There are 60 Affiliate Members. An affiliate member must maintain the following criteria along with other administration requirements of the national governing body:37

  • Have a minimum of 8 senior teams and 4 junior teams playing in a structured competitions
  • Must have access to at least 2 cricket grounds
  • Must be capable of raising in excess of $2,500 each year in income from sources other than the ICC

In order for an affiliate member to be considered for becoming to an associate member the national governing body must demonstrate that it has met the criteria for associate membership and must have also met the following playing standards within the last three years:9

  • Competed in all relevant Global or Regional ICC international cricket competition for past 3 years
  • Ranked 1st, 2nd or 3rd highest affiliate in the region and
  • Have achieved one of the following:
    • 2 wins against any associate nation in 50 over matches
    • Twice been highly competitive against one of the top 20 associate nations in 50 over matches
    • Once beaten an associate member and once been competitive against one of the top 20 associates in 50 over matches
    • 3 wins against any associate nation in 20 over matches
    • 3 times been highly competitive against one of the top 20 associate nations in 20 over matches
    • Twice beaten an associate member and once been highly competitive against one of the top 20 associates in 20 over matches
    • Once beaten an associate member and twice been highly competitive against one of the top 20 associates in 20 over matches
    • 3 results in ICC global or regional events with results that include any mix of wins against associate members and/or highly competitive results against one of the top 20 associate members from 50 over and/or 20 over matches
Nation Governing body Member since References
 Afghanistan Afghanistan Cricket Federation 02001-01-012001 5
 Austria Austrian Cricket Association 01992-01-011992 38
 Bahamas Bahamas Cricket Association 01987-01-011987 39
 Bahrain Bahrain Cricket Association 02001-01-012001 40
 Belize Belize National Cricket Association 01997-01-011997 41
 Bhutan Bhutan Cricket Council Board 02001-01-012001 42
 Brazil Associaçao Brasileira de Cricket 02002-01-012002 43
 Brunei Brunei Darussalam National Cricket Association 01992-01-011992 44
 Bulgaria Bulgaria Cricket Federation 02008-01-012008 45
 Cameroon Cameroon Cricket Association 02007-01-012007 46
 Chile Asociacion Chilena de Cricket 02002-01-012002 47
 China Chinese Cricket Association 02004-01-012004 48
 Cook Islands Cook Islands Cricket Association 02000-01-012000 49
 Costa Rica Costa Rica Cricket Federation 02002-01-012002 50
 Croatia Croatia Cricket Board 02001-01-012001 51
 Cuba Cuban Cricket Commission 02002-01-012002 52
 Cyprus Cyprus Cricket Association 01999-01-011999 53
 Czech Republic Czech Republic Cricket Union 02000-01-012000 54
 Estonia Estonia Cricket Association 02008-01-012008 55
 Falkland Islands Falkland Cricket Association 02007-01-012007 56
 Finland Finnish Cricket Association 02000-01-012000 57
 Gambia Gambia Cricket Association 02002-01-012002 58
 Ghana Ghana Cricket Association 02002-01-012002 59
 Greece Hellenic Cricket Federation 01995-01-011995 60
 Hungary Hungarian Cricket Association 02012-01-012012 61
 Indonesia Indonesia Cricket Foundation 02001-01-012001 62
 Iran Cricket Federation for the Islamic Republic of Iran 02003-01-012003 63
 Isle of Man Isle of Man Cricket Association 02004-01-012004 64
 Lesotho Lesotho Cricket Association 02001-01-012001 65
 Luxembourg Luxembourg Cricket Federation 01998-01-011998 66
 Malawi Malawi Cricket Association 02003-01-012003 67
 Maldives Cricket Control Board of Maldives 01998-01-011998 68
 Mali Fédération Malienne de Cricket 02005-01-012005 2
 Malta Malta Cricket Association 01998-01-011998 69
 Mexico Mexico Cricket Association 02004-01-012004 70
 Morocco Moroccan Cricket Association 01999-01-011999 71
 Mozambique Mozambican Cricket Association 02003-01-012003 72
 Myanmar Myanmar Cricket Federation 02006-01-012006 73
 Norway Norwegian Cricket Board 02000-01-012000 74
 Oman Oman Cricket Board 02000-01-012000 75
 Panama Panama Cricket Association 02002-01-012002 76
 Peru Peru Cricket Association 02007-01-012007 2
 Philippines Philippines Cricket Association 02000-01-012000 77
 Portugal Federação Portuguesa de Cricket 01996-01-011996 78
 Qatar Qatar Cricket Association 01999-01-011999 79
 Russia Cricket Russia 02012-01-012012 80
 Rwanda Rwanda Cricket Association 02003-01-012003 81
 Samoa Cricket Samoa 02000-01-012000 82
 Saudi Arabia Saudi Cricket Centre 02003-01-012003 83
 Seychelles Seychelles Cricket Association 02010-01-012010 84
 Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Cricket Association 02002-01-012002 85
 Slovenia Slovenian Cricket Association 02005-01-012005 86
 South Korea Korea Cricket Association 02001-01-012001 87
 Spain Asociacion Española de Cricket 01992-01-011992 88
 Saint Helena St Helena Cricket Association 02001-01-012001 89
 Swaziland Swaziland Cricket Association 02007-01-012007 90
 Sweden Swedish Cricket Federation 01997-01-011997 91
 Tonga Tonga Cricket Association 02000-01-012000 92
 Turkey Turkey Cricket Board 02008-01-012008 93
 Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Cricket Association 02002-01-012002 94

Former Affiliate Members

Nation Governing body Membership Period
 Switzerland Swiss Cricket Association 01985-01-011985–02012-01-012012

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