Asian Cricket Council

The Asian Cricket Council also known as 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 25 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
HeadquartersColombo, Sri Lanka
Region
Asia
Membership
25 Members
Official language
English
President
India Jay Shah
Vice President
Oman Pankaj Khimji
Parent organization
International Cricket Council
Websitewww.asiancricket.org
ACC Events
Men's
Women's
Women's Asia Cup

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 ,Under-19 Asia Cup , Women's Asia Cup 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 (Taiwan as of 2023) 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 in the Asian Cricket Council
No.CountryAssociationICC Membership
Status (Approval Date)		ICC
Membership		ACC
Membership
1 IndiaBoard of Control for Cricket in IndiaFull (31 May 1926)19261983
2 PakistanPakistan Cricket BoardFull (28 July 1952)19521983
3 Sri LankaSri Lanka CricketFull (21 July 1981)19651983
4 BangladeshBangladesh Cricket BoardFull (26 June 2000)19771983
5 AfghanistanAfghanistan Cricket BoardFull (22 June 2017)20012003

Associate Members in the Asian Cricket Council
No.CountryAssociation ACC
Membership		 ICC

Membership

1 BahrainBahrain Cricket Association2003 Yes
2 BhutanBhutan Cricket Council Board2001 Yes
3  Brunei Brunei Darussalam National Cricket Association 1996 No
4 CambodiaCricket Association of Cambodia2012 Yes
5 ChinaChinese Cricket Association2004 Yes
6  Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Cricket Association 2012 No
7 Hong KongCricket Hong Kong1983 Yes
8 IranIslamic Republic of Iran Cricket Association2003 Yes
9 KuwaitKuwait Cricket Association2005 Yes
10 MalaysiaMalaysian Cricket Association1983 Yes
11 MaldivesCricket Control Board of Maldives1996 Yes
12 MyanmarMyanmar Cricket Federation2005 Yes
13    Nepal Cricket Association of Nepal 1990 Yes
14  Oman Oman Cricket Board 2000 Yes
15 QatarQatar Cricket Association2000 Yes
16 Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabian Cricket Federation2003 Yes
17 SingaporeSingapore Cricket Association1983 Yes
18 TajikistanTajikistan Cricket Federation2012 Yes
19 ThailandCricket Association of Thailand1996 Yes
20  United Arab Emirates Emirates Cricket Board 1984 Yes

Note
  • Mongolia and Uzbekistan have become Associate Members of the ICC but have yet to join any regional body, including the ACC, which is typical for Asian countries.

Former members of the Asian Cricket Council
No.CountryAssociationICC Membership
Status		 Note
1 FijiFiji Cricket AssociationAssociate Joined ICC East Asia-Pacific
2 JapanJapan Cricket AssociationAssociate Joined ICC East Asia-Pacific
3 Papua New GuineaCricket PNGAssociate Joined ICC East Asia-Pacific

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

ACC Events

Current Title Holders

Tournament Year Champions Runners-up Next edition
Asia Cup 2022  Sri Lanka  Pakistan 2023
Women's Asia Cup 2022  India  Sri Lanka 2024
Under-19 Asia Cup 2021  India  Sri Lanka 2023
ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2023 - - 2024
ACC Premier Cup 2023 - - 2024
ACC Challenger Cup 2023  Saudi Arabia  Bahrain 2024

Defunct Events

Officials

Executive Board members
ACC Executive Board Members[6]
NameNationalityBoardPost
Jay Shah IndiaBoard of Control for cricket in IndiaPresident
Pankaj Khimji OmanOman CricketVice President
Kamal Padmasiri Sri LankaSri Lanka CricketExecutive Board Member
Azizullah Fazli AfghanistanAfghanistan Cricket BoardExecutive Board Member
Ravi Sehgal ThailandCricket Association of ThailandExecutive Board Member
Mohamad Aflah MaldivesCricket Control Board of MaldivesExecutive Board Member
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

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. 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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