Asian Cricket Council

The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) is a cricket organization 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 27 member associations. Jay Shah is the current president of Asian Cricket Council.

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 organization'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.

Previously ACC was headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka, which was officially opened on 20 August 2016. In 2019, the headquarter of the ACC was moved to Dubai, near the International Cricket Council (ICC) office.

Executive Board members

 * Last Updated: 23 July 2023

Members of ACC
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Map
[[File:ACC members.png|center|thumb|Members of the ACC across Asia

ACC members with Full Membership of the ICC (5)

ACC members with Associate Membership of the ICC (4) Nepal, Oman, Thailand and UAE with ODI status. ACC members without membership of the ICC (2)

ICC members in Asia who are not part of the ACC (2)

Members of ICC East-Asia Pacific

Non-ACC members


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ACC Events
Current Title Holders :

Defunct Events

 * Afro-Asia Cup
 * ACC Championship
 * Asian Test Championship
 * ACC Premier League
 * ACC Trophy
 * ACC Twenty20 Cup
 * ACC Eastern Region T20
 * ACC Western Region T20

Resource staff (Umpiring)

 * Bomi Jamula– 🇮🇳 india
 * Peter Manuel – undefined
 * Mahboob Shah – 🇵🇰 pakistan

Past presidents
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.