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
Jay Shah
Vice President
Pankaj Khimji
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 ,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 of ACC
Members of Asian Cricket Council
No.CountryAssociationICC Membership StatusICC MembershipACC
Membership
ACC Members with Full Membership of ICC (5)
1 IndiaBoard of Control for Cricket in IndiaFull Members19261983
2 PakistanPakistan Cricket BoardFull Members19521983
3 Sri LankaSri Lanka CricketFull Members19811983
4 BangladeshBangladesh Cricket BoardFull Members20001983
5 AfghanistanAfghanistan Cricket BoardFull Members20172001
ACC Members with Associate Membership of ICC (18)
6    Nepal Cricket Association of Nepal Associate (ODI status) 1996 1990
7  Oman Oman Cricket Board Associate (ODI status) 2014 2000
8  UAE Emirates Cricket Board Associate (ODI status) 1990 1984
9  Thailand Cricket Association of Thailand Associate 2005 1996
10  Bahrain Bahrain Cricket Association Associate 2017 2003
11  Bhutan Bhutan Cricket Council Board Associate 2017 2001
12  Cambodia Cricket Association of Cambodia Associate 2022 2012
13  China Chinese Cricket Association Associate 2017 2004
14  Hong Kong Cricket Hong Kong Associate 1969 1983
15  Iran Islamic Republic of Iran Cricket Association Associate 2017 2003
16  Kuwait Kuwait Cricket Association Associate 2005 2005
17  Malaysia Malaysian Cricket Association Associate 1967 1983
18  Maldives Cricket Control Board of Maldives Associate 2017 1996
19  Myanmar Myanmar Cricket Federation Associate 2017 2005
20  Qatar Qatar Cricket Association Associate 2017 2000
21  Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabian Cricket Federation Associate 2016 2003
22  Singapore Singapore Cricket Association Associate 1974 1983
23  Tajikistan Tajikistan Cricket Federation Associate 2021 2012
ACC Members without the Membership of ICC (2)
24  Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Cricket Association — — 2012
25  Brunei Brunei Darussalam National Cricket Association — — 1996

Note
  • Mongolia (in 2021) & Uzbekistan ( in 2022) has been admitted as the Associate Members of ICC , but yet to get membership of any regional body. However, being an Asian country, it is expected to join ACC.

Former members of Asian Cricket Council
Former ACC members became part of ICC East Asia-Pacific
No.CountryAssociationICC Membership
Status (Approval Date)		ICC
Membership		ACC
Membership
1 FijiFiji Cricket AssociationAssociate19651996
2 JapanJapan Cricket AssociationAssociate19891996
3 Papua New GuineaCricket PNGAssociate19731996

Recently, the ACC Executive Board approved Japan and Indonesia's participation in the ACC pathway tournaments as invitees from East Asia Pacific[4]

Map
Members of the ACC across Asia
  ACC members with Full Membership of ICC (5)
  ACC members with Associate Membership of ICC (18)
  ACC members without the membership of ICC (2)   ICC Members in Asia not part of ACC (2)
  Members of ICC East-Asia Pacific
  Non-ACC members

ACC Events

Current Title Holders :

Tournament Year Champions Runners-up Next edition
ACC Men's Asia Cup 2023  India  Sri Lanka 2025
ACC Women's Asia Cup 2022  India  Sri Lanka 2024
ACC Men's Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2023  Pakistan A  India A 2024
ACC Women's Emerging Team Asia Cup 2023 India A Bangladesh A 2024
ACC Under-19 Asia Cup 2021  India  Sri Lanka 2023
ACC Men's Under-19 Premier Cup 2023    Nepal  United Arab Emirates 2025
ACC Men's Premier Cup 2023    Nepal  United Arab Emirates 2024
ACC Men's Challenger Cup 2023  Saudi Arabia  Bahrain 2024
ACC Men’s U16 West Zone Cup 2023  United Arab Emirates  Qatar 2024
ACC Men’s U16 East Zone Cup 2023    Nepal  Malaysia 2024

Defunct Events

Officials

Executive Board members
ACC Executive Board Members[5]
NameNationalityBoardPost
Jay Shah IndiaBoard of Control for cricket in IndiaPresident
Pankaj Khimji OmanOman CricketVice President
Zaka Ashraf PakistanPakistan Cricket BoardExecutive Board Member
Shammi Silva Sri LankaSri Lanka CricketExecutive Board Member
Nazmul Hassan BangladeshBangladesh Cricket BoardExecutive Board Member
Mirwais Ashraf AfghanistanAfghanistan Cricket BoardExecutive Board Member
Ravi Sehgal ThailandCricket Association of ThailandExecutive Board Member
Khalid Al Zarooni United Arab EmiratesEmirates Cricket BoardExecutive Board Member
Mohamed Faisal MaldivesCricket Control Board of MaldivesExecutive Board Member
Ashley De Silva Sri LankaSri Lanka CricketEx Officio; CEO, SLC
Arun Singh Dhumal IndiaBoard of Control for Cricket in IndiaEx Officio; CEO, BCCI
Faisal Hasnain PakistanPakistan Cricket BoardEx Officio; CEO, PCB
Nizam Uddin Chowdhury BangladeshBangladesh Cricket BoardEx Officio; CEO, BCB
Naseeb Khan AfghanistanAfghanistan Cricket BoardEx-officio, CEO, ACB
  • Last Updated: 23 July 2023

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 MalaysiaMalaysia Cricket AssociationMember
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 Khan1988–89
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 Mani2016–2018
27Nazmul Hassan Bangladesh2018–2021
28Jay Shah India2021–present

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. "Asian Cricket Council Executive Board Meeting".
  5. "ACC Executive Board Members". Asian Cricket Council.
  6. "Sultan Rana to join Asian Cricket Council". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  7. "NKP Salve, who brought '87 world cup to sub-continent, passes away in Delhi". India Today. 2 April 2012.
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