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{{Short description|Organisation promoting cricket in Asia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{EngvarB|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Asian Cricket Council
| image = Asian Cricket Council Logo.svg
| size = 270px
| caption = '''Official logo of the ACC'''
| abbreviation = ACC
| formation = {{Start date|df=yes|1983|09|19}}
| purpose = Cricket administration
| headquarters = [[Colombo]], [[Sri Lanka]]
| language = English
| region = Asia
| membership = 25 Members
| leader_title = President
| leader_name = Jay Shah
| leader_title2 = Vice President
| leader_name2 = Pankaj Khimji
| website = {{url|http://www.asiancricket.org}}
}}
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The '''Asian Cricket Council''' also known as '''ACC''' is a [[cricket]] organisation which was established in 1983, to promote and develop the sport of [[Sports in Asia|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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sportstar|first=Team|title=Jay Shah takes over as the president of Asian Cricket Council|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/jay-shah-president-of-asian-cricket-council-bcci-arun-dhumal-acc/article33703735.ece|access-date=2021-01-30|website=Sportstar|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=BCCI secretary Jay Shah appointed Asian Cricket Council president|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/indian-cricket-board-acc-bcci-secretary-jay-shah-appointed-asian-cricket-council-president-replaces-bcb-nazmul-hassan-1249674|access-date=2021-02-28|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref>

==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 [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]].

The council runs a development program that supports coaching, [[umpire (cricket)|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.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newsradio.lk/asian-cricket-council-headquarters-shifted-colombo/ | archive-url=https://archive.today/20161109013442/http://www.newsradio.lk/asian-cricket-council-headquarters-shifted-colombo/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=9 November 2016 | title=ASIAN CRICKET COUNCIL TO BE SHIFTED TO COLOMBO | publisher=News Radio | access-date=20 August 2016 }}</ref>

==Members of ACC==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Members of Asian Cricket Council
|-
! No. !! Country !! Association !! ICC Membership Status!! ICC Membership !! ACC Membership
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align: center;"|'''ACC Members with Full Membership of ICC (5)'''
|-
| 1 || {{cr|India}} || [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] || Full Members || 1926 || 1983
|-
| 2 || {{cr|Pakistan}} || [[Pakistan Cricket Board]] || Full Members || 1952 || 1983
|-
| 3 || {{cr|Sri Lanka}} || [[Sri Lanka Cricket]] || Full Members || 1981 || 1983
|-
| 4 || {{cr|Bangladesh}} || [[Bangladesh Cricket Board]] || Full Members || 2000 || 1983
|-
| 5 || {{cr|Afghanistan |2013}}|| [[Afghanistan Cricket Board]]|| Full Members || 2017 || 2001
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align: center;"|'''ACC Members with Associate Membership of ICC (18)'''
|-
|6
|{{cr|Nepal}}
|[[Cricket Association of Nepal]]
|Associate (ODI status)
|1996
|1990
|-
|7
|{{cr|Oman}}
|[[Oman Cricket Board]]
|Associate (ODI status)
|2014
|2000
|-
|8
|{{cr|UAE|name=UAE}}
|[[Emirates Cricket Board]]
|Associate (ODI status)
|1990
|1984
|-
|9
|{{cr|Thailand}}
|[[Cricket Association of Thailand]]
|Associate
|2005
|1996
|-
|10
|{{cr|Bahrain}}
|[[Bahrain Cricket Association]]
|Associate
|2017
|2003
|-
|11
|{{cr|Bhutan}}
|[[Bhutan Cricket Council Board]]
|Associate
|2017
|2001
|-
|12
|{{cr|Cambodia}}
|[[Cricket Association of Cambodia]]
|Associate
|2022
|2012
|-
|13
|{{cr|China}}
|[[Chinese Cricket Association]]
|Associate
|2017
|2004
|-
|14
|{{cr|Hong Kong}}
|[[Cricket Hong Kong]]
|Associate
|1969
|1983
|-
|15
|{{cr|Iran}}
|[[Islamic Republic of Iran Cricket Association]]
|Associate
|2017
|2003
|-
|16
|{{cr|Kuwait}}
|[[Kuwait Cricket Association]]
|Associate
|2005
|2005
|-
|17
|{{cr|Malaysia}}
|[[Malaysian Cricket Association]]
|Associate
|1967
|1983
|-
|18
|{{cr|Maldives}}
|[[Cricket Control Board of Maldives]]
|Associate
|2017
|1996
|-
|19
|{{cr|Myanmar}}
|[[Myanmar Cricket Federation]]
|Associate
|2017
|2005
|-
|20
|{{cr|Qatar}}
|[[Qatar Cricket Association]]
|Associate
|2017
|2000
|-
|21
|{{cr|Saudi Arabia}}
|[[Saudi Arabian Cricket Federation]]
|Associate
|2016
|2003
|-
|22
|{{cr|Singapore}}
|[[Singapore Cricket Association]]
|Associate
|1974
|1983
|-
|23
|{{cr|Tajikistan}}
|[[Tajikistan Cricket Federation]]
|Associate
|2021
|2012
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align: center;"|'''ACC Members without the Membership of ICC (2)'''
|-
|24
|{{Flag|Chinese Taipei}}
|[[Chinese Taipei Cricket Association]]
|{{N/a}}
|{{N/a}}
|2012
|-
|25
|{{cr|Brunei}}
|[[Brunei Darussalam National Cricket Association]]
|{{N/a}}
|{{N/a}}
|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 ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Former ACC members became part of [[ICC East Asia-Pacific]]
|-
!No. !! Country !! Association !! ICC Membership Status (Approval Date) !! ICC Membership !! ACC Membership
|-
| 1 || {{cr|Fiji}} || [[Fiji Cricket Association]]|| Associate || 1965 || 1996
|-
| 2 || {{cr|Japan}} || [[Japan Cricket Association]] || Associate || 1989 || 1996
|-
| 3 || {{cr|Papua New Guinea}} || [[Cricket PNG]] || Associate || 1973 || 1996
|}
Recently, the ACC Executive Board approved Japan and Indonesia's participation in the ACC pathway tournaments as invitees from [[ICC East Asia-Pacific|East Asia Pacific]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Asian Cricket Council Executive Board Meeting |url=https://asiancricket.org/asian-cricket-council-executive-board-meeting-held/}}</ref>

==Map==
[[File:ACC members.png|center|thumb|Members of the ACC across Asia 
{{Color box|#ff0000|border=silver}} ACC members with Full Membership of ICC (5) 
{{Color box|Yellow|border=silver}} ACC members with Associate Membership of ICC (18) 
{{Color box|black|border=silver}} ACC members without the membership of ICC (2)
{{Color box|green|border=silver}} ICC Members in Asia not part of ACC (2)
 
{{Color box|blue|border=silver}} Members of ICC East-Asia Pacific 
{{Color box|silver|border=silver}} Non-ACC members

|600x600px]]

== ACC Events ==
'''Current Title Holders :'''
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left"
!Tournament
!Year
!Champions
!Runners-up
!Next edition
|-
|[[Asia Cup|ACC Men's Asia Cup]]
|[[2023 Asia Cup|2023]]
|{{flag|India}}
|{{flag|Sri Lanka}}
|2025
|-
|[[Women's Asia Cup|ACC Women's Asia Cup]]
|[[2022 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup|2022]]
|{{flag|India}}
|{{flag|Sri Lanka}}
|[[2024 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup|2024]]
|-
|[[ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup|ACC Men's Emerging Teams Asia Cup]]
|[[2023 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup|2023]]
| {{cr|PAK|name=Pakistan A}}
| {{cr|IND|name=India A}}
|2024
|-
|[[ACC Womens T20 Emerging Team Asia Cup|ACC Women's Emerging Team Asia Cup]]
|[[2023 ACC Women's T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup|2023]]
|{{flagdeco|IND}} [[India A]]
|{{flagdeco|BAN}} [[Bangladesh A]]
|2024
|-
|[[ACC Under-19 Cup|ACC Under-19 Asia Cup]]
|[[2021 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup|2021]]
|{{flag|India}}
|{{flag|Sri Lanka}}
|[[2023 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup|2023]]
|-
|[[ACC Men's Under-19 Premier Cup|ACC Men's Under-19 Premier Cup]]
|[[2023 ACC Men's Under-19 Premier Cup|2023]]
|{{TBD}}
|{{TBD}}
|[[2024 ACC Men's Under-19 Premier Cup|2024]]
|-
|[[ACC Premier League|ACC Men's Premier Cup]]
|[[2023 Men's Premier Cup|2023]]
| {{Flag|Nepal}}
| {{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|[[2024 ACC Men's T20 Premier Cup|2024]]
|-
|[[ACC Men's Challenger Cup]]
|[[ACC Men's Challenger Cup|2023]]
|{{cr|Saudi Arabia}}
|{{cr|Bahrain}}
|2024
|-
|ACC Men’s U16 West Zone Cup
|2023
|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|{{Flag|Qatar}}
|2024
|-
|ACC Men’s U16 East Zone Cup
|2023
|{{Flag|Nepal}}
|{{Flag|Malaysia}}
|2024
|}

==Defunct Events ==
* [[Afro-Asia Cup]]
* [[ACC Championship]]
* [[Asian Test Championship]]
* [[ACC Premier League]]
* [[ACC Trophy]]
* [[ACC Twenty20 Cup]]
* [[2020 ACC Eastern Region T20|ACC Eastern Region T20]]
* [[ACC Western Region T20 2019|ACC Western Region T20]]

==Officials==

===Executive Board members===

{| class="wikitable"
|+ACC Executive Board Members<ref name="ACC Board Members">{{cite web|url=https://asiancricket.org/board-members/|title=ACC Executive Board Members|work=Asian Cricket Council}}</ref>
! Name !! Nationality !! Board !! Post
|-
| [[Jay Shah]] || {{flag|India}} || [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|Board of Control for cricket in India]]|| President
|-
| Pankaj Khimji || {{flag|Oman}} || [[Oman Cricket]] || Vice President
|-
| [[Zaka Ashraf]] || {{flag|Pakistan}} || [[Pakistan Cricket Board]] || Executive Board Member
|-
| [[Shammi Silva]] || {{flag|Sri Lanka}} || [[Sri Lanka Cricket]] || Executive Board Member
|-
| [[Nazmul Hassan]] || {{flag|Bangladesh}} || [[Bangladesh Cricket Board]] || Executive Board Member
|-
| [[Mirwais Ashraf]] || {{flag|Afghanistan|2013}} || [[Afghanistan Cricket Board]] || Executive Board Member
|-
| [[Ravi Sehgal]] || {{flag|Thailand}} || [[Cricket Association of Thailand]] || Executive Board Member
|-
| Khalid Al Zarooni || {{flag|United Arab Emirates}} || [[Emirates Cricket Board]] || Executive Board Member
|-
| Mohamed Faisal || {{flag|Maldives}} || [[Cricket Control Board of Maldives]] || Executive Board Member
|-
| [[Ashley De Silva]] || {{flag|Sri Lanka}} || [[Sri Lanka Cricket]] || Ex Officio; CEO, SLC
|-
| Arun Singh Dhumal || {{flag|India}} || [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] || Ex Officio; CEO, BCCI
|-
| Faisal Hasnain || {{flag|Pakistan}} || [[Pakistan Cricket Board]] || Ex Officio; CEO, PCB
|-
| Nizam Uddin Chowdhury || {{flag|Bangladesh}} || [[Bangladesh Cricket Board]] || Ex Officio; CEO, BCB
|-
| Naseeb Khan || {{flag|Afghanistan|2013}} || [[Afghanistan Cricket Board]] || Ex-officio, CEO, ACB
|}
* ''{{small|Last Updated: 23 July 2023}}''

===ACC Executive Committee===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ACC Executive Committee<ref name="ACC Board Members"/>
! Name !! Nationality !! Board !! Post
|-
| Amitabh Choudhary || {{flag|India}} || [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] || Chairman, Executive Committee
|-
| [[Nazmul Hassan Papon]] || {{flag|Bangladesh}} || [[Bangladesh Cricket Board]] || President
|-
| Kamal Padmasiri || {{flag|Sri Lanka}} || [[Sri Lanka Cricket]] || Member
|-
| [[Ehsan Mani]] || {{flag|Pakistan}} || [[Pakistan Cricket Board]] || Member
|-
| Azizullah Fazli || {{flag|Afghanistan|2013}} || [[Afghanistan Cricket Board]] || Member
|-
| Thusith Perera || {{flag|Sri Lanka}} || [[Sri Lanka Cricket]] || Convenor, GM – Finance & Operations
|}

==Development team==

=== Development Committee ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ACC Development Committee<ref name="ACC Board Members"/>
! Name !! Nationality !! Board !! Post
|-
| Kamal Padmasiri || {{flag|Sri Lanka}} || [[Sri Lanka Cricket]] || Chairman
|-
| [[Nazmul Hassan Papon]] || {{flag|Bangladesh}} || [[Bangladesh Cricket Board]] || President
|-
| Mahinda Vallipuram || {{flag|Malaysia}} || [[Malaysia Cricket Association]] || Member
|-
| Nadeem Nadwi || {{flag|Saudi Arabia}} || [[Saudi Cricket Centre]] || Member
|-
| Manzoor Ahmad || {{flag|Qatar}} || [[Qatar Cricket Association]] || Member
|-
| Sultan Rana || {{flag|Pakistan}} || [[Pakistan Cricket Board]] || Convenor – Events and Development Manager<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/527118.html|title=Sultan Rana to join Asian Cricket Council|work=ESPNCricinfo|access-date=12 August 2012}}</ref>
|}

===Resource staff (Umpiring)===
* [[B. Jamula|Bomi Jamula]]– {{cr|IND}}
* [[Peter Manuel (umpire)|Peter Manuel]] – {{cr|SRI}}
* [[Mahboob Shah]] – {{cr|PAK}}

==Past presidents==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Sl. No !! Name !! Country !! Term
|-
| 1 || [[N. K. P. Salve]] || {{flag|India}} || 1983–85<ref name=Indtoday2012>{{cite web |title=NKP Salve, who brought '87 world cup to sub-continent, passes away in Delhi|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/nkp-salve-87-world-cup-sub-continent-passes-away/1/182714.html |date=2 April 2012|publisher=[[India Today]]}}</ref>
|-
| 2 || [[Gamini Dissanayake]] || {{flag|Sri Lanka}} || 1985–87
|-
| 3 || Lt. Gen. G.S Butt || rowspan="2" | {{flag|Pakistan}} || 1987
|-
| 4 || Lt. Gen. [[Zahid Ali Akbar Khan]] || 1988–89
|-
| 5 || [[Anisul Islam Mahmud]] || {{flag|Bangladesh}} || 1989–91
|-
| 6 || Abdulrahman Bukhatir || {{flag|UAE}} || 1991–93
|-
| 7 || [[Madhavrao Scindia]] || rowspan=2| {{flag|India}} || 1993
|-
| 8 || [[IS Bindra]] || 1993–97
|-
| 9 || Upali Dharmadasa || rowspan="2" | {{flag|Sri Lanka}} || 1997–98
|-
| 10 || [[Thilanga Sumathipala]] || 1998–99
|-
| 11 || [[Mujibur Rahman]] || rowspan=3| {{flag|Pakistan}} || 1999-99
|-
| 12 || [[Zafar Altaf]] || 1999-00
|-
|13 || Lt. Gen. [[Tauqir Zia]] || 2000–02
|-
| 14 || [[Mohammad Ali Asghar]] || {{flag|Bangladesh}} || 2002–04
|-
| 15 || [[Jagmohan Dalmiya]] || rowspan=2| {{flag|India}} || 2004–05
|-
| 16 || [[Sharad Pawar]] || 2006-06
|-
| 17 || Jayantha Dharmadasa || rowspan="2" | {{flag|Sri Lanka}} || 2006–07
|-
| 18 || [[Arjuna Ranatunga]] || 2008-08
|-
| 19 || Dr. [[Nasim Ashraf]] || rowspan=2| {{flag|Pakistan}} || 2008-08
|-
| 20 || [[Ijaz Butt]] || 2008–10
|-
| 21 || [[Mustafa Kamal (politician)|Mustafa Kamal]] || {{flag|Bangladesh}} || 2010–12
|-
| 22 || [[N. Srinivasan]] || {{flag|India}} || 2012–14
|-
| 23 || Jayantha Dharmadasa || rowspan="2" | {{flag|Sri Lanka}} || 2014–2015
|-
| 24 || [[Thilanga Sumathipala]] || 2015–2016
|-
| 25 || [[Shehreyar Khan]] || rowspan="2" | {{flag|Pakistan}} || 2016–2016
|-
| 26 || [[Ehsan Mani]] || 2016–2018
|-
| 27 || [[Nazmul Hassan Papon|Nazmul Hassan]] || {{flag|Bangladesh}} || 2018–2021
|-
| 28 || [[Jay Shah]] || {{flag|India}} || 2021–present
|}

ACC [[Asian XI cricket team|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==

* [[Cricket at the Asian Games]]
* [[List of Asian XI ODI cricketers]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{official website}}

{{Asian Sports Federations}}
{{Asian Cricket Council}}
{{International cricket}}

[[Category:Cricket administration]]
[[Category:Cricket in Asia]]
[[Category:Sports governing bodies in Asia]]
[[Category:Sports organizations established in 1983]]

Asian Cricket Council - Revision history

ShelaBerryman77 at 06:17, 11 October 2023