| Sport | Cricket |
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| Jurisdiction | National |
| Abbreviation | (ICA) |
| Founded | 1968 (1968) |
| Affiliation | International Cricket Council |
| Affiliation date | July 23, 1974 (1974-07-23) |
| Regional affiliation | ICC Europe |
| Affiliation date | 1996 |
| Chairman | Stanley Perlman |
| CEO | Naor Gudker |
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Israel Cricket Association is the officialgoverning body of the sport ofcricket inIsrael. Israel Cricket Association is Israel's representative at theInternational Cricket Council. It is an associate member and has been a member of that body since 1974. Its principal objective is to incorporate and manage cricket within.Israel along withDenmark,Gibraltar, theNetherlands,Ireland,Italy andScotland founded theEuropean Cricket Council in 1996.
As is most often the case, cricket was introduced to Israel by the British. Local enthusiasts managed to keep the game going once the British had left in 1948, but the game was struggling until the mid-1960s, when an influx of Jewish immigrants from cricket playing countries revived the game, mainlySouth Africa,United Kingdom, and theIndian subcontinent.[1]Bene Israel Indian Jews played a key role, establishing the nation's first club inBeersheba.[2]
The first national league was formed in 1966, which led to the formation of the Israel Cricket Association (ICA) in 1968. The league prospered despite conditions ill-suited to cricket. Games were played on dusty, grass-less football fields, on matting wickets. However, the enthusiasm of the players has overcome these drawbacks.[1]
Israel became an associate member of theICC in 1974, with onlyPakistan opposing their membership.[1] Israel competed in the firstICC Trophy in1979, failing to get past the first round.[3] They also failed to progress beyond the first round in the1982 tournament[4] and1986 tournament[5]
Israel have been playing in Division Two of the European Championships since 2000.[6] ICA has been praised many times for its peace work within Israel; The International Cricket Council, has awarded the Israeli Cricket Association with a top prize for bringing togetherJews andBedouins in the SouthernNegev desert through cricket, the award is not the first of its kind for the ICA. They were honoured with a similar prize in 2001.[7][8] In 2009 the ICA started working with cricketing charityCricket for Change to introduce cricket to young people from both the Israeli Arab and Jewish communities around the city ofBeersheba.[9]
The ICA is run by a board of directors who are elected by its members every two years, according to the articles of association of the company. This is a list of current members of its board.[10]
| Name | Position |
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| Yefet Nagavkar | Chairman |
| Rafi Shachat | Deputy Chairman |
| Allon Benjamin | Secretary |
| Yaniv Razpurkar | CEO |
| Mikki Cohen | Director |
| Moses Aarens | Director |
| Abe Aston | Director |
| Shimshon Chur | Director |
| Richard Black | Non Executive Director |
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