Korea Cricket Association (Korean: 대한크리켓협회)[1] is the officialgoverning body of the sport ofcricket inSouth Korea. The KCA operatesKorean national team andKorean women's national team. Its current headquarters is located inSeoul,South Korea. Korea Cricket Association is South Korea's representative at theInternational Cricket Council and is anassociate member[2] and has been a member of that body since 2001 initially as an affiliate member. It is also a member of theEast Asia-Pacific Cricket Council.
The2014 Asian Games featured cricket for both the men's and the women's event and for that purpose a cricket facility was built known asYeonhui Cricket Ground for thecricket matches to be played in the games.
It has been reported that the crowd capacity of this ground will be 2,352. This is the first cricket stadium in SouthKorea.[3]
In 2016, the South Korean men's team competed in the inaugural East Asia Cup played among the four teams withJapan, China and Hong Kong Dragons being the other three teams. It was hosted byJapan Cricket Association atSano International Cricket Ground. The tournament was won by South Korea after beating Japan in the final.[4] In 2017, the South Korean women's team participated in the Women's East Asia Cup in Hong Kong.[5]
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant fullTwenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all men'sTwenty20 matches played between South Korea and otherICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I and all women's T20 matches with other ICC members after 1 July 2018 have theWT20I status.[6]
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