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TheInternational Cricket Council (ICC) is the globalgoverning body ofcricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives fromAustralia,England, andSouth Africa. In 1965, the body was renamed as the International Cricket Conference and adopted its current name in 1987. The governing bodies for cricket of a country recognised by the ICC as members take part in thecompetitions organised by the ICC. It has two membership categories:full andassociate. Full members have full voting rights at meetings of the ICC and are qualified to playTest cricket,One Day Internationals (ODIs) andTwenty20 Internationals (T20Is). All associate members are eligible to play T20Is while only the top performing associates are eligible to play ODIs.

There are also 5 regional bodies under the ICC—Africa Cricket Association,ICC Americas,Asian Cricket Council,ICC East Asia-Pacific andICC Europe—that aim to organise, promote and develop the game of cricket in their respective regions. As of July 2025, there are 110 ICC members, including 12 full members and 98 associate members. Of the associate members, 8 have men's ODI status and 5 have women's ODI status (3 have both).

TheInternational Cricket Council (ICC) was founded atLord's on 15 June 1909 as the Imperial Cricket Conference, withAustralia,England, andSouth Africa as its founding members.^[1] Initially only the countries within theCommonwealth were able to join the ICC.^[2]India,New Zealand and theWest Indies joined in 1926, andPakistan joined in 1953 after thepartition of India.^[3] In 1961,South Africa resigned from the Conference due to them leaving the Commonwealth,^[4] but they continued to play Test cricket until their international exile in 1970.^[5]

The Imperial Cricket Conference was renamed as the International Cricket Conference in 1965, with new rules permitting countries from outside the Commonwealth to be elected into the ICC for the first time:Fiji and theUSA became the first associate member nations that year.^[4] In 1981,Sri Lanka became the first associate member to be elected a full member. In 1989, the ICC was again renamed as the International Cricket Council.^[4] South Africa was re-elected as a full member of the ICC in 1991, withZimbabwe elected in 1992, andBangladesh elected in 2000.^[3] On 22 June 2017,Ireland andAfghanistan were granted full member status as well.^[6]

From July to October 2019, the ICC suspended Zimbabwe due to government interference, the first time this had occurred with a full member side.^[7][8] From November 2023 to January 2024, the ICC suspended Sri Lanka due to government interference in the board.^[9]

The membership committee will consider requests for membership – full and associate – against an objective set of criteria. There was previously a third level, affiliate membership, which was abolished in June 2017, with all existing affiliate members becoming associate members,^[10] and introducing a two-tierhierarchy (full members and associate members): any new member elected to the ICC would be an associate member, with the possibility of promotion to full member status based on ongoing performance in international competitions.^[11]

In order for a nation to apply for associate membership they must meet 5 criteria given by the ICC:^[12][13]

1. An appropriate domestic cricket structure.
2. A recognized administrative governing body.
3. Proper domestic cricket competitions.
4. At least two cricket grounds in the country.
5. A "National Development Plan" and an annual budget.

For an associate member to apply for full membership they must have the following in-addition to the above criteria:^[12][13]

1. At least three appearances in men'sCricket World Cups ormen's T20 World Cups in the lastICC men's hosts cycle.
2. Four wins against two or more full members over the last ICC men's hosts cycle.
3. At least one appearance inwomen's Cricket World Cup orwomen's T20 World Cup in the lastICC women's hosts cycle.
4. Currently present on theICC Women's ODI Team Rankings.

If a member country (full or associate) fails to adhere to the ICC membership criteria, they will be suspended or expelled by the ICC.^[14][15]

Full members are the governing bodies for cricket of a country recognised by the ICC, which have a right to send a representative team to play officialTest matches, have full voting rights at meetings of the ICC, and are automatically qualified to playOne Day Internationals andTwenty20 Internationals.^[11] There are 12 full members.^[16][17]

The West Indies cricket team is a combined team representing 15 countries and territories from theCaribbean, while the English cricket team represents bothEngland and Wales and the Irish cricket team representsall of the island of Ireland. Of these 12 nations, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Ireland played as associate members before being elected as full members. In April 2021, ICC granted permanentwomen's Test andwomen's One Day International status to all the full member nations.^[18]

Later in 2021, the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan and promptly banned women from sport; consequently, there have been calls to suspend Afghanistan's ICC membership.^[19] In 2023, Australia withdrew from a one-day series against Afghanistan to protest against the oppression of women in the country.^[20] The same year,Human Rights Watch called for Afghanistan's suspension.^[21] The Women's team, which was dissolved in 2021, has since written to the ICC requesting the formation of a refugee team based in Australia.^[22] In January 2025, theAfghanistan women's team played its first match since fleeing Afghanistan, an exhibition game inMelbourne.^[23]

† denotes countries taking part in theICC World Test Championship.

Full members of the International Cricket Council

Country	Code[α]	Teams[β]	Governing body	Full member since	Test status since	Region[γ]	Ref.
Afghanistan	AFG	M •W •A •U19M • U19W	Afghanistan Cricket Board	22 June 2017	14 June 2018	Asia	[24]
Australia†	AUS	M •W •A •U19M •U19W	Cricket Australia	15 June 1909	15 March 1877	East Asia-Pacific	[25]
Bangladesh†	BAN	M •W •A •U19M •U19W	Bangladesh Cricket Board	26 June 2000	10 November 2000	Asia	[26]
England†	ENG	M •W •A •U19M •U19W	England and Wales Cricket Board	15 June 1909	15 March 1877	Europe	[27]
India†	IND	M •W •A •U19M •U19W	Board of Control for Cricket in India	31 May 1926	25 June 1932	Asia	[28]
Ireland	IRE	M •W •A •U19M •U19W	Cricket Ireland	22 June 2017	11 May 2018	Europe	[29]
New Zealand†	NZ	M •W •A •U19M •U19W	New Zealand Cricket	31 May 1926	10 January 1930	East Asia-Pacific	[30]
Pakistan†	PAK	M •W •A •U19M •U19W	Pakistan Cricket Board	28 July 1952	16 October 1952	Asia	[31]
South Africa†	SA	M •W •A •U19M •U19W	Cricket South Africa	29 June 1991	12 March 1889	Africa	[32]
Sri Lanka†	SL	M •W •A •U19M •U19W	Sri Lanka Cricket	21 July 1981	17 February 1982	Asia	[33]
West Indies†	WI	M •W •A •U19M •U19W	Cricket West Indies	31 May 1926	23 June 1928	Americas	[34]
Zimbabwe	ZIM	M •W •A •U19M •U19W	Zimbabwe Cricket	6 July 1992	18 October 1992	Africa	[35]

Associate members are the governing bodies for cricket of a country recognised by the ICC, which does not qualify as a full member, but where cricket is firmly established and organised.^[11] There are 98 associate members, of which 5 havemen's One Day International status, 2 havewomen's One Day International status and 3 have both men's and women's ODI status.^[16][17]

Until 2019, all associates were eligible to play in theWorld Cricket League, a series of international one-day cricket matches administered by the ICC which formed part of theCricket World Cup qualification.^[36] From 2019 onwards this was replaced by theCricket World Cup League 2 andCricket World Cup Challenge League in which only the top twenty associates participate.^[37] Associates are also eligible to play in the T20 World Cup Regional Qualifiers (men's andwomen's) which forms part of the T20 World Cup qualification (men's andwomen's); until April 2018, only the teams qualified for final stage were awardedTwenty20 International status.^[38] In April 2018, the ICC announced T20I status for all its members from 1 July 2018 for the women's game, and from 1 January 2019 for the men's game.^[39]

† denotes associates with ODI status.

Associate members of the International Cricket Council

Country	Code[α]	Teams[β]	Governing body	Affiliate since	Associate since	Region[γ]	Ref.
Argentina	ARG	M •W •U19M	Argentine Cricket Association	N/A	1974	Americas	[40]
Austria	AUT	M •W • U19M	Austrian Cricket Association	1992	2017	Europe	[41]
Bahamas	BAH	M • W • U19M	Bahamas Cricket Association	1987	2017	Americas	[42]
Bahrain	BHR	M •W • U19M	Bahrain Cricket Federation	2001	2017	Asia	[43]
Belgium	BEL	M •W • U19M	Belgian Cricket Federation	1991	2005	Europe	[44]
Belize	BLZ	M •W • U19M	Belize National Cricket Association	1997	2017	Americas	[45]
Bermuda	BER	M •W •U19M	Bermuda Cricket Board	N/A	1966	Americas	[46]
Bhutan	BHU	M •W • U19M	Bhutan Cricket Council Board	2001	2017	Asia	[47]
Botswana	BOT	M •W •U19M	Botswana Cricket Association	2001	2005	Africa	[48]
Brazil	BRA	M •W • U19M	Brazilian Cricket Confederation	2002	2017	Americas	[49]
Bulgaria	BUL	M •W • U19M	Bulgarian Cricket Federation	2008	2017	Europe	[50]
Cambodia	CAM	M •W • U19M	Cricket Association of Cambodia	N/A	2022	Asia	[51]
Cameroon	CMR	M •W • U19M	Cameroon Cricket Federation	2007	2017	Africa	[52]
Canada†	CAN	M •W •U19M	Cricket Canada	N/A	1968	Americas	[53]
Cayman Islands	CAY	M •W • U19M	Cayman Islands Cricket Association	1997	2002	Americas	[54]
Chile	CHI	M •W • U19M	Cricket Chile	2002	2017	Americas	[55]
China	CHN	M •W • U19M	Chinese Cricket Association	2004	2017	Asia	[56]
Cook Islands	COK	M •W • U19M	Cook Islands Cricket Association	2000	2017	East Asia-Pacific	[57]
Costa Rica	CRC	M •W • U19M	Costa Rica Cricket Federation	2002	2017	Americas	[58]
Croatia	CRO	M •W • U19M	Croatian Cricket Federation	2001	2017	Europe	[59]
Cyprus	CYP	M •W • U19M	Cyprus Cricket Association	1999	2017	Europe	[60]
Czech Republic	CZE	M •W • U19M	Czech Cricket	2000	2017	Europe	[61]
Denmark	DEN	M •W •U19M	Danish Cricket Federation	N/A	1966	Europe	[62]
Estonia	EST	M •W • U19M	Estonian Cricket Association	2008	2017	Europe	[63]
Eswatini	SWZ	M •W • U19M	Eswatini Cricket Association	2007	2017	Africa	[64]
Falkland Islands	FLK	M • W • U19M	Falkland Cricket Association	2007	2017	Americas	[65]
Fiji	FIJ	M •W •U19M	Cricket Fiji	N/A	1965	East Asia-Pacific	[66]
Finland	FIN	M •W • U19M	Cricket Finland	2000	2017	Europe	[67]
France	FRA	M •W • U19M	France Cricket	1987	1998	Europe	[68]
Gambia	GAM	M •W • U19M	Gambia Cricket Association	2002	2017	Africa	[69]
Germany	GER	M •W •U19M	German Cricket Federation	1991	1999	Europe	[70]
Ghana	GHA	M •W •U19M	Ghana Cricket Association	2002	2017	Africa	[71]
Gibraltar	GIB	M •W • U19M	Gibraltar Cricket Association	N/A	1969	Europe	[72]
Greece	GRE	M •W • U19M	Hellenic Cricket Federation	1995	2017	Europe	[73]
Guernsey	GUE	M •W • U19M	Guernsey Cricket Board	2005	2008	Europe	[74]
Hong Kong	HKG	M •W •U19M	Cricket Hong Kong, China	N/A	1969	Asia	[75]
Hungary	HUN	M • W • U19M	Hungarian Cricket Association	2012	2017	Europe	[76]
Indonesia	IDN	M •W • U19M	Indonesian Cricket Association	2001	2017	East Asia-Pacific	[77]
Iran	IRN	M •W • U19M	Iran Cricket Association	2003	2017	Asia	[78]
Isle of Man	IOM	M •W • U19M	Isle of Man Cricket Association	2004	2017	Europe	[79]
Israel	ISR	M • W • U19M	Israel Cricket Association	N/A	1974	Europe	[80]
Italy	ITA	M •W •U19M	Italian Cricket Federation	1984	1995	Europe	[81]
Ivory Coast	CIV	M • W • U19M	Côte d’Ivoire Cricket Federation	N/A	2022	Africa	[82]
Japan	JPN	M •W •U19M	Japan Cricket Association	1989	2005	East Asia-Pacific	[83]
Jersey	JER	M •W • U19M	Jersey Cricket Board	2005	2007	Europe	[84]
Kenya	KEN	M •W •U19M	Cricket Kenya	N/A	1981	Africa	[85]
Kuwait	KUW	M •W •U19M	Kuwait Cricket	1998	2005	Asia	[86]
Lesotho	LES	M •W • U19M	Lesotho Cricket Association	2001	2017	Africa	[87]
Luxembourg	LUX	M •W • U19M	Luxembourg Cricket Federation	1998	2017	Europe	[88]
Malawi	MWI	M •W • U19M	Malawi Cricket Union	1998	2017	Africa	[89]
Malaysia	MAS	M •W •U19M	Malaysian Cricket Association	N/A	1967	Asia	[90]
Maldives	MDV	M •W • U19M	Cricket Board of Maldives	1998	2017	Asia	[91]
Mali	MLI	M •W • U19M	Malian Cricket Federation	2005	2017	Africa	[92]
Malta	MLT	M •W • U19M	Malta Cricket Association	1998	2017	Europe	[93]
Mexico	MEX	M •W • U19M	Mexico Cricket Association	2004	2017	Americas	[94]
Mongolia	MNG	M •W • U19M	Mongolia Cricket Association	N/A	2021	Asia	[95]
Mozambique	MOZ	M •W • U19M	Mozambican Cricket Association	2003	2017	Africa	[96]
Myanmar	MYA	M •W • U19M	Myanmar Cricket Federation	2006	2017	Asia	[97]
Namibia†	NAM	M •W •U19M	Cricket Namibia	N/A	1992	Africa	[98]
Nepal†	NEP	M •W •U19M	Cricket Association of Nepal	1988	1996	Asia	[99]
Netherlands†	NED	M •W •U19M	Royal Dutch Cricket Association	N/A	1966	Europe	[100]
Nigeria	NGA	M •W •U19M	Nigeria Cricket Federation	N/A	2002	Africa	[101]
Norway	NOR	M •W • U19M	Norwegian Cricket Association	2000	2017	Europe	[102]
Oman†	OMA	M •W • U19M	Oman Cricket	2000	2014	Asia	[103]
Panama	PAN	M • W • U19M	Panama Cricket Association	2002	2017	Americas	[104]
Papua New Guinea†	PNG	M •W •U19M	Cricket PNG	N/A	1973	East Asia-Pacific	[105]
Peru	PER	M •W • U19M	Cricket Peru	2007	2017	Americas	[106]
Philippines	PHI	M •W • U19M	Philippine Cricket Association	2000	2017	East Asia-Pacific	[107]
Portugal	POR	M • W • U19M	Portuguese Cricket Federation	1996	2017	Europe	[108]
Qatar	QAT	M •W • U19M	Qatar Cricket Association	1999	2017	Asia	[109]
Romania	ROU	M •W • U19M	Cricket Romania	2013	2017	Europe	[110]
Rwanda	RWA	M •W •U19M	Rwanda Cricket Association	2003	2017	Africa	[111]
Saint Helena	SHN	M • W • U19M	St Helena Cricket Association	2001	2017	Africa	[112]
Samoa	SAM	M •W • U19M	Samoa International Cricket Association	2000	2017	East Asia-Pacific	[113]
Saudi Arabia	KSA	M •W •U19M	Saudi Arabian Cricket Federation	2003	2016	Asia	[114]
Scotland†	SCO	M •W •U19M	Cricket Scotland	N/A	1994	Europe	[115]
Serbia	SRB	M •W • U19M	Serbian Cricket Federation	2015	2017	Europe	[116]
Seychelles	SEY	M • W • U19M	Seychelles Cricket Association	2010	2017	Africa	[117]
Sierra Leone	SLE	M •W •U19M	Sierra Leone Cricket Association	2002	2017	Africa	[118]
Singapore	SGP	M •W • U19M	Singapore Cricket Association	N/A	1974	Asia	[119]
Slovenia	SVN	M • W • U19M	Slovenian Cricket Association	2005	2017	Europe	[120]
South Korea	KOR	M •W • U19M	Korea Cricket Association	2001	2017	East Asia-Pacific	[121]
Spain	ESP	M •W •U19M	Cricket Spain	1992	2017	Europe	[122]
Suriname	SUR	M • W • U19M	Suriname Cricket Board	2002	2011	Americas	[123]
Sweden	SWE	M •W • U19M	Swedish Cricket Federation	1997	2017	Europe	[124]
Switzerland	SUI	M • W • U19M	Cricket Switzerland	1985–2012[a]	2021	Europe	[126]
Tajikistan	TJK	M •W • U19M	Tajikistan Cricket Federation	N/A	2021	Asia	[127]
Tanzania	TAN	M •W •U19M	Tanzania Cricket Association	N/A	2001	Africa	[128]
Thailand†	THA	M •W • U19M	Cricket Association of Thailand	1995	2005	Asia	[129]
Timor-Leste	TML	M • W • U19M	Timor-Leste Cricket Board	N/A	2025	East-Asia Pacific	[130][better source needed]
Turkey	TUR	M •W • U19M	Cricket Turkey	2008	2017	Europe	[131]
Turks and Caicos Islands	TCA	M • W • U19M	Turks and Caicos Cricket Association	2002	2017	Americas	[132]
Uganda	UGA	M •W •U19M	Uganda Cricket Association	N/A	1998	Africa	[133]
United Arab Emirates†	UAE	M •W •U19M	Emirates Cricket Board	1989	1990	Asia	[134]
United States†	USA	M •W •U19M	USA Cricket	N/A	1965–2017,[b] 2019–2025[c]	Americas	[136]
Uzbekistan	UZB	M • W • U19M	Cricket Federation of Uzbekistan	N/A	2022	Asia	[138]
Vanuatu	VAN	M •W •U19M	Vanuatu Cricket Association	1995	2009	East Asia-Pacific	[139]
Zambia	ZAM	M •W • U19M	Zambia Cricket Union	N/A	2003–2021,[d] 2025	Africa	[130][better source needed]

The ICC granted men's ODI status to its associate members based on their progress in the World Cricket League; the World Cricket League was replaced in 2019 and ODI status went to only the teams qualified for theCricket World Cup Super League and CWC League 2.^[140] The CWC Super League was cancelled after the inaugural2020–2023 Super League and ODI status now goes exclusively to teams participating in the CWC League 2.^[141] TheNetherlands ensured they would regain ODI status after the completion of the2018 CWC Qualifier, by winning the2015–2017 WCL Championship. The next three highest placed associates in the qualifier (United Arab Emirates,Scotland andNepal) also gained ODI status.^[142] Four additional teams (Namibia,Oman,Papua New Guinea and theUnited States) gained ODI status after the conclusion of the2019 WCL Division Two tournament in April 2019.^[140]

On 25 May 2022, five associate teams (Netherlands,Papua New Guinea,Scotland,Thailand and theUnited States) were granted women's ODI status by the ICC.^[143] After finishing as bottom two in the2023 CWC Qualifier Play-off, Papua New Guinea lost their men's ODI status toCanada who finished in the top four of the 2023 Qualifier Play-off.^[144][145] On 2 May 2025, the ICC announced thatUnited Arab Emirates would be replacing the United States from 12 May 2025 among the five associate teams, gaining women's ODI status.^[146]

   Teams have only men's or women's ODI status.

Current associate members with ODI status

Country	Code[α]	Governing body	ODI status since		Region[γ]	Current ODI ranking
			Men's	Women's		Men's[i]	Women's[ii]
Canada	CAN	Cricket Canada	2023		Americas	16
Namibia	NAM	Cricket Namibia	2019		Africa	19
Nepal	NEP	Cricket Association of Nepal	2018		Asia	18
Netherlands	NED	Royal Dutch Cricket Association	2018	2022	Europe	14	13
Oman	OMA	Oman Cricket	2019		Asia	17
Papua New Guinea	PNG	Cricket PNG		2022	East Asia-Pacific		15
Scotland	SCO	Cricket Scotland	2018	2022	Europe	12	12
Thailand	THA	Cricket Association of Thailand		2022	Asia		11
United Arab Emirates	UAE	Emirates Cricket Board	2018	2025	Asia	20	Not on rankings
United States	USA	USA Cricket	2019		Americas	15

In April 2018, the ICC announced Twenty20 International status for all members from 1 January 2019. Therefore, allTwenty20 matches played between ICC members since 1 January 2019 have been eligible for full T20I status.^[147][39]

Cuba was suspended in 2013 for failing to adhere to ICC's guidelines.^[15][14]Tonga was suspended in 2013 for not having a full-time administrator and was expelled in 2014.^[14][15]Brunei was suspended in 2014 for failing to comply with any of the ICC criteria and was expelled in 2015.^[15][14]Morocco was suspended in 2014 for non-compliant with four of the ICC criteria and was expelled in 2019^[15][148]Russia was suspended in 2021 for non-compliance with ICC and was expelled in 2022.^{[149][14][15]}

Former members of the International Cricket Council

Country	Code[α]	Governing body	Region[γ]	Membership
Brunei	BRU	Brunei Darussalam National Cricket Association	Asia	2002–2015
Cuba	CUB	Cuban Cricket Commission	Americas	2002–2013
Morocco	MAR	Royal Moroccan Cricket Federation	Africa	1999–2019
Russia	RUS	Cricket Russia	Europe	2012–2022
Tonga	TGA	Tonga Cricket Association	East Asia-Pacific	2000–2014

There are 5 regional bodies, that aim to organise, promote and develop the game ofcricket in their respective regions.^[16]

TheEuropean Cricket Council which oversaw cricket in Europe from 1997 was dissolved in 2010, afterICC Europe overtook since 2008.^[150] TheEast African Cricket Conference which oversaw cricket in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia from 1966, was succeeded by theEast and Central Africa Cricket Conference in 1989 which oversaw cricket in Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia and Malawi.^[151] TheWest Africa Cricket Council oversaw cricket in Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone from 1976.^[152] Both East and Central Africa Cricket Conference and West Africa Cricket Council were dissolved in 2003 following the creation of theAfrica Cricket Association.^[153]

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