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Organisation administrating cricket in Asia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) is the sport governing body of cricket in most countries and territories in Asia. The ACC 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 30 member associations. Mohsin Naqvi is the current president of Asian Cricket Council.[1]
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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 organization's current president is Mohsin Naqvi.
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.
Previously ACC was headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka, which was officially opened on 20 August 2016.[2] In 2019, the headquarters of the ACC was moved to Dubai, near the International Cricket Council (ICC) office.[3]
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Members of ACC
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Members of ICC in Asia but not part of Asian Cricket Council
As of 2025, there are two ICC member nations which are in Asian continent but not in ACC, while they are in ICC East Asia-Pacific region.
Former members of Asian Cricket Council
Future Members
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Map of nations
ACC members with Full Membership of the ICC (5)
ACC members with Associate Membership of the ICC (14)
ACC members with Associate Membership of the ICC with ODI status (3)
ACC members without membership of the ICC (2)
ICC Members of ICC in ICC EAP but part of ACC (3)
Provisional members of the ACC (1)
ICC Members part in ICC EAP (1)
Non-ACC members
Competitions
ACC competitions
Men
- Asia Cup
- ACC Premier Cup
- ACC Men's Challenger Cup
- Under-19 Men's Asia Cup
- Men's U19 Premier Cup
- ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup
- Men's U16 East Zone Cup
- Men's U16 West Zone Cup
Women
- Women's Asia Cup
- ACC Women's Premier Cup
- Under-19 Women's T20 Asia Cup
- ACC Women's T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup
Current title holders
Defunct events
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Officials
Executive Board members
- As of 30 May 2025
ACC Finance and Marketing Committee
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Development team
ACC Development Committee
| Mahinda Vallipuram | Malaysian Cricket Association | Chairman, Development Committee |
| Mohsin Naqvi | Pakistan Cricket Board | President |
| Faisal Al Marzouk | Kuwait Cricket Association | Member |
| Mahmood Gaznavi | Singapore Cricket Association | Member |
| Chatur Bahadur Chand | Cricket Association of Nepal | Member |
Resource staff (Umpiring)
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Presidents
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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.
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