ICC East Asia-Pacific

This article is about the Oceanian subdivision of the International Cricket Council. For other uses, see ICC.

ICC East Asia-Pacific is the International Cricket Council region responsible for administration of the sport of Cricket in the Pacific area; Oceania and parts of East Asia and Southeast Asia. The ICC EAP was founded in 1996. It is subordinate to the International Cricket Council, and currently has 12 member associations.

ICC East Asia-Pacific

Abbreviation	ICC EAP
Formation	1996; 29 years ago (1996)
Purpose	Cricket administration
Location	Melbourne, Australia
Coordinates	37.818°S 144.980°E / -37.818; 144.980
Region served	Oceania and parts of Asia
Membership	12
Official language	English
Regional Development Manager	Toby Cohen
Parent organization	ICC
Website	east-asia-pacific

The region was founded in 1996 with a regional office established in 1999. The area covered by the region includes two Test nations and ten ICC associate members.^[1][2]

The region is headed by the Regional Development Manager, Andrew Faichney, based in Australia at the offices of Cricket Australia. The region is supported by the Australian and New Zealand cricket team and these are the only official Test cricket members in the region. The five Test cricket countries in Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka who are playing in South Asia) are members of the Asian Cricket Council.^[3][4]

The EAP is responsible for International tournaments and events, such as: participation in competitions, coaching courses (coach education), umpiring courses, youth development and training; junior/schools programs, administration development, marketing and cricket campsites within the region.^[3]

Tournaments

EAP is also responsible for organising the ICC EAP Cricket Trophy, which is the regional international championship competition and allows teams within the region to attempt to qualify for the Cricket World Cup in One Day International and Twenty20 matches and other competitions such as Test cricket.^[3] The ICC EAP Cricket Trophy includes the ICC EAP Cricket Trophy (One day), which began in 2005, and ICC EAP Cricket Trophy (Twenty20), which started in 2011.

Other tournaments including the East Asia-Pacific region teams include the Trans-Tasman Trophy (Test) and the Chappell–Hadlee Trophy (ODI) between the only two Test status members Australia and New Zealand.

Members

Members of the ICC East Asia-Pacific

No.	Country	Association	ICC Membership status	ICC membership	ICC EAP membership
Full Members (2)
1	Australia	Cricket Australia	Full Member	1909	1996
2	New Zealand	New Zealand Cricket	Full Member	1926	1996
Associate members with T20I status (10)
3	Cook Islands	Cook Islands Cricket Association	Associate	2000	2000
4	Fiji	Cricket Fiji	Associate	1966	2001[a]
5	Indonesia	Indonesian Cricket Association	Associate	2001	2001[b]
6	Japan	Japan Cricket Association	Associate	1989	2001[c]
7	Papua New Guinea	Cricket PNG	Associate	1973	2001[d]
8	Philippines	Philippine Cricket Association	Associate	2003	2003[e]
9	Samoa	Samoa International Cricket Association	Associate	2000	2000
10	South Korea	Korea Cricket Association	Associate	2001	2001
11	Timor-Leste	Timor Leste Cricket Board	Associate	2025	2025
12	Vanuatu	Vanuatu Cricket Association	Associate	1995	1996

Notes:

1. Fiji was also a member of the ACC between 1996–2001.
2. Indonesia has ACC membership since 2024 while still remaining a part of ICC EAP region for ICC events qualification pathways.
3. Japan has ACC membership since 2024 while still remaining a part of ICC EAP region for ICC events qualification pathways. Japan was also a member of the ACC between 1996–2001.
4. Papua New Guinea was also a member of the ACC between 1996–2001.
5. Philippines has ACC membership since 2025 while still remaining a part of ICC EAP region for ICC events qualification pathways.

Former members

No.	Country	Association	ICC EAP Membership period
1.	Tonga	Tonga Cricket Association	2000–2014

Future Members

No.	Country	Association	ICC Membership period
1	New Caledonia	New Caledonia Cricket Association	—
2	Solomon Islands	Solomon Islands Cricket Association	—

Map

Members of ICC East Asia-Pacific
  Full ICC members (2)
  Associate ICC members with ODI status (1)
  Associate ICC members (9)
  Former members (1 → Tonga)
  ICC members part of neighbouring associations
  Non-members

See also

• Cricket in Oceania