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Current ICC members by membership status:
  Full members
  Associate members with ODI status
  Associate members
  Expelled members
  Non-members

The International Cricket Council (ICC) was founded at Lord's on 15 June 1909 as the Imperial Cricket Conference,[1] with Australia, England, and South Africa as its founding members.

In the beginning, only countries within the Commonwealth could join.[2] India, New Zealand and the West Indies joined in 1926, and Pakistan joined in 1953 after the partition of India.[3] In 1961, South Africa resigned from the Conference due to their leaving the Commonwealth,[2] but they continued to play Test cricket until their international exile in 1970.[4]

The Imperial Cricket Conference was renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, with new rules permitting countries from outside the Commonwealth to be elected into the governing body for the first time: Fiji and the USA became the first associate member nations that year.[2]

In 1981, Sri Lanka became the first associate member to be elected a full member, returning the number of Test-playing nations to seven. In 1989, the ICC was again renamed, this time to the International Cricket Council.[2] South Africa was re-elected as a full member of the ICC in 1991, with Zimbabwe elected in 1992,[3] and Bangladesh elected in 2000.[3]

On 22 June 2017, Ireland and Afghanistan were granted full member (and Test) status, bringing the number of full members to 12.[5]

As of November 2023, there are 108 ICC members, with 12 full members and 96 associate members, 8 of which have ODI status. [6]

The membership committee will consider all future 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,[7] and introducing a two-tier hierarchy (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 competition.

From July to October 2019, the ICC suspended Zimbabwe Cricket due to government interference, the first time this had occurred with a full member side.[8][9][10] From November 2023 to January 2024, the ICC suspended Sri Lanka Cricket due to government interference in the board. [11]

Full members

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Full members are the governing bodies for cricket in a country or a group of associated countries representing a geographical area.

All full members have a right to send a representative team to play official Test matches, have full voting rights at meetings of the ICC, and are automatically qualified to play ODIs and T20Is.[2] The West Indies cricket team is a combined team representing 15 countries and territories from the Caribbean, while the English cricket team represents both England and Wales and the Irish cricket team represents all 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 permanent Women's Test status to all the full member nations.[12]

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.[13] In 2023, Australia withdrew from a one-day series against Afghanistan to protest the Taliban's oppression of women in the country.[14] The same year, Human Rights Watch called for Afghanistan's suspension.[15] 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.[16]

No Country Teams Governing body Full member since[2] Test status since Region
1  Afghanistan MenWomenU19 Afghanistan Cricket Board 22 June 2017 14 June 2018 Asia
2  Australia MenWomenU19 Cricket Australia 15 June 1909 15 March 1877 East Asia-Pacific
3  Bangladesh MenWomenU19 Bangladesh Cricket Board 26 June 2000 10 November 2000 Asia
4  England MenWomenU19 England and Wales Cricket Board 15 June 1909 15 March 1877 Europe
5  India MenWomenU19 Board of Control for Cricket in India 31 May 1926 25 June 1932 Asia
6  Ireland MenWomenU19 Cricket Ireland 22 June 2017 11 May 2018 Europe
7  New Zealand MenWomenU19 New Zealand Cricket 31 May 1926 10 January 1930 East Asia-Pacific
8  Pakistan MenWomenU19 Pakistan Cricket Board 28 July 1952 16 October 1952 Asia
9  South Africa MenWomenU19 Cricket South Africa 15 June 1909 12 March 1889 Africa
10  Sri Lanka MenWomenU19 Sri Lanka Cricket 21 July 1981 17 February 1982 Asia
11  West Indies MenWomenU19 Cricket West Indies 31 May 1926 23 June 1928 Americas
12  Zimbabwe MenWomenU19 Zimbabwe Cricket 6 July 1992 18 October 1992 Africa

Reference: ICC Men's Rankings, ICC Women's Rankings, 23 October 2021

Associate members

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Associate members are countries where cricket is firmly established and organised, but which do not qualify for full membership.[2] There are 96 associate members.[17]

Until 2019, all associates were eligible to play in the World Cricket League, a series of international one-day cricket administered by the ICC.[18] From 2019 onwards this was replaced by the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 and ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League.[19] There are also ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier events forming a qualification process for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup: until April 2018, only the qualified teams were awarded Twenty20 International status.[20]

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.[21]

†Denotes members that are currently suspended by the ICC.

No Country Teams Government Affiliate membership Associate membership Region Ref
1  Argentina MenWomenU19 Argentine Cricket Association N/A 1974 Americas [22]
2  Austria MenWomenU19 Austrian Cricket Association 1992 2017 Europe [23]
3  Bahamas MenWomenU19 Bahamas Cricket Association 1987 2017 Americas
4  Bahrain MenWomenU19 Bahrain Cricket Association 2001 2017 Asia [24]
5  Belgium MenWomenU19 Belgian Cricket Federation 1991 2005 Europe [25]
6  Belize MenWomenU19 Belize National Cricket Association 1997 2017 Americas [26]
7  Bermuda MenWomenU19 Bermuda Cricket Board N/A 1966 Americas [2]
8  Bhutan MenWomenU19 Bhutan Cricket Council Board 2001 2017 Asia [27]
9  Botswana MenWomenU19 Botswana Cricket Association 2001 2005 Africa [28]
10  Brazil MenWomenU19 Brazilian Cricket Confederation 2002 2017 Americas [29]
11  Bulgaria MenWomenU19 Bulgarian Cricket Federation 2008 2017 Europe [30]
12  Cambodia MenWomenU19 Cricket Association of Cambodia N/A 2022 Asia [31]
13  Cameroon MenWomenU19 Cameroon Cricket Federation 2007 2017 Africa [32]
14  Canada MenWomenU19 Cricket Canada N/A 1968 Americas [2]
15  Cayman Islands MenWomenU19 Cayman Islands Cricket Association 1997 2002 Americas [33]
16  Chile MenWomenU19 Chilean Cricket Association 2002 2017 Americas [34]
17  China MenWomenU19 Chinese Cricket Association 2004 2017 Asia [35]
18  Cook Islands MenWomenU19 Cook Islands Cricket Association 2000 2017 East Asia-Pacific [36]
19  Costa Rica MenWomenU19 Costa Rica Cricket Federation 2002 2017 Americas [37]
20
 Côte d’Ivoire
MenWomenU19 Côte d’Ivoire Cricket Federation N/A 2022 Africa
21  Croatia MenWomenU19 Croatian Cricket Federation 2001 2017 Europe [38]
22  Cyprus MenWomenU19 Cyprus Cricket Association 1999 2017 Europe [39]
23  Czech Republic MenWomenU19 Czech Cricket Union 2000 2017 Europe [40]
24  Denmark MenWomenU19 Danish Cricket Federation N/A 1966 Europe [41]
25  Estonia MenWomenU19 Estonian Cricket Association 2008 2017 Europe [42]
26  Eswatini MenWomenU19 Eswatini Cricket Association 2007 2017 Africa [43]
27  Falkland Islands MenWomenU19 Falkland Cricket Association 2007 2017 Americas [44]
28  Fiji MenWomenU19 Cricket Fiji N/A 1965 East Asia-Pacific [45]
29  Finland MenWomenU19 Cricket Finland 2000 2017 Europe [46]
30  France MenWomenU19 France Cricket Association 1987 1998 Europe [47]
31  Gambia MenWomenU19 Gambia Cricket Association 2002 2017 Africa
32  Germany MenWomenU19 German Cricket Federation 1991 1999 Europe [48]
33  Ghana MenWomenU19 Ghana Cricket Association 2002 2017 Africa [49]
34  Gibraltar MenWomenU19 Gibraltar Cricket Association N/A 1969 Europe [50]
35  Greece MenWomenU19 Hellenic Cricket Federation 1995 2017 Europe [51]
36  Guernsey MenWomenU19 Guernsey Cricket Board 2005 2008 Europe [52]
37  Hong Kong MenWomenU19 Cricket Hong Kong N/A 1969 Asia [2]
38  Hungary MenWomenU19 Hungarian Cricket Association 2012 2017 Europe [53]
39  Indonesia MenWomenU19 Cricket Indonesia 2001 2017 Asia/East Asia-Pacific [54]
40  Iran MenWomenU19 Islamic Republic of Iran Cricket Association 2003 2017 Asia [55]
41  Isle of Man MenWomenU19 Isle of Man Cricket Association 2004 2017 Europe [56]
42  Israel MenWomenU19 Israel Cricket Association N/A 1974 Europe [2]
43  Italy MenWomenU19 Italian Cricket Federation 1984 1995 Europe [57] 44  Ivory Coast MenWomenU19</ |Ivory Coast Cricket Federation N/A 2022 Africa N/A 2022 Africa 45  Japan MenWomenU19 Japan Cricket Association 1989 2005 Asia/East Asia-Pacific [58]
46  Jersey MenWomenU19 Jersey Cricket Board 2005 2007 Europe [59]
47  Kenya MenWomenU19 Cricket Kenya N/A 1981 Africa [2]
48  Kuwait MenWomenU19 Cricket Kuwait 1998 2005 Asia [60]
49  Lesotho MenWomenU19 Lesotho Cricket Association 2001 2017 Africa [61]
50  Luxembourg MenWomenU19 Luxembourg Cricket Federation 1998 2017 Europe [62]
51  Malawi MenWomenU19 Cricket Malawi 1998 2017 Africa [63]
52  Malaysia MenWomenU19 Malaysian Cricket Association N/A 1967 Asia [64]
53  Maldives MenWomenU19 Cricket Board of Maldives 1998 2017 Asia [65]
54  Mali MenWomenU19 Malian Cricket Federation 2005 2017 Africa [2]
55  Malta MenWomenU19 Malta Cricket Association 1998 2017 Europe [66]
56  Mexico MenWomenU19 Mexico Cricket Association 2004 2017 Americas [67]
57  Mongolia MenWomenU19 Mongolia Cricket Association N/A 2021 Asia [68]
58  Mozambique MenWomenU19 Mozambican Cricket Association 2003 2017 Africa [69]
59  Myanmar MenWomenU19 Myanmar Cricket Federation 2006 2017 Asia [70]
60  Namibia MenWomenU19 Cricket Namibia N/A 1992 Africa [71]
61    Nepal MenWomenU19 Cricket Association of Nepal 1988 1996 Asia [72]
62  Netherlands MenWomenU19 Royal Dutch Cricket Association N/A 1966 Europe [2]
63  Nigeria MenWomenU19 Nigeria Cricket Federation N/A 2002 Africa [73]
64  Norway MenWomenU19 Norwegian Cricket Board 2000 2017 Europe [74]
65  Oman MenWomenU19 Oman Cricket 2000 2014 Asia [75]
66  Panama MenWomenU19 Panama Cricket Association 2002 2017 Americas [76]
67  Papua New Guinea MenWomenU19 Cricket PNG N/A 1973 East Asia-Pacific [77]
68  Peru MenWomenU19 Peru Cricket Association 2007 2017 Americas [2]
69  Philippines MenWomenU19 Philippine Cricket Association 2000 2017 Asia/East Asia-Pacific [78]
70  Portugal MenWomenU19 Portuguese Cricket Federation 1996 2017 Europe [79]
71  Qatar MenWomenU19 Qatar Cricket Association 1999 2017 Asia [80]
72  Romania MenWomenU19 Cricket Romania 2013 2017 Europe [81]
73  Rwanda MenWomenU19 Rwanda Cricket Association 2003 2017 Africa [82]
74  Saint Helena MenWomenU19 St Helena Cricket Association 2001 2017 Africa [83]
75  Samoa MenWomenU19 Samoa International Cricket Association 2000 2017 East Asia-Pacific [84]
76  Saudi Arabia MenWomenU19 Saudi Arabian Cricket Federation 2003 2016 Asia [85]
77  Scotland MenWomenU19 Cricket Scotland N/A 1994 Europe [2]
78  Serbia MenWomenU19 Serbian Cricket Federation 2015 2017 Europe [86]
79  Seychelles MenWomenU19 Seychelles Cricket Association 2010 2017 Africa [87]
80  Sierra Leone MenWomenU19 Sierra Leone Cricket Association 2002 2017 Africa [88]
81  Singapore MenWomenU19 Singapore Cricket Association N/A 1974 Asia [89]
82  Slovenia MenWomenU19 Slovenian Cricket Association 2005 2017 Europe [90]
83  South Korea MenWomenU19 Korea Cricket Association 2001 2017 East Asia-Pacific [91]
84  Spain MenWomenU19 Cricket Spain 1992 2017 Europe [92]
85  Suriname MenWomenU19 Suriname Cricket Board 2002 2011 Americas [93]
86  Sweden MenWomenU19 Swedish Cricket Federation 1997 2017 Europe [94]
87   Switzerland MenWomenU19 Cricket Switzerland 1985[a] 2021 Europe [68]
88  Tajikistan MenWomenU19 Tajikistan Cricket Federation N/A 2021 Asia [68]
89  Tanzania MenWomenU19 Tanzania Cricket Association N/A 2001 Africa [97]
90  Thailand MenWomenU19 Cricket Association of Thailand 1995 2005 Asia [98]
91  Turkey MenWomenU19 Cricket Turkey 2008 2017 Europe [86]
92  Turks and Caicos Islands MenWomenU19 Turks and Caicos Cricket Association 2002 2017 Americas [99]
93  Uganda MenWomenU19 Uganda Cricket Association N/A 1998 Africa [100]
94  United Arab Emirates MenWomenU19 Emirates Cricket Board 1989 1990 Asia [101]
95  United States of America MenWomenU19 USA Cricket N/A 19652017, 2019[b] Americas [102]
96  Uzbekistan MenWomenU19 Cricket Federation of Uzbekistan N/A 2022 Asia [31]
97  Vanuatu MenWomenU19 Vanuatu Cricket Association 1995 2009 East Asia-Pacific [103]
  1. ^ Switzerland were admitted in 1985, but were expelled in 2012,[95][96] before being readmitted in July 2021.[68]
  2. ^ The USA were admitted as an associate member in 1965 under the governance of the United States of America Cricket Association, which was expelled in September 2017. USA Cricket was admitted in January 2019.

Associate members with ODI status

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The ICC granted men's One Day International status to its associate members based on their success in the World Cricket League; the World Cricket League was replaced in 2019 and ODI status now goes exclusively to all teams in the newly created ICC Cricket World Cup Super League and ICC Cricket World Cup League 2.[104]

The Associate teams who currently hold men's ODI status are:

Team Governing body ODI status since Region Current ODI ranking
 Canada Cricket Canada 2023 Americas 17
 Namibia Cricket Namibia 2019[105] Africa 16
   Nepal Cricket Association of Nepal 2018[2] Asia 15
 Netherlands Royal Dutch Cricket Association 2018[2] Europe 14
 Oman Oman Cricket 2019[106] Asia 19
 Scotland Cricket Scotland 2018[2] Europe 13
 United Arab Emirates Emirates Cricket Board 2018 Asia 20
 United States USA Cricket 2019 Americas 18

Netherlands ensured they would regain ODI status after the completion of the 2018 World Cup Qualifier, by winning the 2015–2017 World Cricket League. The next three highest placed associates in the qualifier (UAE, Scotland and Nepal) also gained ODI status. In June 2018, Scotland and UAE were added to the main ODI rankings list, with Nepal joining them in January 2019.[107] Netherlands were also added afterwards after playing enough games to gain a ranking.

Four additional teams gained ODI status after the conclusion of the World Cricket League Division Two tournament in April 2019.[104] These teams were Namibia, Oman, Papua New Guinea and USA.[104]

In April 2021, ICC granted permanent Women's One Day International status to all the full-member teams.[108] On 25 May 2022, five Associate teams were granted Women's ODI status by the International Cricket Council.[109]

Team Governing body ODI status since Region Current ODI ranking
 Netherlands Royal Dutch Cricket Association 2022 Europe 12
 Papua New Guinea Cricket PNG 2022 East Asia-Pacific -
 Scotland Cricket Scotland 2022 Europe -
 Thailand Cricket Association of Thailand 2022 Asia 9
 United States USA Cricket 2022 Americas -

Associate members with T20I status

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In April 2018, the ICC announced T20I status for all members from 1 January 2019. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between ICC members since 1 January 2019 have been eligible for full T20I status.[110][21]

Former members

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Expelled members

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There are six countries who were associate and/or affiliate members of the International Cricket Council, but were expelled from the ICC:

Team Region ICC membership period
 Brunei Asia 2002–2015[111]
 Cuba Americas 2002–2013
 Morocco Africa 1999–2019[112][113]
 Russia Europe 2012–2022[31]
 Tonga East Asia-Pacific 2000–2014[114]
 Zambia Africa 2003–2021[68]

Dissolved members

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There were two combined teams who were associate members of the International Cricket Council, but were subsequently dissolved.

  •  East Africa (a combined team representing Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia): admitted as an associate member in 1966, the team played at the inaugural Cricket World Cup in 1975, with Kenya becoming an associate member in its own right in 1981.
    • In 1989, East Africa was succeeded by a combined team from  East and Central Africa (representing Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia and Malawi), which remained an associate member, with Uganda and Tanzania becoming associate members in their own right in 1998 and 2001. In 2003, the ICC, Zambia and Malawi mutually agreed to dissolve the team, with Zambia becoming an associate member (expelled in 2021) and Malawi becoming an affiliate member (associate member from 2017).
  •  West Africa (representing Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone): admitted as an associate member in 1976. In 2003, the ICC and the four constituent countries mutually agreed to dissolve the team, with Nigeria becoming an associate member, and Gambia, Ghana and Sierra Leone becoming affiliate members (associate members from 2017).


Regional bodies

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Regional bodies aim to organise, promote and develop the game of cricket in their respective ICC regions.

These are the current bodies:

The regional body for Europe was disestablished following which ICC took over operations:

Two further regional bodies were dissolved following the creation of the African Cricket Association:

See also

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