International Cricket Council Motto: Great Sport Great
Spirit
Formation: 15 June 1909
Headquarters: Dubai, United Arab
Emirates
Membership: 107 member countrie
President: Alan Isaac
Website: www.icc-cricket.com
The International Cricket Council
(ICC ) is the international governing
body of cricket . It was founded as
the Imperial Cricket Conference in
1909 by representatives from
England , Australia and South Africa,
renamed the International Cricket
Conference in 1965, and took up its
current name in 1989.
The ICC has 107 members: 10 Full
Members that play official Test
matches , 37 Associate Members,and 60 Affiliate Members . The ICC
is responsible for the organisation
and governance of cricket's major
international tournaments, most
notably the Cricket World Cup. It
also appoints the umpires and
referees that officiate at all
sanctioned Test matches, One Day
International and Twenty20
Internationals . It promulgates the
ICC Code of Conduct, which sets
professional standards of discipline
for international cricket, and also
co-ordinates action against
corruption and match-fixing through
its Anti-Corruption and Security Unit
(ACSU). The ICC does not control
bilateral fixtures between member
countries (which include all Test
matches ), it does not govern
domestic cricket in member
countries, and it does not make the
laws of the game, which remain
under the control of the Marylebone
Cricket Club .
Alan Isaac, the former chairman of
New Zealand Cricket , is the
President of the Council who
succeeded Sharad Pawar , former
president of the Board of Control
for Cricket in India .The current
CEO is David Richardson who
succeeded Haroon Lorgat . HISTORY On 15 June 1909 representatives
from England , Australia and South
Africa met at Lord's and founded
the Imperial Cricket Conference.
Membership was confined to the
governing bodies of cricket within
the British Empire where Test
cricket was played. West Indies , New
Zealand and India were elected as
Full Members in 1926, doubling the
number of Test-playing nations to
six. That year it was also agreed to
make a change in membership, with
election being for; "governing bodies
of cricket in countries within the
Empire to which cricket teams are
sent, or which send teams to
England." However the United States
did not meet these criteria and was
not made a member.After the
formation of Pakistan in 1947, it was
given Test status in 1952, becoming
the seventh Test-playing nation. In
May 1961 South Africa left the
Commonwealth and therefore lost
membership.
In 1965, the Imperial Cricket
Conference was renamed the
International Cricket Conference and
new rules adopted to permit the
election of countries from outside
the Commonwealth. This led to the
expansion of the Conference, with
the admission of Associate
Members. Associates were each
entitled to one vote, while the
Foundation and Full Members were
entitled to two votes on ICC
resolutions. Foundation Members
retained a right of veto.
Sri Lanka was admitted as a Full
Member in 1981, returning the number
of Test-playing nations to seven. In
1989, new rules were adopted and
International Cricket Conference
changed its name to the current
name, the International Cricket
Council . South Africa was re-elected
as a Full Member of the ICC in 1991,
after the end of apartheid ; this was
followed in 1992 by the admission of
Zimbabwe as the ninth Test-playing
nation. Then, in the year 2000
Bangladesh received test status. RULES AND REGULATIONS The International Cricket Council
overlooks playing conditions, bowling
reviews, and other ICC regulations.
Even though the ICC doesn't have
copyright to the laws of cricket
and only the MCC may change the
laws, nowadays this would usually
only be done after discussions with
the game's global governing body,
the ICC. The ICC also has a "Code of
Conduct" to which teams and
players in international matches are
required to adhere. Where breaches
of this code occur the ICC can apply
sanctions, usually fines. In 2008 the
ICC imposed 19 penalties on players. MEMBERS The ICC has three classes of
membership: Full Members, the ten
governing bodies of teams that play
official Test matches; Associate
Members, the 37 governing bodies in
countries where cricket is firmly
established and organised but which
do not qualify for Full Membership;
and Affiliate Members, the 60
governing bodies in countries where
the ICC recognises that cricket is
played according to the Laws of
Cricket . REGIONAL BODIES These regional bodies aim to
organise, promote and develop the
game of cricket:
African Cricket Association
Americas Cricket Association
Asian Cricket Council
ICC East Asia-Pacific
European Cricket Council COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS Competitions and awards
The ICC organises various First-Class
and One-Day cricket competitions:
First Class
ICC Test Championship (test
league)
ICC Intercontinental Cup
(first class for non-test
nations)
One Day
ICC ODI Championship (one-day
league)
ICC Cricket World Cup (50
over tournament)
ICC World Twenty20
(twenty20 tournament)
ICC Champions Trophy
(miniature version of the world
cup)
ICC World Cricket League
(league for associate & affiliate
members)
ICC World Cup Qualifier
(qualifier for the world cup)
The ICC has instituted the ICC
Awards to recognise and honour the
best international cricket players of
the previous 12 months. The inaugural
ICC Awards ceremony was held on 7
September 2004, in London.
