International structure

International structure

International structure of cricket, International Cricket Council and World Cricket League

ICC  member nations. The (highest level) Test playing nations are shown in orange; the associate member nations are shown in yellow; the affiliate member nations are shown in purple.

The International Cricket Council (ICC), which has its headquarters in Dubai, 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 104 members: 10 Full Members that play official Test matches, 34 Associate Members, and 60 Affiliate Members. The ICC is responsible for the organization and governance of cricket's major international tournaments, 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. Each nation has a national cricket board which regulates cricket matches played in its country. The cricket board also selects the national squad and organizes home and away tours for the national team. In the West Indies these matters are addressed by the West Indies Cricket Board which consists of members appointed by four national boards and two multi-national boards.

Members

Full Members are the governing bodies for cricket in a country or associated countries. Full Members may also represent a geographical area. All Full Members have a right to send one representative team to play official Test matches. Also, all Full Member nations are automatically qualified to play ODIs and Twenty20 Internationals. West Indies cricket team does not represent one country instead an amalgamation of over 20 countries from the Caribbean. The English Cricket team represents both England and Wales.

Nation	Governing body	Member since	Current Test Rankings	Current ODI Rankings	Current T20 Rankings
Australia	Cricket Australia	15 July 1909	2	1	5
Bangladesh	Bangladesh Cricket Board	26 June 2000	9	9	10
England	England and Wales Cricket Board	15 July 1909	3	5	8
India	Board of Control for Cricket in India	31 May 1926	7	2	1
New Zealand	New Zealand Cricket	31 May 1926	5	7	6
Pakistan	Pakistan Cricket Board	28 July 1953	4	6	3
South Africa	Cricket South Africa	15 July 1909	1	4	4
Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka Cricket	21 July 1981	6	3	2
West Indies	West Indies Cricket Board	31 May 1926	8	8	7
Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe Cricket	6 July 1992	10	10	9

Top Associate and Affiliate Members

All the associate and affiliate members are not qualified to play Test Cricket, however ICC grants One Day International status to its associate and affiliate members based on their success in the World Cricket League. The top six teams will be awarded One day international and Twenty20 International status, which will allow the associate and affiliate teams to be eligible to play the full members and play official ODI cricket.

The associate and affiliate teams who currently hold ODI and T20I status:

Nation	Governing body	Member since	Current ODI Rankings
Afghanistan	Afghanistan Cricket Board	2001	14
Canada	Cricket Canada	1968	16
Ireland	Cricket Ireland	1993	11
Kenya	Cricket Kenya	1981	13
Netherlands	Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond	1966	12
Scotland	Cricket Scotland	1994	15