List of International Cricket Council members

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  Associate members
  Former or suspended 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.

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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. [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

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]

NoCountryTeamsGoverning bodyFull member since [2] Test status sinceRegion
1Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan Men • Women • U19 Afghanistan Cricket Board 22 June 201714 June 2018 Asia
2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Men • Women • U19 Cricket Australia 15 June 190915 March 1877 East Asia-Pacific
3Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Men • Women • U19 Bangladesh Cricket Board 26 June 200010 November 2000 Asia
4Flag of England.svg  England Men • Women • U19 England and Wales Cricket Board 15 June 190915 March 1877 Europe
5Flag of India.svg  India Men • Women • U19 Board of Control for Cricket in India 31 May 192625 June 1932 Asia
6Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland Men • Women • U19 Cricket Ireland 22 June 201711 May 2018 Europe
7Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Men • Women • U19 New Zealand Cricket 31 May 192610 January 1930 East Asia-Pacific
8Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Men • Women • U19 Pakistan Cricket Board 28 July 195216 October 1952 Asia
9Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Men • Women • U19 Cricket South Africa 15 June 190912 March 1889 Africa
10Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Men • Women • U19 Sri Lanka Cricket 21 July 198117 February 1982 Asia
11WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies Men • Women • U19 Cricket West Indies 31 May 192623 June 1928 Americas
12Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Men • Women • U19 Zimbabwe Cricket 6 July 199218 October 1992 Africa

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

Associate members

Associate members are countries where cricket is firmly established and organised, but do not qualify for full membership. [2] There are 96 associate members. [13]

All associates were eligible to play in the World Cricket League, a series of international one-day cricket administered by the ICC until 2019. [14] This was replaced by the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 and ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League from 2019 onwards. [15] There are also ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier events that works as a qualification process for ICC Men's T20 World Cup: until April 2018, only the qualified teams were awarded Twenty20 International status. [16]

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. [17]

†Denotes members that are currently suspended by the ICC.

NoCountryTeamsGovernmentAffiliate membershipAssociate membershipRegionRef
1Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Men • Women • U19 Argentine Cricket Association N/A1974 Americas [18]
2Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Men • Women • U19 Austrian Cricket Association 19922017 Europe [19]
3Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain Men • Women • U19 Bahrain Cricket Association 20012017 Asia [20]
4Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Men • Women • U19 Belgian Cricket Federation 19912005 Europe [21]
5Flag of Belize.svg  Belize Men • Women • U19 Belize National Cricket Association 19972017 Americas [22]
6Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda Men • Women • U19 Bermuda Cricket Board N/A1966 Americas [2]
7Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan Men • Women • U19 Bhutan Cricket Council Board 20012017 Asia [23]
8Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana Men • Women • U19 Botswana Cricket Association 20012005 Africa [24]
9Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Men • Women • U19 Brazilian Cricket Confederation 20022017 Americas [25]
10Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Men • Women • U19 Bulgarian Cricket Federation 20082017 Europe [26]
11Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia Men • Women • U19 Cricket Association of Cambodia N/A2022 Asia [27]
12Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Men • Women • U19 Cameroon Cricket Federation 20072017 Africa [28]
13Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Men • Women • U19 Cricket Canada N/A1968 Americas [2]
14Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands Men • Women • U19 Cayman Islands Cricket Association 19972002 Americas [29]
15Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Men • Women • U19 Chilean Cricket Association 20022017 Americas [30]
16Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Men • Women • U19 Chinese Cricket Association 20042017 Asia [31]
17Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands Men • Women • U19 Cook Islands Cricket Association 20002017 East Asia-Pacific [32]
18Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Men • Women • U19 Costa Rica Cricket Federation 20022017 Americas [33]
19Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast Men • Women • U19Côte d’Ivoire Cricket FederationN/A2022Africa[28]
20Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Men • Women • U19 Croatian Cricket Federation 20012017 Europe [34]
21Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus Men • Women • U19 Cyprus Cricket Association 19992017 Europe [35]
22Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Men • Women • U19 Czech Cricket Union 20002017 Europe [36]
23Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Men • Women • U19 Danish Cricket Federation N/A1966 Europe [37]
24Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Men • Women • U19 Estonian Cricket Association 20082017 Europe [38]
25Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini Men • Women • U19 Eswatini Cricket Association 20072017 Africa [39]
26Flag of the Falkland Islands.svg  Falkland Islands Men • Women • U19 Falkland Cricket Association 20072017 Americas [40]
27Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Men • Women • U19 Cricket Fiji N/A1965 East Asia-Pacific [41]
28Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Men • Women • U19 Cricket Finland 20002017 Europe [42]
29Flag of France.svg  France Men • Women • U19 France Cricket Association 19871998 Europe [43]
30Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Men • Women • U19 German Cricket Federation 19911999 Europe [44]
31Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana Men • Women • U19 Ghana Cricket Association 20022017 Africa [45]
32Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar Men • Women • U19 Gibraltar Cricket Association N/A1969 Europe [46]
33Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Men • Women • U19 Hellenic Cricket Federation 19952017 Europe [47]
34Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey Men • Women • U19 Guernsey Cricket Board 20052008 Europe [48]
35Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Men • Women • U19 Cricket Hong Kong N/A1969 Asia [2]
36Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Men • Women • U19 Hungarian Cricket Association 20122017 Europe [49]
37Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Men • Women • U19 Cricket Indonesia 20012017 Asia/East Asia-Pacific [50]
38Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Men • Women • U19 Islamic Republic of Iran Cricket Association 20032017 Asia [51]
39Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man Men • Women • U19 Isle of Man Cricket Association 20042017 Europe [52]
40Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Men • Women • U19 Israel Cricket Association N/A1974 Europe [2]
41Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Men • Women • U19 Italian Cricket Federation 19841995 Europe [53]
42Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Men • Women • U19 Japan Cricket Association 19892005 Asia/East Asia-Pacific [54]
43Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey Men • Women • U19 Jersey Cricket Board 20052007 Europe [55]
44Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Men • Women • U19 Cricket Kenya N/A1981 Africa [2]
45Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait Men • Women • U19 Cricket Kuwait 19982005 Asia [56]
46Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho Men • Women • U19 Lesotho Cricket Association 20012017 Africa [57]
47Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Men • Women • U19 Luxembourg Cricket Federation 19982017 Europe [58]
48Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi Men • Women • U19 Cricket Malawi 19982017 Africa [59]
49Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Men • Women • U19 Malaysian Cricket Association N/A1967 Asia [60]
50Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives Men • Women • U19 Cricket Board of Maldives 19982017 Asia [61]
51Flag of Mali.svg  Mali Men • Women • U19 Malian Cricket Federation 20052017 Africa [2]
52Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Men • Women • U19 Malta Cricket Association 19982017 Europe [62]
53Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Men • Women • U19 Mexico Cricket Association 20042017 Americas [63]
54Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia Men • Women • U19 Mongolia Cricket Association N/A2021 Asia [64]
55Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique Men • Women • U19 Mozambican Cricket Association 20032017 Africa [65]
56Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar Men • Women • U19 Myanmar Cricket Federation 20062017 Asia [66]
57Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia Men • Women • U19 Cricket Namibia N/A1992 Africa [67]
58Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal Men • Women • U19 Cricket Association of Nepal 19881996 Asia [68]
59Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Men • Women • U19 Royal Dutch Cricket Association N/A1966 Europe [2]
60Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Men • Women • U19 Nigeria Cricket Federation N/A2002 Africa [69]
61Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Men • Women • U19 Norwegian Cricket Board 20002017 Europe [70]
62Flag of Oman.svg  Oman Men • Women • U19 Oman Cricket 20002014 Asia [71]
63Flag of Panama.svg  Panama Men • Women • U19 Panama Cricket Association 20022017 Americas [72]
64Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea Men • Women • U19 Cricket PNG N/A1973 East Asia-Pacific [73]
65Flag of Peru.svg  Peru Men • Women • U19 Peru Cricket Association 20072017 Americas [2]
66Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Men • Women • U19 Philippine Cricket Association 20002017 East Asia-Pacific [74]
67Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Men • Women • U19 Portuguese Cricket Federation 19962017 Europe [75]
68Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar Men • Women • U19 Qatar Cricket Association 19992017 Asia [76]
69Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Men • Women • U19 Cricket Romania 20132017 Europe [77]
70Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda Men • Women • U19 Rwanda Cricket Association 20032017 Africa [78]
71Flag of Saint Helena.svg  Saint Helena Men • Women • U19 St Helena Cricket Association 20012017 Africa [79]
72Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa Men • Women • U19 Samoa International Cricket Association 20002017 East Asia-Pacific [80]
73Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia Men • Women • U19 Saudi Arabian Cricket Federation 20032016 Asia [81]
74Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Men • Women • U19 Cricket Scotland N/A1994 Europe [2]
75Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Men • Women • U19 Serbian Cricket Federation 20152017 Europe [82]
76Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles Men • Women • U19 Seychelles Cricket Association 20102017 Africa [83]
77Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone Men • Women • U19 Sierra Leone Cricket Association 20022017 Africa [84]
78Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Men • Women • U19 Singapore Cricket Association N/A1974 Asia [85]
79Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Men • Women • U19 Slovenian Cricket Association 20052017 Europe [86]
80Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Men • Women • U19 Korea Cricket Association 20012017 East Asia-Pacific [87]
81Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Men • Women • U19 Cricket Spain 19922017 Europe [88]
82Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname Men • Women • U19 Suriname Cricket Board 20022011 Americas [89]
83Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Men • Women • U19 Swedish Cricket Federation 19972017 Europe [90]
84Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Men • Women • U19 Cricket Switzerland 1985 [lower-alpha 1] 2021 Europe [64]
85Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan Men • Women • U19 Tajikistan Cricket Federation N/A2021 Asia [64]
86Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania Men • Women • U19 Tanzania Cricket Association N/A2001 Africa [93]
87Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Men • Women • U19 Cricket Association of Thailand 19952005 Asia [94]
88Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas Men • Women • U19Bahamas Cricket Association19872017Americas
89Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia Men • Women • U19Gambia Cricket Association20022017Africa
90Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Men • Women • U19 Cricket Turkey 20082017 Europe [82]
91Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg  Turks and Caicos Islands Men • Women • U19 Turks and Caicos Cricket Association 20022017 Americas [95]
92Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda Men • Women • U19 Uganda Cricket Association N/A1998 Africa [96]
93Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Men • Women • U19 Emirates Cricket Board 19891990 Asia [97]
94Flag of the United States.svg  United States Men • Women • U19 USA Cricket N/A1965–2017, 2019 [lower-alpha 2] Americas [98]
95Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Men • Women • U19 Cricket Federation of Uzbekistan N/A2022 Asia [27]
96Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu Men • Women • U19 Vanuatu Cricket Association 19952009 East Asia-Pacific [99]
  1. ↑ Switzerland were admitted in 1985, but were expelled in 2012, [91] [92] before being readmitted in July 2021. [64]
  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

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. [100]

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

TeamGoverning bodyODI status sinceRegionCurrent ODI ranking
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Cricket Canada 2023 Americas 17
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia Cricket Namibia 2019 [101] Africa 16
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal Cricket Association of Nepal 2018 [2] Asia 15
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Royal Dutch Cricket Association 2018 [2] Europe 14
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman Oman Cricket 2019 [102] Asia 19
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Cricket Scotland 2018 [2] Europe 13
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Emirates Cricket Board 2018 Asia 20
Flag of the United States.svg  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. [103] 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. [100] These teams were Namibia, Oman, Papua New Guinea and USA. [100]

    In April 2021, ICC granted permanent Women's One Day International status to all the full-member teams. [104] On 25 May 2022, five Associate teams were granted Women's ODI status by the International Cricket Council. [105]

    TeamGoverning bodyODI status sinceRegionCurrent ODI ranking
    Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Royal Dutch Cricket Association 2022 Europe 12
    Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea Cricket PNG 2022 East Asia-Pacific -
    Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Cricket Scotland 2022 Europe -
    Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Cricket Association of Thailand 2022 Asia 9
    Flag of the United States.svg  United States USA Cricket 2022 Americas -

      Associate members with T20I status

      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. [106] [17]

      Former members

      Expelled members

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

      CountryRegionICC membership period
      Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei Asia2002–2015 [107]
      Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Americas2002–2013
      Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Africa1999–2019 [108] [109]
      Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Europe2012–2022 [27]
      Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga East Asia-Pacific2000–2014 [110]
      Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia Africa2003–2021 [64]

      Dissolved members

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

      Regional bodies

      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:

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