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International Cricket Council

The ICC was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from Australia, England, and South Africa. It was renamed as the International Cricket Conference in 1965 and then finally it took up the current name in 1989. Today, it is known as the World governing body of cricket. This body is also responsible for organizing major world championships such as the Cricket World Cup, Women’s Cricket World Cup, T20 World Cup, Women’s T20 World Cup, ICC Champions Trophy, and Under-19 Cricket World Cup. 

Currently, the ICC has 104 member nations which include 12 full members that and 92 Associate members. The council 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). It is currently headquartered in Dubai, United Emirates.

Members on the Board

On 26 June 2014, the former president of BCCI, Narayanaswami Srinivasan, was named the first chairman of the council. The Chairman leads the board of directors. The role of ICC president has majorly become an honorary position since the ICC introduced the chairman role and similarly, other changes were made to the ICC constitution in 2014. One of the major claims is that the new revisions have favored the so-called 'Big Three' nations of cricket England, India, and Australia. 

Previously, the ICC president was Zaheer Abbas, who was appointed in June 2015 after Mustafa Kamal resigned in April 2015. The position of ICC president was removed in April 2016 and Shashank Manohar who replaced Mr. Srinivasan in October 2015 and since then, became the first independent chairman of the ICC.

Full Members

We are going to take a look at the 12 members of the ICC that are also test playing nations:

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