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About the ICC

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the governing body for international Test Match and One Day International (ODI) cricket. It retains a full time chief executive and staff based in London, UK and has an Executive Board structure consisting of representatives from all ten Test Match playing countries (Full Members), plus Associate Members. 

ICC Mission Statement

As the international governing body for cricket, the International Cricket Council will lead by promoting the game as a global sport, protecting the spirit of cricket and optimising commercial opportunities for the benefit of the game. 

This statement highlights the ICCs four key responsibilities; leadership, promoting the globalisation of cricket, maintaining and enhancing the traditional spirit of the game, and ensuring the commercial prosperity of cricket. 


Cricket Committee-Management
Cricket Committee-Management is the Committee of Chief Executives of the ten Test playing nations together with three representatives from the Associate Members to deal with the operational and management matters relating to the administration and operation of the game of cricket. 
CHAIRMAN
 Malcolm Speed

EX-OFFICIO
 Malcolm Gray
 

FULL MEMBERS

Australia
 James Sutherland

Bangladesh
 Arafat Rahman

England
 Tim Lamb

India
 Niranjan Shah

New Zealand
 Martin Snedden

Pakistan
 Chisty Mujahid

Sri Lanka
 Anura Tennekoon

South Africa
 Gerald Majola 
West Indies
 Roger Brathwaite

Zimbabwe

 Vince Hogg
 

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
 

Israel
 Stanley Perlman

Namibia
 Laurie Pieters

Scotland
 John Everett

 


Mr M Gray
PRESIDENT - Chairman

Mr M Speed
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Mr J Dalmiya
India

Mr B Merriman
Australia

Mr Mohammad Ali Asghar
Bangladesh

Mr D Morgan
England

Sir John Anderson
New Zealand

Lt. General Tauqir Zia
Pakistan

Mr H Amarasuriya
Sri Lanka

Mr P Sonn
South Africa

Rev W Hall
West Indies

Mr P Chingoka
Zimbabwe

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS



Mr J Rayani
Kenya

HRH Tunku Imran
Malaysia

Mr R van Ierschot
Holland

 
ICC HISTORY AND BACKGROUND 

On June 15th, 1909 representatives from England, Australia and South Africa  Foundation Members  met at Lords and founded the Imperial Cricket Conference. Membership was confined to the governing bodies of cricket within the British Commonwealth where Test Match cricket was played. 

In 1926 India, New Zealand and West Indies were elected as Full Members and were joined by Pakistan in 1953, Sri Lanka in 1981, Zimbabwe in 1992 and Bangladesh in 2000. South Africa, one of the three original Foundation Members, ceased to be a member of ICC on leaving the British Commonwealth in 1961, but was re-elected as a Full Member in 1991. 

In 1965, the Conference was renamed the International Cricket Conference and new rules adopted to permit the election of countries from outside the British 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. 

Today the ICC has 27 Associate Members. An Associate Member is a cricket playing country where the game is firmly established and organised. The sole governing body for cricket in that country must be recognised by ICC. 

There are also 47 ICC Affiliate Members. Affiliates are categorised as having a governing body for cricket in that country or geographical area that is recognised by ICC and where cricket is played in accordance with the Laws of Cricket. Affiliate Member status excludes attendance, voting, proposing or seconding resolutions at ICC meetings. 

In 1989 new rules were adopted and the name changed to the International Cricket Council. The motivating factor behind this was the need to move the organisation from being a 'forum for discussion', in which only recommendations to Members could be made, to a body where binding decisions are taken for effective management of the game internationally. 

Four years later in 1993 the ICC appointed David Richards, a former chief executive of the Australian Cricket Board as its first chief executive and established a new administrative head office at Lord's cricket Ground. 

In July 2001 Malcolm Speed succeeded David Richards as Chief Executive Officer. Malcolm led the Australian Cricket Board with distinction from 1997, during which time the national team confirmed its position as the leading Test and One Day side in world cricket. He is a barrister by profession, holding a LLB from Melbourne University and practising as a solicitor from 1971 to 1982 and as a barrister between 1983 and 1994. 

He has been heavily involved in Australian basketball, being Executive Chairman of the National Basketball League between 1988 and 1997 and Executive Chairman of Basketball Australia from 1994 to 1997. 
 

Cricket Committee-Playing
The Cricket Committee Playing is a Committee responsible to Cricket Committee-Management to deal with any matters or issues relating to the game or the playing of the game of cricket. 
CHAIRMAN
 Sunil Gavaskar 
EX-OFFICIO
 Malcolm Gray , Malcolm Speed 

FULL MEMBERS 
Australia
 Tim May (p) 
Bangladesh
 Faruque Ahmed (b) 
England
 Angus Fraser (p) 
India
 tba (p) 
New Zealand
 John Reid jnr (b) 
Pakistan
 Zaheer Abbas (p) 
Sri Lanka
 Bandula Warnapura (b) 
South Africa
 Steve Elworthy (p) 
West Indies
 Michael Findlay (b) 
Zimbabwe
 Andy Pycroft (b) 
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS 
Holland  Roland Lefebvre 
Kenya Haralil Shah 

Five members of the CC-P are nominated by the players (p) from Full Member teams, five are nominated by the Full Member boards (b), one member is nominated by the players from the Associate Members and one is nominated by the boards of the Associate Members. The player representatives must have represented their country as a player at full international level. The board representatives shall have either represented their country as a full international player or have been an international umpire within the last ten years. The Chairman of the CC-P must be a former international cricketer who has played a minimum of thirty Test matches or has captained his country and must have a current link with the game. The Chairman has a casting vote only. The Members of the Committee are elected for two years.

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