ICC East Asia-Pacific is the
International Cricket Council
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region responsible for administration of the sport of
cricket
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in East Asia and the Pacific area.
The region was founded in 1996 with a regional office established in 1999. The area covered by the region includes two
Test nations, four ICC associate members and five ICC affiliate nations.
The region is headed by the Regional Development Manager, Andrew Faichney, based in Australia at the offices of
Cricket Australia
Cricket Australia (CA), formerly known as the Australian Cricket Board (ACB), is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in Australia. It was originally formed in 1905 as the 'Australian Board of Control for International Crick ...
. The region is supported by the
Australian
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Australia
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and
New Zealand
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cricket team and these are the only official Test cricket members in the region. The five Test cricket countries in Asia (
Afghanistan
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,
Bangladesh
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,
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
,
Pakistan
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and
Sri Lanka who are playing in South Asia) are members of the
Asian Cricket Council
The Asian Cricket Council also known as ACC is a cricket organisation which was established in 1983, to promote and develop the sport of cricket in Asia. Subordinate to the International Cricket Council, the council is the continent's regional ...
.
The EAP is responsible for International tournaments and events, such as: participation in competitions, coaching courses (coach education),
umpiring courses, youth development and training; junior/schools programs, administration development, marketing and cricket campsites within the region.
Tournaments
EAP is also responsible for organising the
ICC EAP Cricket Trophy
The ICC EAP Cricket Trophy is a regional division of the World Cricket League, ICC World Cricket League, providing opportunities for cricket playing nations in the East-Asia Pacific Region to compete against one another. It also acts as the region ...
, which is the regional international championship competition and allows teams within the region to attempt to qualify for the
Cricket World Cup in
One Day International and
Twenty20
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matches and other competitions such as Test cricket.
The ICC EAP Cricket Trophy includes the
ICC EAP Cricket Trophy (List A), which began in 2005, and
ICC EAP Cricket Trophy (Twenty20), which started in 2011.
Other tournaments including the East Asia-Pacific region teams include the
Trans-Tasman Trophy
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(Test) and the
Chappell–Hadlee Trophy
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(ODI) between the only two Test status members Australia and New Zealand.
Member countries
Full Members
Associate Members with ODI and T20I status
Associate Members with T20I status
Former Affiliate members
Map
Former members of the
Asian Cricket Council
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See also
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Cricket in Oceania
The popularity of cricket in Oceania varies from place to place – in some countries, it is the national sport, while in others it is not played at all. A number of Oceanian countries are members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), and p ...
References
External links
International Cricket Council (ICC) Official websiteCricketworld.com – ICC – International Cricket Council
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Cricket administration
Sports organizations established in 1996