The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) is a

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organization which was established in 1983, to promote and develop the sport of

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. Subordinate to the

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, the council is the continent's regional administrative body, and currently consists of 27 member associations. Mohsin Naqvi is the current president of Asian Cricket Council.

History

The council was formed as the Asian Cricket Conference in New Delhi,

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, on 19 September 1983, with the original members being Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, and Sri Lanka. Changing its name to the present in 1995. Until 2003, the headquarters of the council were rotated biennially amongst the presidents' and secretaries' home countries. The organization's current president is Mohsin Naqvi. The council runs a development program that supports coaching, umpiring and

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programs in member countries, funded from television revenues collected during the officially sanctioned Asian Cricket Council tournaments including the Asia Cup, Under-19 Asia Cup, Women's Asia Cup and various other tournaments. Previously ACC was headquartered in

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, which was officially opened on 20 August 2016. In 2019, the headquarters of the ACC was moved to Dubai, near the

(ICC) office.

Members of ACC

Notes:

Members of ICC in Asia but not part of Asian Cricket Council

Former members of Asian Cricket Council

Map of nations

Tournaments

Others

* ACC Men's Premier Cup * ACC Men's Challenger Cup * ACC Women's Premier Cup * ACC Men's Emerging Teams Asia Cup * ACC Women's T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup * Men's U19 Premier Cup * Women's U19 Premier Cup * Men's U16 East Zone Cup * Men's U16 West Zone Cup

Defunct events

* Afro-Asia Cup * ACC Championship * Asian Test Championship * ACC Premier League * ACC Trophy * ACC Twenty20 Cup * ACC Eastern Region T20 * ACC Western Region T20

Officials

Executive Board members

ACC Executive Committee

Development team

Development Committee

Resource staff (Umpiring)

* Bomi Jamula– *

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– * Mahboob Shah –

Presidents

ACC Asia XI was a team named for the 2005 World Cricket Tsunami Appeal, a one-off match designed to raise funds for charities following the

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and resulting tsunami. It also competes in a regular Afro-Asia Cup against an Africa XI, which was designed as a fund-raiser for the African Cricket Association and the Asian Cricket Council. The Afro-Asian Cup debuted in 2005 and the second tournament was played in 2007.

References

External links

* {{International cricket

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