Asian Cricket Council


The Asian Cricket Council is the sport governing body of cricket in most countries and territories in Asia. The ACC 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 administrative body, and currently consists of 30 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, India, 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 sports medicine 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 Colombo, Sri Lanka, which was officially opened on 20 August 2016. In 2019, the headquarters of the ACC was moved to Dubai, near the International Cricket Council office.

Members of ACC

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

As of 2025, there are two ICC member nations which are in Asian continent but not in ACC, while they are in ICC East Asia-Pacific region.
No.CountryAssociationICC Membership
Status		ICC
Membership		EAP
membership
1Korea Cricket AssociationAssociate20012001
2Timor-Leste Cricket BoardAssociate20252025

Former members of Asian Cricket Council

No.CountryAssociationICC Membership
Status		ICC
Membership		ACC
Membership
1Fiji Cricket AssociationAssociate19651996–2001
2Cricket PNGAssociate19731996–2001

Competitions

ACC competitions

Men

Women

Defunct events

Officials

Executive Board members

NameBoardPost
Mohsin NaqviPakistan Cricket BoardPresident
Pankaj KhimjiOman CricketVice President
Shammi SilvaSri Lanka CricketExecutive Board Member
Rajeev ShuklaBoard of Control for Cricket in IndiaExecutive Board Member
Aminul Islam BulbulBangladesh Cricket BoardExecutive Board Member
Mirwais AshrafAfghanistan Cricket BoardExecutive Board Member
Khalid Al ZarooniEmirates Cricket BoardExecutive Board Member
Mohamed FaisalCricket Control Board of MaldivesExecutive Board Member
Ashish ShelarBoard of Control for Cricket in IndiaEx Officio; BCCI
Salman NaseerPakistan Cricket BoardPCB
Ashley De SilvaSri Lanka CricketEx Officio; CEO, SLC
Nizam Uddin ChowdhuryBangladesh Cricket BoardEx Officio; CEO, BCB
Naseeb KhanAfghanistan Cricket BoardEx-officio, CEO, ACB

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Development team

Resource staff (Umpiring)

Presidents

ACC Asian XI [cricket team|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 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake 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.