Asian Cricket Council

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Asian Cricket Council
Logo of the ACC
Formation	1983
Headquarters	8th Floor Wisma Antah, Damansara Heights, Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia
Membership	22 member countries
ACC President	Arjuna Ranatunga
Website	Asian Cricket Council

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Map of current ACC full members in orange and associate and affiliate members in blue.

The Asian Cricket Council was formed as the Asian Cricket Conference in 1983 to promote and develop the game of cricket within Asia. It is the regional administrative body and is sub-ordinate to the International Cricket Council. The Conference became the Asian Cricket Council in 1995, and it is currently headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. There are 22 members of the ACC.

Membership in the ACC is divided between four full Test Status members, seven associate members, and eleven affiliate members. The full members Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.

The associate members are Hong Kong, Kuwait, Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, and United Arab Emirates.

The affiliate members are Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bhutan, Brunei, China, Iran, Maldives, Myanmar, Oman, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia.

Four Asian nations, namely Indonesia, Japan, Philippines and South Korea are members of the East Asia-Pacific Cricket Council instead of the ACC, although Indonesia has applied for membership in the ACC.

The ACC runs a development programs that supports coaching, umpiring, and sports medicine programs in member countries. The ACC funds this program from television revenues collected during the officially sanctioned ACC tournaments including the Asia Cup, Asian Test Championship, ACC Trophy, and Asian Cricket Junior Tournaments.