Formation Of The ACC

INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE ASIAN CRICKET CONFERENCE ON 19^th AND 20^th SEPTEMBER 1983, NEW DELHI, INDIA.

Standing (left to right): Prof. M.V. Chandgadkar (India), R. S. Mahendra (India), A. Sajjad (Pakistan), Q. Noorani (UAE), A R Falaknaz (UAE), S.K. Wankhede (India), M.A. Chidambaram (India), P.M. Rungta (India), S. Sriraman (India), M. Jaikishan (India), I.S. Bindra (India), J. Daimiya (India)

Seated (left to right): A.Abbasi (Pakistan), A.R. Bukhatir (UAE). D.S. Gill (Malaysia), Air Marshal (Retd.) Nur Khan (Pakistan). N.K.P. Salve (India), G. Dissanayake MP (Sri Lanka), S.A. Huq (Bangladesh), N. Mohammad (Sri Lanka), A.W. Kanmadikar (India)

The ACC was formed in New Delhi on the 19th of September 1983, as the Asian Cricket Conference. The aims and objectives as stated in the original constitution were organising, developing and promoting the game of Cricket in Asia Aims to which it has adhered ever since.

The founding members of the ACC were Bangladesh India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore and Sri Lanka. Membership subsequently increased, first with Hong Kong, then the UAE, followed by Nepal in 1990. China is the most recent member, joining the ACC in 2004.

In 1993 the Asian Cricket Conference became the Asian Cricket Council. There are two categories of membership at the ACC – Full and Associate – with the Test-playing countries and ICC Associate countries (Hong Kong, Kuwait, Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, UAE) being accorded Full Member Status with the rest of the member countries ranked as ACC Associates.

It has been a steadfast policy of the ACC to expand the game and to take it boldly into new territories and thus truly globalise the game. Development activities go hand in hand with tournament activities in order to carry forward the original aims of the ACC.

Fiji, Japan and Papua New Guinea have all been members of the ACC and have competed in ACC Trophies. However, following the ICC’s formation of the East Asia-Pacific Region for development activity in that region, these countries ceded membership of the ACC.

Until December 1999 all administrative positions of the ACC were honorary. Since 1999 the Secretary and Treasurer have been drawing remuneration. Up to 2003 the headquarters of the ACC were shifted every two years with the biennial rotation of the President’s and Secretary’s home country, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia was chosen to be the permanent headquarters of the Asian Cricket Council from the latter part of 2003.