Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB):

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is responsible for all major crickets including Test cricket played in Pakistan. It controls and organizes all tours and matches undertaken by the Pakistan national cricket team. Following the establishment of Pakistan as an independent state in 1947, major cricket commenced the same year as the local infrastructure had already been established when the country was part of India.

Even so, it was not until 1948 that a Board of Control was formally instituted and matches were arranged informally until then. Pakistan was admitted to the International Cricket Council in July 1952 and has always been a full member, playing Test cricket. The team's first Test series took place in India between October and December 1952.

The Pakistan Cricket Board was inaugurated on 1 May 1948 as the "Cricket Control Board of Pakistan". And was soon renamed the Board of Control for Cricket in Pakistan or B.C.C.P. The first meeting held in the committee rooms of Lahore Gymkhana saw HE the Nawab of Mamdot made President and Chairman, with Justice A.R.Cornelius as one of three vice-Presidents.

The following year Cornelius became Chairman of the working committee, serving until he relinquished his connection with the Board in early 1953. The working Chairman was always one of the 3 Vice-Presidents. In April 1957 Ayub Khan imposed three more new Vice-presidents (himself being one of them). Then between December 1958 and September 1969 the post of Vice-President disappeared.

The response to turmoil within the Board has on four occasions been to suspend the rules and appoint an Ad-Hoc Committee. The first Ad Hoc Committee was appointed in September 1960 and did not disband until May 1963 having created a new constitution. The President of Pakistan would now nominate the Board President who would in turn nominate the other members of the Executive Committee to sit for a period of three years. Representatives of the four provincial cricket associations and Government departments formed the Executive Committee.

The BCCP was re-organized in the 1970s, and was headed by former cricketers, professional administrators and trustees, who were often businessmen. In November 1976 players' demands for increased salaries reached a crisis and the Pakistan Sports Board took over running the B.C.C.P.'s affairs. Long-serving President, the formidable Kardar, was in the thick of the dispute. The revolt against Kardar forced him to resign in May 1977, and led to a new Ad-Hoc Committee replacing the Board Council in 1978 running Pakistan cricket and again changing the constitution.

Provincial cricket associations (CAS) were eliminated and divisional and city CAs became members, giving most of the influence to the city CAs of Lahore and Karachi. The Board now governed a network of teams sponsored by corporations and banks, city associations and clubs. There is no province-based official team type organization of domestic cricket in Pakistan, and Lahore and Karachi cities are the two top tiers of all crickets, including reservoirs of fresh talent. Pakistan's cricket was rocked by dissension and controversies over the national team's poor performance during the tour of India and a public uproar forced the end of the Ad-Hoc Committee. The Chairman and team captain Asif Iqbal had to step down.

Air Marshal Nur Khan now became Chairman and he saw the banks and other organizations increase their participation on the Board Council in the face of protests from the zonal organizations. A third Ad-Hoc Committee under Javed Burki took charge of BCCP affairs in January 1994 and made a new constitution including giving a new name, the Pakistan Cricket Board (P.C.B.) it introduced a Chairman and Chief Executive. After taking heavy criticism on the grounds of corruption and match fixing, the Board was taken over by a fourth Ad-Hoc Committee formed on 17 July 1999 which remains in place despite undertakings from Musharraf to bring it to an end.

PCB re-emerged by taking the initiative to sponsor the hugely successful 2004 tour of Pakistan by arch rivals India. The PCB's experiment with the Twenty20 cricket model has also proven popular and hopes to similarly revive popular interest in domestic games. However, Pakistan's early exit from the 2007 World Cup cast a shadow that led to Dr Nasim Ashraf's resignation at the end of 2007. The major domestic competitions are for the Quaid-I-Azam Trophy, inaugurated in 1953-54, and the ANZ Trophy.

Cricket Australia, formerly known as the Australian Cricket Board, 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 Cricket Matches. It is incorporated as an Australian Public Company, limited by guarantee. Cricket Australia operates all of the Australian national representative cricket sides, including the Australian cricket team, the Australia national women's cricket team and youth sides as well.

CA is also responsible for organising and hosting Test tours and One Day Internationals with other nations, and scheduling the home international fixtures. Cricket Australia is in charge of regional development of cricket in the Pacific region, under the International Cricket Council's development program. Cricket Australia is an administrative organization responsible for the promotion, development and organization of cricket in Australia. Cricket Australia has six member organizations that represent each of the Australian states. These organizations are:

1. Cricket New South Wales
2. Queensland Cricket
3. South Australian Cricket Association
4. Tasmanian Cricket Association
5. Cricket Victoria
6. Western Australian Cricket Association

The Australian Capital Territory Cricket Association and the Northern Territory Cricket Association are non-member associations, although they participate in lower level Cricket Australia tournaments such as the Cricket Australia Cup. Each of the member organizations elects representatives to the 14 man Cricket Australia Board of Directors, and to the Senior Management Team, which consists of about 60 members of staff. For historical reasons, the states are not represented equally on the board. The membership of the 14 man board is New South Wales (three Directors), Queensland (two Directors), South Australia (three Directors), Tasmania (one Director), Victoria (three Directors), and Western Australia (two Directors).

The board develops Cricket Australia's strategic plan, but the plan is implemented by the Senior Management Team and the Chief Executive officer. Each of the state cricket associations that are members of Cricket Australia also selects a representative side to participate in Australia's major domestic cricket tournaments. The first centralized authority for the administration of cricket in Australia was established in 1892 when representatives from the state associations of New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria came together to establish the Australasian Cricket Council, with the Sheffield Shield also established in that year. However the Australasian Cricket Council was disbanded in 1898.

What is now known as Cricket Australia was established in 1905 as the Australian Board of Control for International Cricket. Before its establishment, tours by Australian teams to England were organized and funded by private groups or by the players them. Similarly invitations to English teams were made by private promoters or by individual clubs, such as the Melbourne Cricket Club. The predecessor organization the Australasian Cricket Council which had existed from 1892 to 1898 but was ineffective due to a lack of funding. Its one lasting action was to establish the Sheffield Shield, the major cricket competition between the Australian colonies.

These early tours were lucrative for the players and promoters and cricket administrators looked to find ways to channel some of this money to the destitute clubs, through the State Associations. Formal discussions began in January 1905 in Sydney for the formation of a body to take control of tours from the players. A draft constitution was discussed by members of the New South Wales, Victoria, South Australian and Queensland associations. The first meeting of the new board was held at Wesley College in Melbourne on 6 May 1905. The foundation members were the New South Wales Cricket Association and the Victorian Cricket Association.

South Australia's delegates refused to join the Board because the Board structure denied the players any representation. The Queensland Cricket Association was represented as an observer only. Queensland did decide to formally join the association with one delegate member the following year, and the constitution was amended in 1906, so that New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria would each have three permanent representatives, and Queensland one representative. In 1907 Tasmania was also permitted to send a single representative, and Western Australia did likewise in 1913. Changes to this structure were made in 1914 and 1974 respectively, when Queensland and Western Australia formally added to their representation to two each. Cricket Australia has had three different names since its foundation. They are:

1. Australian Board of Control for International Cricket (1905 - 1973)
2. Australian Cricket Board (1973 - 2003
3. Cricket Australia (2003 - present)

The organization's revenue was AUD120.6 million in the year ended 30 June 2007 (AUD 79.5 million to 30 June 2006; this sharp increase occurred because 2006/07 included a home Ashes series and a World Cup). Just over half of this came from media rights and just over a quarter from sponsorship. Cricket Australia also provides awards for various categories of players, including Test Players of the Year, One Day Players of the Year, Bradman Young Players of the Year, State Cricket Players of the Year, Women International Cricket Players of the Year and the Allan Border Medal for the overall best Australian cricket of the year. Cricket Australia also honors players for exception service to the game of cricket in Australia by annually adding former players of great distinction to the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame.

• Richard Teece (New South Wales) : 1892-1893
• Richard Best (Victoria): 1893-1895
• Mostyn Evan (South Australia): 1895-1896; 1910-1911
• John Gibson (New South Wales): 1896-1897
• Will Whitridge (South Australia): 1897-1900
• Lawrence Adamson (Victoria): 1905-1906
• Ernie Bean (Victoria): 1906-1907; 1912-1913
• George Barbour (New South Wales): 1907-1908
• George Foxton (Queensland): 1908-1910
• Charles Eady (Tasmania): 1911
• William McElhone (New South Wales): 1911-1912
• James Allen (Queensland): 1913-1914
• Harry Blinman (South Australia): 1914-1919
• Harold Bushby (Tasmania) 1919: 1925-1926
• Harry Gregory (Western Australia): 1919-1920; 1922-1923; 1926-1927
• Harry Rush (Victoria): 1920-1922
• John Hutcheon (Queensland): 1923-1924
• Bernard Scrymgour (South Australia): 1924-1925
• Aubrey Oxlade (New South Wales): 1927-1930; 1933-1936; 1945-1948; 1951-1952
• Dr Allen Robertson (Victoria): 1930-1933; 1936-1945; 1948-1951
• Roy Middleton (South Australia): 1952-1955
• Frank Cush (New South Wales): 1955-1957
• Bill Dowling (Victoria): 1957-1960
• Sir Donald Bradman (South Australia): 1960-1963; 1969-1972
• Ewart Macmillan (New South Wales): 1963-1966
• Bob Parish (Victoria): 1966-1969; 1975-1980
• Tim Caldwell (New South Wales): 1972-1975
• Phil Ridings (South Australia): 1980-1983
• Fred Bennett (New South Wales): 1983-1986
• Malcolm Gray (Victoria): 1986-1989
• Colin Egar (South Australia): 1989-1992
• Alan Crompton (New South Wales): 1992-1995
• Denis Rogers (Tasmania): 1995-2001
• Robert Merriman (Victoria): 2001-2005
• Creagh O'Connor (South Australia): 2005 - present

• John Portus (New South Wales): 1892-1896
• John Creswell (South Australia): 1896-1900
• William McElhone (New South Wales): 1905-1910
• Colin Sinclair (New South Wales): 1910-1911
• Sydney Smith (New South Wales): 1911-1927
• William Jeanes (South Australia): 1927-1954
• Jack Ledward (Victoria): 1954-1960
• Alan Barnes (New South Wales): 1960-1980
• David Richards (Victoria): 1980-1993
• Graham Halbish (Victoria): 1993-1997
• Malcolm Speed (Victoria): 1997-2001
• James Sutherland (Victoria): 2001 - present

The National Selection Panel is the part of Cricket Australia responsible for team selections for each of the Australian national sides in every form of cricket.

• Andrew Hilditch (Chairman)
• David Boon
• Jamie Cox
• Merv Hughes

Cricket Australia is governed by 14 Directors appointed by each of the state member associations. The Chief Executive Officer reports to the Board of Directors.

• Chairman: Creagh O'Connor
• Allan Border AO
• Jack Clark
• Wally Edwards
• Daryll Foster OAM
• Dr Harry Harinath
• Tony Harrison
• Robert Horsell
• The Hon Ian McLachlan AO
• Bryan Phelan
• Tony Steele
• Geoff Tamblyn
• Mark Taylor AO
• Peter Warner

The Board of Control for Cricket in India, or BCCI, is the apex governing body for cricket in India. The board was formed in 1929. It is a society, registered under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act. The BCCI often uses government-owned stadiums across the country at a nominal annual rent. It is a private club consortium. Basically to become a member of a state-level association, you need to be introduced by another member and also pay an annual fee. The state-level clubs select their representatives (secretaries) who in turn select the BCCI officials. As for any private club, BCCI or the state-level associations are not required to make their balance sheets public.

As a member of the International Cricket Council (ICC), it has the authority to select players, umpires and officials to participate in international events and exercises total control over them. Without its recognition, no competitive cricket involving BCCI-contracted Indian players can be hosted within or outside the country. The BCCI's membership generally includes the State cricket associations, though some states have more than one association. Maharashtra state, for instance, has Maharashtra Cricket Association, Mumbai Cricket Association and Vidharba cricket association and Gujarat state has Gujarat Cricket Association, Baroda cricket association and Saurashtra cricket association. Railways and Services are also members. The BCCI is India's richest sporting body.

The BCCI's constitution provides for annual elections at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) for all posts, with a bar on re-election of an incumbent president beyond two consecutive years, "provided that the General Body may in its discretion re-elect the same person as president for the third consecutive year". The President of BCCI is Shashank Manohar (elected 29 September, 2008). Niranjan Shah is the secretary. All the office-bearers for the year 2004-05, were elected at the annual general meeting of the Board held in Kolkata. On 10 January 2005, the Supreme Court of India ordered the removal of Jagmohan Dalmiya from the post of patron-in-chief of BCCI and also asked the board to complete its annual general meeting (AGM) which had been adjourned on 30 September 2004.

The legality of the office-bearer's election at the board's annual general meeting (AGM) held on 29 September 2004 is subjudice. In recent times the BCCI has been at odds with the ICC on Future Tours Program, it has formed unilateral arrangements to allow more series between India and Australia, England and Pakistan. This, however, has left out 'minnows' such as Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.

1. R.E. Grant Govan1928-29 to 1932-33
2. Sikandar Hyat Khan 1933-34 to 1934-35
3. Mohammad Hamidulla Khan 1935-36 to 1936-37
4. Jamsaheb Digvijaysinhji of Nawanagar1937-38
5. Dr. P. Subbarayan1937-38 to 1945-46
6. Anthony S. D'Mello 1946-47 to 1950-51
7. J.C. Mukherji 1951-52 to 1953-54
8. Dr. Maharajkumar Sir Vijaya Ananda of Vizianagaram 1954-55 to 1955-56
9. Sardar Surjitsingh Majithia 1956-57 to 1957-58
10. R.K. Patel 1958-59 to 1959-60
11. M.A. Chidambaram 1960-61 to 1962-63
12. Fatehsinhrao P. Gaekwad of Baroda 1963-64 to 1965-66
13. Z.R. Irani 1966-67 to 1968-69
14. A.N. Ghose 1969-70 to 1971-72
15. P.M. Rungta 1972-73 to 1974-75
16. R.P. Mehra 1975-76 to 1976-77
17. M. Chinnaswamy 1976-77 to 1979-80
18. S.K. Wankhede 1980-81 to 1981-82
19. N.K.P. Salve 1982-83 to 1984-85
20. S. Sriraman 1985-86 to 1987-88
21. B.N. Dutt 1988-89 to 1989-90
22. Madhavrao Scindia 1990-91 to 1992-93
23. I.S. Bindra 1993-94 to 1995-96
24. R.S. Dungarpur 1996-97 to1998-99
25. AC Muttiah 1999-2001
26. AC Muttiah is the son of MA Chaidambaram (no 11)
27. Jagmohan Dalmiya 2001 to 2004

1. Anthony S. D'Mello 1928-29 to 1937-38
2. K.S. Ranga Rao 1938-39 to 1945-46
3. Pankaj Gupta 1946-47 to 1947-48
4. M.G. Bhave 1948-49 to 1950-51
5. A.N. Ghose 1951-52 to 1959-60
6. M. Chinnaswamy 1960-61 to 1964-65
7. S. Sriraman 1965-66 to 1969-70
8. Prof. M.V. Chandgadkar 1970-71 to 1974-75
9. Ghulam Ahmed 1975-76 to 1979-80
10. A.W. Kanmadikar 1980-81 to 1984-85
11. Ranbir Singh Mahendra 1985-86 to 1989-90
12. Jagmohan Dalmiya 1990-91
13. C. Nagaraj 1991-92 to 1992-93
14. Jagmohan Dalmiya 1993-94 to 1996-97 had resigned from the post after he took over as the President of ICC w.e.f. 15-7-97
15. Jaywant Y Lele 1997-98 -2000
16. Niranjan Shah
17. S K Nair 03 - 04

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in the West Indies (a sporting confederation of over a dozen mainly English-speaking Caribbean countries and dependencies that formed the British West Indies). It was originally formed in the early 1920s as the West Indies Cricket Board of Control (and is still sometimes referred by that name), but changed its name in 1996. The Board has its headquarters in St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda. The WICB has been a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1926.

It operates the West Indies cricket team and West Indies a cricket team, organising Test tours and one-day internationals with other teams. It also organizes domestic cricket in West Indies, including the Carib Beer Cup first-class competition and the KFC Cup domestic one-day (List A) competition. The WICB has also collaborated with Sir Allen Stanford in the organization of the domestic Stanford 20/20 competition for the Twenty20 format of cricket.

The WICB's membership includes the 6 territorial cricket associations of the various countries and territories which contest the West Indies first-class and limited-overs competition in the Caribbean. Each provides two 2) Directors, in addition to a number of non-member Directors. Two (2) of these associations are themselves multi-national boards representing a number of countries and dependencies. The member associations are:

1. Barbados Cricket Association (BCA)
2. Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)
3. Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA)
4. Leewards Islands Cricket Association (LICA); itself composed of:
5. Anguilla Cricket Association
6. Antigua and Barbuda Cricket Association (also just called the Antigua Cricket Association)
7. British Virgin Islands Cricket Association
8. Nevis Cricket Association (for the island of Nevis alone)
9. Montserrat Cricket Association
10. St. Kitts Cricket Association (for the island of St. Kitts alone)
11. St. Maarten Cricket Association
12. United States Virgin Islands Cricket Association
13. Trinidad & Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB)
14. Windward Islands Cricket Board of Control (WICBC); itself composed of:
15. Dominica Cricket Association
16. Grenada Cricket Association
17. St. Lucia Cricket Association
18. St. Vincent & the Grenadines Cricket Association

The President of WICB is Dr. Julian Hunte (since 29 July, 2007, replacing Kenneth Gordon) and Dr. Donald Peters is the Chief Executive Officer. Since 2005, as per an ICC mandate, the West Indies Women's Cricket Federation (WIWCF) has been integrated with the WICB. The President of the WIWCF is Ms. Carol Whilby-Maxwell and the Secretary is Michael Seepersaud. The WICB is charged with aiding regional development of cricket in the Americas region, under the ICC's development program.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989. The ICC has 104 members: 10 Full Members that play official Test matches, 34 Associate Members, and 60 Affiliate Members. The ICC is responsible for the organization and governance of cricket's major international tournaments, most notably the Cricket World Cup.

It also appoints the umpires and referees those official at all sanctioned Test matches, One Day International and Twenty20 Internationals. It promulgates the ICC Code of Conduct, which sets professional standards of discipline for international crickets, and also co-ordinates action against corruption and match-fixing through its Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU). The acting ICC President is Ray Mali following the death of Percy Sonn on May 27, 2007, after complications from recent surgery.

The current CEO is Haroon Lorgat. It was announced on June 27, 2007, that David Morgan the chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board, would fill the role of ICC President from 2008, until 2010, when he will be replaced by Sharad Pawar, the current president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

On June 15, 1909 representatives from England, Australia and South Africa met at Lord's and founded the Imperial Cricket Conference. Membership was confined to the governing bodies of cricket within the British Empire where Test cricket was played. India, New Zealand and West Indies were elected as Full Members in 1926, doubling the number of Test-playing nations to six. After the formation of Pakistan in 1947, it was given Test status in 1953, becoming the seventh Test-playing nation. South Africa resigned from the ICC in 1961 due to apartheid.

In 1965, the Imperial Cricket Conference was renamed the International Cricket Conference and new rules adopted to permit the election of countries from outside the Commonwealth. This led to the expansion of the Conference, with the admission of Associate Members. Associates were each entitled to one vote, while the Foundation and Full Members were entitled to two votes on ICC resolutions. Foundation Members retained a right of veto. Sri Lanka was admitted as a Full Member in 1981, returning the number of Test-playing nations to seven.

In 1989, new rules were adopted and International Cricket Conference changed its name to the current name, the International Cricket Council. South Africa was re-elected as a Full Member of the ICC in 1991, after the end of apartheid; this was followed in 1992 by the admission of Zimbabwe as the ninth Test-playing nation. Bangladesh was admitted as the tenth Test-playing nation in 2000.

From its formation the ICC had Lord's Cricket Ground as its home with offices in the "clock tower" building at the nursery end of the ground. However as the commercial element of the Council's operations became prominent the ICC sought ways to avoid tax liability on commercial income. This led, in 2001, to the establishment of an office in Monaco to which all of the commercial staff relocated. This move successfully removed the Council's tax liability however there was a disadvantage in that the Council's cricket administrators, who remained at Lord's, were separated from their commercial colleagues who had moved to Monaco.

The council decided to seek ways of bringing all of their staff together in one office whilst protecting their commercial income from tax. The option of staying at Lord's was investigated and a request was made, through Sport England, to the British Government to allow the ICC to have all its personnel (including those working on commercial matters) in London - but be given special exemption from paying UK corporation tax on its commercial income. The British Government was unwilling to create a precedent and would not agree to this request. As a consequence the ICC examined other locations and eventually settled on the emirate of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. In August 2005 the ICC moved its offices to Dubai, and subsequently closed its offices at Lord's and Monaco.

The move to Dubai was made after an 11-1 vote by the ICC's Executive Board in favour. Whilst the principal driver of the ICC's move to Dubai was the wish to bring its main employees together in one tax efficient location, a secondary reason was the wish to move offices closer to the increasingly important new centres of cricketing power in South Asia. Lord's had been a logical venue when the ICC had been administered by the MCC (a situation that lasted until 1993). But the growing power of India, Pakistan and to a lesser extent Sri Lanka, in world cricket had made the continued control of international cricket by a British private members club (the MCC) anachronistic and unsustainable. A direct consequence of the changes and reforms instituted in 1993 was eventually to be the move away from Lord's to a more neutral venue.

The International Cricket Council overlooks playing conditions, bowling reviews, and other ICC regulations. Even though the ICC doesn't have copyright to the laws of cricket and only the MCC may change the laws, nowadays this would usually only be done after discussions with the game's global governing body, the ICC. The ICC also has a "Code of Conduct" to which teams and players in international matches are required to adhere. Where breaches of this code occur the ICC can apply sanctions, usually fines. In 2006 the ICC imposed 27 penalties on players.

The ICC has a strong commercial focus and it has a duty to its members to maximize the value to them of its primary "property" the Cricket World Cup. Sponsorship and television rights of the World Cup brought in over US$1.6 billion between 2007 and 2015, by far the ICC's main source of income. The ICC has no income streams from other international cricket matches (Test matches, One Day International and Twenty20 Internationals). It has sought to create other new events to augment its World Cup revenues. These include the ICC Champions Trophy and the ICC Super Series played in Australia in 2005. However these expansions have not been as successful as the ICC hoped.

The Super Series was widely seen as a failure and is not expected to be repeated, and India called for the Champions Trophy to be scrapped in 2006 The Champions Trophy 2004 event was referred to in Wisden 2005 by the editor as a "turkey of a tournament" and a "fiasco"; although the 2006 edition was seen as a greater success due to a new format.

The ICC appoints international umpires and referees, sponsored by Emirates Airline, who officiate at all sanctioned Test matches, One-Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals. The ICC operates 3 panels of umpires: namely the Elite Panel, the International Panel, and the Associates and Affiliates Panel. As of April 2006, the Elite Panel includes ten umpires. In theory, two umpires from the Elite Panel officiate at every Test match, whilst one Elite Panel umpire stands in ODI matches together with an umpire from the International Panel. In practice, members of the International Panel stand in occasional Test matches, as this is viewed as a good opportunity to see whether they can cope at the Test level, and whether they should be elevated to the Elite Panel.

The Elite Panel are full-time employees of the ICC, although do still, very occasionally umpire first-class cricket in their country of residence. The average, annual, officiating schedule for Elite Umpires is 12 Test matches and 15 ODIs, a potential on-field workload of 75 days per year. The International Panel is made up of officials nominated from each of the ten Test-playing cricket boards. The Panel Members officiate in ODI matches in their home country, and assist the Elite Panel at peak times in the cricket calendar when they can be appointed to overseas ODI and Test matches. International Panel members also undertake overseas umpiring assignments such as the ICC under 19 Cricket World Cup in order to improve their knowledge and understanding of overseas conditions, and help them prepare for possible promotion onto the Elite Panel.

Some of these umpires also officiate in the Cricket World Cup. Each of the Test cricket boards nominates a "third umpire" who can be called upon to review certain on-field decisions through instant television replays. All third umpires are first-class umpires in their own county, and the role is seen as a step onto the International Panel, and then the Elite Panel. The newest panel of umpires, set up in February 2005, is the Associates and Affiliates Umpires Panel. It was designed to offer a pathway to top level umpiring for officials from the ICC's 87 Associate and Affiliate Member countries. As of January 2005, it has 10 members from countries such as Nepal and Fiji. These umpires will officiate at the ICC Trophy and the ICC under 19 Cricket World Cup.

There is also a Panel of Elite Referees who act as the independent representative of the ICC at all Test and ODI matches. As of January 2005, it has 7 members, all highly experienced former international cricketers. The Referees do not have the power to report players or officials (which has to be done by the umpires), but they are responsible for conducting hearings under the ICC Code of Conduct and imposing penalties as required at matches, ranging from an official reprimand to a lifetime ban from cricket. Decisions can be appealed, but the original decision is upheld in most cases.

All members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) on this list are recognized by the ICC as the governing body of the sport of cricket in their respective nations or geographic area. The ICC was founded at Lord's on 15 June 1909 as the Imperial Cricket Conference, with Australia, England, and South Africa as its founding members. In the beginning, only countries within the commonwealth could join. These members were then joined by India, New Zealand, and the West Indies in 1926 and later by Pakistan in 1953. In 1961, South Africa resigned due to their leaving the Commonwealth.

The Imperial Cricket Conference was renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965 with new rules permitting countries from outside the Commonwealth to be elected in to the governing body for the first time. Any new member elected to the governing body could only be an Associate Member with the possibility of being promoted to a Full Member. The first Associates were Fiji and the USA. In 1989, the ICC was again renamed, this time to International Cricket Council. South Africa was reelected as a Full Member to the ICC in 1991 and Zimbabwe was elected in 1992.

The most recent new Full Member is Bangladesh, which was elected in 2000. The ICC currently has 104 members. Membership is a hierarchy and there are three categories of membership: Full Members, Associate Members, and Affiliate Members. In the highest category, there are 10 Full Members. Below the Full Members are the 34 Associate Members. In the lowest category, there are 60 Affiliate Members.

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.

The African Cricket Association is an international body which oversees cricket in African countries. The ACA was founded in 1997, and has 20 member countries. The ACC is a sub-ordinate body to the International Cricket Council. South African and Zimbabwean Cricket is independently administered by their own boards, however the ACA is responsible for the administration, promotion and development across the rest of the Africa continent. They are also responsible for the development of coaching and umpiring, and expanding cricket administration within national organizations on the African Continent.

Prior to the Creation of the ACA, and the rest of Africa was administered by two separate organizations, the East and Central Africa Cricket Conference and the West Africa Cricket Council. The ACA also organizes the African XI which competes in the Afro-Asian Cup. The Cricket World Cup has been held once in the ACA region when the 2003 Cricket World Cup was hosted in South Africa, Kenya and Zimbabwe. Swaziland gained affiliated membership on June 26th 2007.

The European Cricket Council (ECC) is an international body which oversees cricket in European countries other than the Test-playing cricketing nation of England and Wales. (For cricketing purposes, as with nearly all sports, Israel is considered to be a European country.) The ECC is the regional authority for Europe under the auspices of the worldwide governing authority of cricket, the International Cricket Council (ICC). It is based in London, England, and hosts their executive meetings at Lord's Cricket Ground. Its current Chairman is Roger Knight. The ECC is responsible for the promotion and development of the game of cricket across the European continent.

It is a tough task, in a region where the game has not traditionally flourished. Cricket also faces tough competition from much more popular sports, such as football. It lists its key objectives as: Participation, High Performance, and Tournament Structure, Widening the Market, and promoting the Spirit of Cricket. The ECC is responsible for organising the European Cricket Championship along with junior, indoor and women's tournaments. The tournament structure is part of the qualification for the Cricket ICC World Cup. The ECC runs development programs that support coaching, umpiring, training, clinics and sports medicine programs in member countries. These programs are the responsibility of the European Development Manager and a small team of staff, within the framework of the ICC Development Programs' Key Objectives.

Responsibility for hosting and supporting the ICC's five regional programs falls to the Full Member in each region, in this case the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), who have, in turn, involved Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) on the basis of MCC's existing strong links with Europe. The program is financed largely by the ICC (through the biennial ICC Champions Trophy, played between Full Members and Associate qualifiers) with assistance from the ECB and MCC, and a growing level of sponsorship from companies such as Flicx International, Readers and Notts Sport. Cricket is recorded as having first been played in Europe by Admiral Nelson's troops and sailors whilst they were stationed in Naples in 1793. The game quickly grew in popularity, and was regularly played at amateur level throughout the 19th century.

Many professional clubs formed at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century, the most famous of which, the Milan Cricket and Football Club, was the fore-runner of A.C. Milan. However, the rise of Fascism across Europe in the 1920's and 1930's saw a decline in the game's popularity. Although it continued to be played at amateur level, it wasn't until the 1990's that it began to revive on a larger scale. The ECC was founded in 1997, replacing the administration heavy European Cricket Federation, and has expanded from an initial membership of 14, to now having has 37 member associations (as of 2006). 9 of the member nations have ICC associate status, a further 17 have affiliate status, and 11 are ICC prospective members. The game continues to grow in popularity, and three ECC members, Scotland, Ireland, and The Netherlands, along with test status England, competed in the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup.

The East Asia-Pacific Cricket Council is an international body which oversees cricket in countries in East-Asia, and the Pacific. It is a subordinate body to the International Cricket Council. The EAPCC was established in 1999 as part of the global development program, it is the ICC's smallest development body with 10 member countries, none of which have Test status. It is responsible for the development, promotion and administration of the game in the region. The ICC East Asia - Pacific (EAP) Program is headed by Regional Development Manager, Tim Anderson, based in Australia at the offices of Cricket Australia. The Region supported by Australia & New Zealand as the only Full members in the region.

However, Australia and New Zealand do not belong to the EAPCC. The four test cricket countries in Asia, all of which are in South Asia, belong to the Asian Cricket Council rather than the EAPCC. The EAP development program is responsible for International tournaments/events, Coaching courses (coach education), Umpiring courses, Youth/elite development training, Junior/schools programs, Administration development, Grass roots participation/competitions, Cricket resources provision, Promotion and marketing and Academy visits / cricket camps within the region. The EAPCC is also responsible for the hosting of the EAP Cricket Cup, which is the regional international championship of Cricket, and allows teams within the region to attempt to qualify for the cricket world cup.

Sri Lanka Cricket, formerly the Board for Cricket Control in Sri Lanka (BCCSL), is the controlling body for cricket in Sri Lanka. It operates the Sri Lankan cricket team and first-class cricket within Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka Cricket oversees the progress and handling of the major domestic competitions: the First-class tournament Premier Trophy, the List A tournament Premier Limited Overs Tournament and the Twenty20 competition Twenty-20 Tournament. They also organize and host the Inter-Provincial Tournament, a competition where the above first-class do not take part but rather teams represent four different provinces of Sri Lanka.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), previously known as Bangladesh Cricket Control Board, is the main governing body on Cricket in Bangladesh. The Board has its headquarters in Dhaka and it governs the maintenance of cricket venues in Bangladesh as well as selection for the National Team. Notable ODI & Test Venues under the board are:

1. Sher e Bangla Mirpur Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka
2. Fatulla Stadium, Narayanganj
3. Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong
4. Shaheed Chandu Stadium, Bogra
5. Khulna Stadium, Khulna

Former venues under the board were Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka & MA Aziz Stadium' in Chittagong. Both these stadiums have been taken over as soccer (football) venues by Bangladesh Football Federation. Bangladesh will play the role of hosts at ICC T20 Championship 2013.

The Zimbabwe Cricket Union is the governing body for the sport of cricket in Zimbabwe. Its trading name, from 2004, has been Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC). It is a full member of the International Cricket Council, and operates the Zimbabwean cricket team, organising Test tours and One Day Internationals with other nations. It also organizes domestic cricket in Zimbabwe.

Bermuda's British ties ensure that cricket remains a popular sport on our island. Spectators will find cricket played on weekends at a variety of cricket fields from the end of April to mid-September. The Bermudian cricket team represents Bermuda in the sport of cricket. Cricket in Bermuda is governed by the Bermuda Cricket Board. Bermuda has approximately 2,000 cricket players. The Bermuda Cricket Board was elected to Associate Membership of the International Cricket Council, the global ruling body for the sport, in 1966. It has played in 7 ICC Trophies, the one-day competition for non-full-members of the ICC, and they were runners-up in 1982.

They won the Plate (a competition for teams knocked out of the ICC Trophy in the early rounds) in 1997. The earliest cricket match recorded in Bermuda is August 30, 1844, when the Garrison lost to another army team. By 1845, the Bermuda Cricket Club had been formed and the game was being played not only by British troops stationed there, but by locals. Philadelphia Zingari visited Bermuda in March 1891, playing the first international matches there, and the first Bermuda touring team, Hamilton Cricket Club, played in New York and Philadelphia in 1905. The cricketing strength of the island fell away after the First World War, with tours of poor quality sides taking place.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) (Welsh: 'Bwrdd Criced Cymru a Lloegr') is the governing body of cricket in England and Wales. It was created on 1 January 1997 combining the roles of the Test and County Cricket Board (TCCB), the National Cricket Association (NCA) and the Cricket Council. Like many sports governing bodies in the United Kingdom it is a company limited by guarantee, a legal status which enables it to concentrate on maximizing it's funding of the sport rather than making a return for investors. The ECB's offices are at Lord's Cricket Ground in London. The ECB is governed by representatives of the 38 first-class and minor counties and the MCC. It is headed by the Management Board (with 15 members), a First-Class Forum (for first-class cricket) and a Recreational Forum.

The ECB's chairman is Giles Clarke of Somerset and its chief executive is David Collier. An important responsibility is the direction of the England national side. The Chairman of Selectors Geoff Miller, head coach Peter Moores and other coaches are ECB employees. The ECB also employs the England Test match captain Kevin Petersen and other centrally contracted players, as well as being responsible for the ECB National Academy, currently based at Loughborough University in Leicestershire. The ECB is responsible for the financial direction and commercial exploitation of England cricket. It raises revenue from the proceeds of sales for tickets at One Day International and Test matches in England and Wales and shares in revenues when the England team play abroad.

The ECB is also responsible for the generation of income from the sale of sponsorship and broadcasting rights, primarily in relation to the England team. The ECB's income in the 2007 calendar year was £93.0 million, up from £77.0 million in 2006. In 2007 the ECB distributed £31.6 million in "fee payments" to the eighteen first class counties, or £1.75 million per team. This subsidy is an essential source of income for the counties. It also pays certain costs of the domestic cricket program directly, including the salaries of first class umpires and the cost of temporary floodlights at county matches. In 2005 the ECB took on responsibility for the direction of women's cricket in England and Wales. In 2005 the ECB concluded a commercial arrangement with BSkyB which gave Sky Sports the exclusive television rights for live Test cricket in England and Wales for four years (the 2006 to 2009 seasons).

This deal, which took live Test cricket for home England matches away from terrestrial television for the first time generated substantial future revenues for English and Welsh cricket (220 million pounds over 4 years), but was criticized by many England cricket supporters and others. In 2007 Asian rights for live English cricket were sold to ESPN Star Sports for a period of 5 years for 40 million pounds, which is 5 times the previous figure. The ECB courted further controversy in 2005 when they appeared to dither over the employment contract of the bowling coach Troy Cooley who was seen by many as an important contributor to England's Ashes success. Cooley left the England setup and joined Australia's staff.

New Zealand Cricket, formerly the New Zealand Cricket Board, is the governing body for professional cricket in New Zealand. Cricket is the most popular and highest profile summer sport in New Zealand. New Zealand Cricket operates the New Zealand cricket team, organising Test tours and One Day Internationals with other nations. It also organizes domestic cricket in New Zealand, including the State Championship first-class competition, the State Shield domestic one-day competition and The Twenty20 competition Justin Vaughan is the current Chief Executive Officer of New Zealand Cricket. The national captain is Daniel Vettori.

Formerly known as the United Cricket Board of South Africa, Cricket South Africa is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in South Africa. South Africa's two major domestic competitions are the Super Sport Series (four day first class competition), the MTN Domestic Championship (List A one-day competition) and Standard Bank Pro 20 Series (domestic Twenty20 competition). Generally encompassing more than one provincial associate team, six first-class teams take part in these competitions.

Cricket Kenya is the official ICC recognized organization chosen to represent Kenya in terms of cricket issues. They are in charge of overseeing the Kenyan Cricket Team. The current coach is Andy Kirsten. Recently Cricket Kenya organized a four team elite tournament that includes a T20 Tournament, a 50 over competition and a first class competition namely the Sahara Elite League. The final installation of Cricket Kenya as the body in charge of Cricket in Kenya came at the end of a long drawn out dispute the previous management, the Kenya Cricket Association and its Provincial boards among other stakeholders in the game.

The dispute which centered around issues such as floundering constitutional review, and financial irregularities which had seen the KCA rack up almost 500,000 dollars of debt and as well as periodical player disputes over pay that eventually saw the KCA lose all credibility within Kenyan cricketing circles as players, administrators and even the Kenya government gradually withdrew all recognition and support of the KCA in favour of Cricket Kenya, which was then an interim board put together by the Kenya Government to avoid the chaos that had been created by the KCA over the management of Cricket in Kenya.

Ultimately with the intervention of a high powered ICC delegation led by Percy Sonn, and Peter Chingoka where an agreement on a new elections and a new constitution was agreed upon. The board members that were elected in the subsequent elections then formally wound up the Kenya Cricket Association paving the way its official replacement by a new organizational body to be known as Cricket Kenya.

Cricket Canada is the official governing body of the sport of cricket in Canada. It was established in 1892 and has its current headquarters in Toronto, Ontario. Cricket Canada is Canada's representative at the International Cricket Council and has been an associate member of that body since 1968. It is also a member of the Americas Cricket Association which permits Canada to field a team for the annual America's Cup. Prior to November 2007, the organization was known as the Canadian Cricket Association. Canada is one of the team's in Division 1 of Affiliate Members of International Cricket Council who has One Day International and T20 International status.

Cricket Canada is an administrative organization responsible for the promotion, development and organization of cricket in Canada. Cricket Canada controls the national men's and women's teams. Cricket Canada has eight domestic teams which participate in the national domestic cricket season: 2008 saw the inaugural Scotiabank National T20 Championship. The eight teams that feature in Canadian domestic tournaments represent the Canadian provinces.

• Ontario
• Ontario B
• British Columbia
• Alberta
• Nova Scotia
• Quebec
• Manitoba
• Saskatchewan

Cricket was once the most popular sport in Canada until the early 20th Century before it was overtaken by hockey. Cricket was so popular it was declared the national sport by John A. Macdonald, the first Prime Minister of Canada. Cricket, today, is a popular minority sport in Canada, although it is growing. Cricket is the fastest growing sport in Canada. Canada has well over 40,000 cricketers across Canada. While Canada is not sanctioned to play Test matches, the team does take part in One Day International (ODI) matches and also in first-class games (in the ICC Intercontinental Cup) against other non-Test-playing opposition, with the rivalry against the United States being as strong in cricket as it is in other team sports.

The match between these two nations is in fact the oldest international fixture in cricket, having first been played in 1844. This international fixture even outdates the Olympics by over 50 years. There are a few grounds in Canada that are sanctioned by the ICC to host official ODI's. The most famous Canadian cricketer is John Davison, who was born in Canada and participated in the Cricket World Cup in both 2003 and 2007. At the 2003 World Cup, Davison hit the fastest century in tournament history against the West Indies in what was ultimately a losing cause. In that World Cup he also smashed a half century at a strike rate of almost 200 against New Zealand.

One year later, in the ICC Intercontinental Cup against the USA, he proved the difference between the two sides taking 17 wickets for 137 runs as well as scoring 84 runs of his own. In the 2007 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies, John Davison scored the second-fastest half-century against New Zealand. Canada has participated in the 1979, 2003 and 2007 Cricket World Cups. Canada has traditionally had a strong Women's team. Also The Canadian under 19 team have competed in the Under 19 World Cup on two occasions. In 2002, they were eliminated in the first round, meaning they competed in the plate competition, in which they did not win a game.

They repeated this performance in the 2004 competition. 2004 started badly for Canada, with a last place finish in the Six Nations Challenge in the United Arab Emirates after Canada lost all their games. They'd improved significantly by the time of the ICC Americas Championship in Bermuda, which they won. Also in 2004, Canada participated in the first ICC Intercontinental Cup, finishing as runners up to Scotland. The highlight of this tournament was the game against the USA in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, when John Davison recorded the best match bowling figures since Jim Laker's 19 wickets against Australia in 1956. In 2005, Canada again finished third in the ICC Trophy, which gained them official ODI status from 2006 until the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier, as well as qualifying them for the 2007 World Cup.

Their performance in the Intercontinental Cup that year was not as good as in 2004 however, as they did not make it past the first round. In 2006, Canada put in good performances in the four-day ICC Intercontinental Cup, beating Kenya by 25 runs and Bermuda by nine wickets, but their one day form was a complete reversal, losing three times to Bermuda and Kenya, and a further loss to Zimbabwe. In August, Canada took part in the first Division of the Americas Championship. They beat Argentina and long time rivals the USA, but lost to the Cayman Islands and eventual winners Bermuda, and finished third, their worst performance so far in this tournament.

In June and July 2008, Canada hosted Bermuda for three ODIs and Intercontinental Cup matches against Bermuda and Scotland. In August, Canada will travel to Ireland for an ODI and an Intercontinental Cup match. In late summer of 2008, West Indies came to Canada to play one day series with Canada. Canada is one of the top six associates of ICC. Since 2008 a lot of cricket has been played in canada involving international cricket teams from West Indies, Pakistan, Srilanka and Zimbabwe. Apart from this Canada has regular schedule of competitions with other associate members. In future there is a huge scope for to become an international venue for ICC and other events.

Cricket Canada is governed by the following officials and other individuals.

• President: Banwarilal (Ben) Sennik
• Atul Ahuja, Chief Executive Officer
• Calvin Clarke, General Secretary
• Bill Siddiqui, Treasurer
• Mohan (Mike) Kendall, 1st Vice President
• Ravin Moorthy, 2nd Vice President
• Cliff Cox, 3rd Vice President / JRRT Convener
• Mohammed R. Shaikh, Events Manager
• Musa Patel, Operations Manager
• Bhan Deonarine, Chairman of Senior Selection

Scotia Bank is the official team sponsor for the Cricket Canada. Scotia bank's logos features on the team's jerseys and tournaments. Asian Television Network, a large South Asian television network in Canada is also a proud sponsor of Cricket Canada.