On the 15 June 1909, representatives from Australia, England, and South Africa met at Lord’s and founded the Imperial Cricket Conference, the global governing body of cricket. A month later a second meeting between the three members was held, and the rules were agreed, and the first ever Tri-Test series was held in England in 1912.
In 1926, the West Indies, New Zealand, and India were admitted as Full Members, doubling the number of Test-playing nations to six. After the formation of Pakistan in 1947, which was given Test status in 1952, and became the seventh Test-playing nation.
In May 1961 South Africa left the Commonwealth and therefore lost membership.
It was renamed as the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and in 1989 took its current name, the International Cricket Council (ICC).
The ICC Code of Conduct sets the professional standards of discipline for international cricket, but does not govern domestic cricket in member countries, and does not make the laws of the game, which remain under the control of the MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club).
The ICC now has 105 members, and is responsible for the organisation and governance of cricket’s major international tournaments, most notably the Cricket World Cup. It also appoints the umpires and referees that officiate at all sanctioned Test matches, ODI’s (One Day Internationals) and Twenty20 International matches.
It has 12 Full Members that play Test matches, and 93 Associate Members.
15 June, 2019