Associate members are countries where cricket is firmly established and organised, but which do not qualify for full membership.[2] There are 96 associate members.[13]
Until 2019, all associates were eligible to play in the World Cricket League, a series of international one-day cricket administered by the ICC.[14] From 2019 onwards this was replaced by the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 and ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League.[15] There are also ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier events forming a qualification process for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup: until April 2018, only the qualified teams were awarded Twenty20 International status.[16]
In April 2018, the ICC announced T20I status for all its members from 1 July 2018 for the women’s game, and from 1 January 2019 for the men’s game.[17]
- ^ Switzerland were admitted in 1985, but were expelled in 2012,[91][92] before being readmitted in July 2021.[64]
- ^ The USA were admitted as an associate member in 1965 under the governance of the United States of America Cricket Association, which was expelled in September 2017. USA Cricket was admitted in January 2019.
Associate members with ODI status:
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The ICC granted men’s One Day International status to its associate members based on their success in the World Cricket League; the World Cricket League was replaced in 2019 and ODI status now goes exclusively to all teams in the newly created ICC Cricket World Cup Super League and ICC Cricket World Cup League 2.[100]
The Associate teams who currently hold men’s ODI status are:
Four additional teams gained ODI status after the conclusion of the World Cricket League Division Two tournament in April 2019.[100] These teams were Namibia, Oman, Papua New Guinea and USA.[100]
In April 2021, ICC granted permanent Women’s One Day International status to all the full-member teams.[104] On 25 May 2022, five Associate teams were granted Women’s ODI status by the International Cricket Council.[105]
Associate members with T20I status:
In April 2018, the ICC announced T20I status for all members from 1 January 2019. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between ICC members since 1 January 2019 have been eligible for full T20I status.[106][17]