World Teams
Top Associate/Affiliate Members
None of the associate and affiliate members are qualified to play
Test Cricket, however ICC grants One Day International status to its associate and affiliate members based on their success in the World Cricket League. The top six teams will be awarded
One day international and
Twenty20 International
status, which will allow the associate and affiliate teams to be
eligible to play the full members and play official ODI cricket.
The associate and affiliate teams who currently hold ODI and T20I
status are listed below. Of these six teams, Afghanistan is the only
affiliate member; the remaining five teams are all associate members.
 Afghanistan |
Afghanistan Cricket Federation |
2001[5] |
14 |
Not ranked |
 Canada |
Cricket Canada |
1968[2] |
16 |
Not ranked |
 Ireland |
Cricket Ireland |
1993[2] |
11 |
9 |
 Kenya |
Cricket Kenya |
1981[2] |
13 |
Not ranked |
 Netherlands |
Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond |
1966[2] |
12 |
Not ranked |
 Scotland |
Cricket Scotland |
1994[2] |
15 |
Not ranked |
AT20 Rankings are based on Win Percentage of all International T20 matches played, including matches played against Full Members.
Associate Members
Associate members are countries where cricket is firmly established and organised but do not qualify for Full Membership.
[2] There are 36 Associate Members, Suriname being the recently promoted.
[6] Associates that have qualified for the World Cricket League Division 1 are awarded ODI status until the following ICC World Cup Qualifier, which will take place in 2013.
[7] They are also awarded Twenty20 status.
[8] Also, all Associates are eligible to play in the ICC World Cricket League.
[9] There is also a ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier that works as a qualification process for ICC World Twenty20
that occurs every two years. An associate member must maintain the
following criteria along with other administration requirements of the
national governing body
[10]:
- Have a minimum of 16 senior teams and 16 junior teams playing in a structured competition or competitions
- Must have access to at least 8 cricket grounds, 4 of which must have a permanent pitch
Affiliate Members
Affiliate members are countries where the ICC recognises that cricket is played according to the Laws of Cricket.
[2]
There are 60 Affiliate Members. An affiliate member must maintain the
following criteria along with other administration requirements of the
national governing body
[38] :
- Have a minimum of 8 senior teams and 4 junior teams playing in a structured competitions
- Must have access to at least 2 cricket grounds
- Must be capable of raising in excess of $2,500 each year in income from sources other than the ICC
In order for an affiliate member to be considered for becoming to an
associate member the national governing body must demonstrate that it
has met the criteria for associate membership and must have also met the
following playing standards within the last three years
[10] :
- Competed in all relevant Global or Regional ICC international cricket competition for past 3 years
- Ranked 1st, 2nd or 3rd highest affiliate in the region and
- Have achieved one of the following:
- 2 wins against any associate nation in 50 over matches
- Twice been highly competitive against one of the top 20 associate nations in 50 over matches
- Once beaten an associate member and once been competitive against one of the top 20 associates in 50 over matches
- 3 wins against any associate nation in 20 over matches
- 3 times been highly competitive against one of the top 20 associate nations in 20 over matches
- Twice beaten an associate member and once been highly competitive against one of the top 20 associates in 20 over matches
- Once beaten an associate member and twice been highly competitive against one of the top 20 associates in 20 over matches
- 3 results in ICC global or regional events with results that include
any mix of wins against associate members and/or highly competitive
results against one of the top 20 associate members from 50 over and/or
20 over matches
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