International Cricket Council

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 105 members: 10 Full
Members that play official Test matches, 35 Associate Members, and 60 Affiliate Members.
The ICC 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, One Day International and Twenty20 Internationals. It promulgates the ICC Code of Conduct, which
sets professional standards of discipline for international cricket,[1] and also co-ordinates action against
corruption and match-fixing through its Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU). The ICC does not control
bilateral fixtures between member countries (which include all Test matches), it does not govern domestic cricket
in member countries, and it does not make the laws of the game, which remain under the control of the Marylebone
Cricket Club.