The Africa Cricket Association (ACA) is an international body which coordinates the development of Cricket in Africa. The ACA was founded in 1997. It is subordinate to the International Cricket Council, the council is the continent's regional administrative body, and currently has 24 member associations.
The role of the ACA includes promoting the development of cricket in Africa and organising some regional tournaments. These have included the ACA Africa T20 Cup and the Africa Women's Twenty20 Championship. The role of the ACA is complementary to the International Cricket Council (ICC), which organises the regional qualifying tournaments for global events.
History
The ACA has its origins in the Zone VI Cricket Confederation, which was established in 1991 to coordinate international cricket in Southern Africa along the lines of the African Zone VI Athletics Championships. The inaugural Zone VI tournament was held in Windhoek in September 1991 with Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, and Zambia participating along with the Oxford University Cricket Club as guests. The confederation soon secured the support of the United Cricket Board of South Africa and expanded outside of Southern Africa, with Uganda joining in 1994 and Kenya joining in 1995. In March 1996, a meeting was held in Johannesburg to discuss the formation of an Africa-wide body.
The inaugural annual general meeting of the Africa Cricket Association (ACA) was held in Harare in August 1997. The last Zone VI tournament was also held in 1997 and replaced by an Africa Cup open to countries from all around the continent. Hoosain Ayob was appointed as full-time development director. Peter Chingoka of Zimbabwe was elected chairman of the ACA in 1998, replacing South Africa's Krish Mackerdhuj.
In 2005, the ACA and the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) established Afro-Asian Cricket Cooperation as a vehicle to promote the Afro-Asia Cup, a series of One Day International (ODI) matches between an Africa XI and an Asia XI to raise funds for the development of cricket on both continents. The 2005 Afro-Asia Cup was held in South Africa and suffered from low attendance and a lack of interest from the players, although generating significant television revenues. A second tournament was held in India in 2007 but the event was not continued, although several proposals for a revival have been made.
In 2023, the ACA announced a 10-year partnership with Mumbai-based firm Corcom Media Ventures for the organisation, promotion, and broadcasting of ACA tournaments, including the ACA Africa T20 Cup and plans for a Women's Africa T20 Cup and an African Premier League.
ACA members
NoCountryAssociationICC MembershipStatusICCMembershipACAMembershipFull Members of ICC (2)1 Cricket South Africa Full 1909 19972 Zimbabwe Cricket Full 1992 1997Associate Members of ICC with ODI and T20I status (1)3 Cricket Namibia Associate 1992 1997Associate Members of ICC with T20I status (20)4 Botswana Cricket Association Associate 2000 19975 Cameroon Cricket Association Associate 2007 20076 Gambia Cricket Association Associate 2002 20027 Ghana Cricket Association Associate 2002 20028 Cote d'Ivoire Cricket Federation Associate 2022 20229 Eswatini Cricket Association Associate 2007 200710 Cricket Kenya Associate 1981 199711 Lesotho Cricket Association Associate 2001 200112 Malawi Cricket Association Associate 2003 200313 Fédération Malienne de Cricket Associate 2005 200514 Mauritius Cricket Federation Associate 2026 200715 Mozambican Cricket Association Associate 2003 200316 Nigeria Cricket Federation Associate 2002 200217 Rwanda Cricket Association Associate 2003 200318 St Helena Cricket Association Associate 2001 200119 Seychelles Cricket Association Associate 2010 201020 Cricket Sierra Leone Associate 2002 200221 Tanzania Cricket Association Associate 2001 200122 Uganda Cricket Association Associate 1998 199823 Zambia Cricket Union Associate 2003 2003Non-Members of ICC but Members of ACA (1)24 Royal Moroccan Cricket Federation 1999–2019 1999 Notes:
Future Members NoCountryAssociationICC MembershipStatus 1 Cricket Burkina Faso 2 Burundi Cricket Federation 3 Cricket Committee of Egypt
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References
External links ACA Website ICC region page