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Imperial Cricket Conference Becomes International — 1965

ICC

1965-07-15

At its 1965 annual meeting at Lord's, the Imperial Cricket Conference renamed itself the International Cricket Conference, allowing for the first time the admission of countries from outside the British Commonwealth. The change opened the door to associate membership and was the most significant administrative reform in the game since the Conference's founding in 1909.

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New Zealand Granted Test Status — Imperial Cricket Conference, 1929

New Zealand and Imperial Cricket Conference

1929-05-31

On 31 May 1929 the Imperial Cricket Conference at Lord's voted to grant New Zealand full Test status, making it the fifth Test-playing nation. The first New Zealand Test was scheduled for January 1930 against MCC at Christchurch — the formal admission of a country whose 1927 tour of England had impressed observers across the counties.

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The Imperial Cricket Conference Expands — Test Status for India, WI, NZ, 1926-29

Imperial Cricket Conference / Member countries

1929-05-31

Across three Imperial Cricket Conference meetings between May 1926 and May 1929, Test status was granted in turn to the West Indies (1926), India (1929) and New Zealand (1929) — tripling the number of Test nations in three years and transforming international cricket from a three-country game into a six-country one.

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BCCI Founded — December 1928, Delhi

BCCI / Indian cricket administration

1928-12-04

On 4 December 1928 representatives of regional cricket associations met in Delhi and constituted the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Within 18 months the BCCI had been admitted to the Imperial Cricket Conference, secured Test status for India, and laid the foundation for what would become the wealthiest cricket administration in the world.

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The Imperial Cricket Conference Becomes Active — 1909 into the 1910s

England, Australia, South Africa

1910-06-15

The Imperial Cricket Conference, founded at Lord's in June 1909 with England, Australia and South Africa as founding members, became operationally active through 1910-1914 — the body that scheduled the 1912 Triangular and would in time become the modern ICC.

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Imperial Cricket Conference 1909 — Founded by England, Australia and South Africa

England, Australia, South Africa

15 June 1909

The Imperial Cricket Conference was founded on 15 June 1909 at Lord's, London, by England, Australia and South Africa — the three Test-playing nations. It became the ICC, first governing body of world cricket.

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Imperial Cricket Conference Founded — 15 June 1909, Lord's

England, Australia, South Africa

1909-06-15

On 15 June 1909, representatives of the MCC, the Australian Cricket Board and the South African Cricket Association met at Lord's and founded the Imperial Cricket Conference, the body that became the International Cricket Council. The proposal had been pushed for two years by South African mining magnate Abe Bailey; it created the first international cricket governing structure.

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