The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the body that governs world cricket. Originally formed on June 15, 1909 as the Imperial Cricket Conference, this body was intended to make rules and regulations for the international matches involving Australia, England and South Africa. Imperial Cricket Conference was changed to International Cricket Conference in 1964 adopting Pakistan’s proposal to include non-test playing nations also into the council. Non-test playing

nations like USA, Fiji, Ceylon, the Netherlands, Bermuda, East Africa, Denmark, West Africa, Singapore, Argentina, Israel etc were added to the council in the subsequent years. The rules of the council were modified in 1969. The most important decision the International Cricket Council had made was the installation of World Cup cricket from 1975. In 1989, the council went through another name change and became the International Cricket Council. It allowed re-entry to South Africa with full status in 1991. Acceptance of latest technology and the cerebral approach to further the spread of international matches centered around the Indian sub-continent were major steps taken by this council. The ICC finally shifted its headquarters from London to Dubai on economical grounds