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The **International Cricket Council in Cricket Games**, officially the Cricket Games ICC or shortened to CGICC is the main cricket body for Cricket in Cricket Video-Games. It was founded back in 1909 and was known as Cricket Admins (CA) and from 1987 it became known as the CGICC to current date.
The CGICC Currently has 106 Members: 12 Full Members, 94 Associate Members. The 12 Full Members are eligible for test status and 8 of the 94 associate members have ODI status. All of the 106 Members have T20I status. The CGICC is responsible for all cricket tournaments, domestic and international. They also govern the biggest tournaments like the Cricket World Cup and T20 World Cup. They also hires umpires and referees. They also have to approve domestic leagues by their members in order for the leagues to play out.

## History

### 1909-1974: Cricket Admins

When the league was founded in 1909, it was known as Cricket Admins. It was announced as the governing body for all types of cricket, including ODI, T20 and T20I and also Test Matches, However only test matches can be played by full members. When the league was founded, the founding members were England, Australia and South Africa. They would become full members and have always been full members since the beginning of the body of cricket.

In 1926, Cricket Admins announced that 3 new full members would be added and they were West Indies, New Zealand and India. When India gained independence from the British Empire in 1947, Pakistan were added as a full member.

In 1950, All Full Members were given Test Status however Australia and England have always had it. But the other Six Full Members were granted Test Status, meaning other full members could play a 4-5 day test series.

In 1964, the CA named non-full members 'associate members' who could have T20I and ODI status.

From 1968 to the early 1970's alot of nations joined the governing bodies, key teams like Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and South Africa were set to return.

### 1975: The First Cricket World Cup

In 1975, The CA announced that a new cricket tournament would take place, called the Cricket World Cup, they announced there would be 8 teams and all will be invitational. The 8 teams would have 1 host and 7 teams invited to the tournament, like East Africa.

### 1976-1986: World Cup Qualification System, New Members, New Full Members

In 1979, the second edition of the Cricket World Cup, the CA announced a ''qualification'' system called the CA Trophy, would later be named CGICC Trophy.

The Cricket World Cup qualification would continue throughout 1979 to 2019, with ODI rankings auto qualification.

There has also been more new full members such as Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and South Africa would of re-joined.

### 1987-Present: The CGICC Era

From 1987, the CA would be renamed to CGICC. In the 1990's alot of nations such as UAE, Oman became members including others with current ODI status. Also in the 1990's the Champions Trophy began in 1998 in Bangladesh with India winning the first title by beating Sri Lanka by 6 runs.

In the 2000's alot of new members began to join, notably European nations like Croatia, France, Germany ect. It also saw the first season of the T20 World Cup in 2007. From October 2007 to January 2009, Pakistan was 1st in ODI rankings without moving, making it the longest 1st place ranking in league history.

In 2010, this was when it got interesting, first off, Pakistan have won the 2010 and 2016 T20 World Cup and also won the 2019 Cricket World Cup along with Mens Champions Trophy in 2017. However England also won alot with Australia winning a few with also some other nations like West Indies, India winning.

1. ↑ CGICC: What you need to know
2. ↑ CGICC: History of the Name and Origins of the name.
3. ↑ What are the CGICC responsible for?
4. ↑ CGICC: How do they organise matches?
5. ↑ Why can test games only be played by full members?
6. ↑ 1964: The Biggest Year for CA since 1909.
7. ↑ CWC 1975: Why was it invitational?
8. ↑ CWC 1975
9. ↑ CWC 1979: The CA introduce qualification for associate members. Full Members + Hosts still gain auto qualification
10. ↑ CGICC New Members: Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and South Africa Returns
11. ↑ Mens Champions Trophy 1988: India win the first tournament
12. ↑ ICC T20 World Cup 2007: The First ever T20 World Cup