South Africa were then officially excluded from Test cricket for 21 years until they were reinstated by the ICC in 1991 following the South African government's legalization of the ANC and the release of Nelson Mandela.

Recent improvements in Zimbabwe's on-field performances, including a notable victory over Australia in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 group stages and an overhaul of coaching staff has, however, led to the side's Test status being reinstated, with matches now planned against Bangladesh, Pakistan and New Zealand in late 2011.

The ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup in South Africa in 2007 was the first international cricket event to have cheerleaders.

The basic history of the Accords included: release of POWs within 80 days ; ceasefire to be monitored by the International Commission of Control and Supervision ( ICC ); free and democratic elections to be held in South Vietnam ; U. S. aid to South Vietnam would continue ; and North Vietnamese troops could remain in South Vietnam.

The Illawarra Coke Company ( ICC ) in Coalcliff, New South Wales, Australia.

The 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup was the eighth ICC Cricket World Cup and was played in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya from 9 February to 24 March.

* 15 June — representatives of England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lord's to form the Imperial Cricket Conference ( ICC )

At the 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup, held in South Africa, Vaas picked up 23 wickets, becoming the leading wicket taker in the tournament.

Australia is currently ranked third in the ICC Test Championship behind England and South Africa as of 12 June 2012.

South Africa was re-elected as a Full Member of the ICC in 1991, after the end of apartheid ; this was followed in 1992 by the admission of Zimbabwe as the ninth Test-playing nation.

In the same year, India were joint winners of the ICC Champions Trophy with Sri Lanka, and then went to the 2003 Cricket World Cup in South Africa where they reached the final only to be beaten by Australia.

A thumping home series victory over Sri Lanka in 2005 and a drawn series with South Africa put India at 2nd place in the ICC ODI rankings.

* March-India put up a great show at the ICC Cricket World Cup in South Africa after poor performances in the past and go on to the Finals.

In cricket, Stellenbosch hosted the ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier, which the South African team won.

He did commentary on a variety of sporting tournaments including the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup in Australia, the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 in England, the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa, and the 2011 ICC World Cup in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

He began well as a captain, leading India to a series win over South Africa in the five-match one day series and led the Indian team to the finals of the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy.

Following India's poor batting display in the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy and the ODI series in South Africa, in which they were whitewashed 4-0, Ganguly made his comeback to the Test team.

* Inter-State T20 Championship-After India became another member of the ICC Twenty20 and played its first international T20 against South Africa, BCCI launched its own state structure in 2006-07 season, with 27 Ranji teams divided in 5 Zones.

With the bat, Cairns has been the author of some of New Zealand cricket's most memorable innings, including his unbeaten 102 to win the final of the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy for New Zealand against India in Kenya, and his 158 from just 172 balls in a Test against South Africa in 2004.

Cricket is the most popular sport and Potchefstroom hosted a match from the 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup between Australia and The Netherlands, Australia and Namibia, and also between South Africa and Kenya.

In 1989, when the International Cricket Conference ( ICC ) passed a resolution formalising sanctions against players, coaches and administrators who worked in South Africa, Norris McWhirter described the decision as " a crushing blow against cricketers ' freedom to trade ".

The Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad al-Malki presented the ICC prosecutor with documentary evidence which shows that 67 states in Latin America, Asia, Africa, and Europe have legally recognized the State of Palestine.

With representatives in North America, Latin and Central America, Africa and the Middle East and Asia, the ICC Court has significantly increased its training activities on all continents and in all major languages used in international trade.

The situation began to crystallise after 1961 when South Africa left the Commonwealth of Nations and so, under the rules of the day, its cricket board had to leave the International Cricket Conference ( ICC ).

In 1970, the ICC members voted to suspend South Africa indefinitely from international cricket competition.

On 19 September 2007, in a match between England and India, Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh hit six sixes off a single six-ball over in a Twenty20 international cricket match during the inaugural ICC Twenty20 World Cup in Durban, South Africa.

This elevated them to second in the ICC Test Championship.

A Test match is a first-class match played between two ICC full member countries subject to their current status at the ICC and the application of ICC conditions when the match is played.

Test matches are played between national representative teams with " Test status ," as determined by the International Cricket Council ( ICC ), with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days.

In 2005, the ICC ruled that the six-day Super Series match that took place in October 2005, between Australia and a World XI, was an official Test match.

This ICC decision was taken despite a precedent ( e. g. the ICC's earlier ruling on the 1970 England v Rest of the World series ) that only matches between nations should be given Test match status.

Teams that do not have Test status can only officially play a shortened version of cricket, except in events such as the ICC Intercontinental Cup, which was specifically designed to allow non-Test teams to play under conditions similar to Tests.

The BCCI lifted the ban on Azharuddin in 2006 and even honoured him along with other Indian Test captains in a ceremony in Mumbai during the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy.

Since 2002, the ICC has two panels of umpires: namely the Elite Panel of Umpires ( two of which are, in theory, appointed to each Test Match ) and the larger International Panel of Umpires.

The ICC appoints a match referee from its Elite Panel of Referees to adjudicate Test matches and One Day Internationals.

He was awarded the ICC Player of the Year and the Test Player of the Year at the inaugural awards ceremony held in 2004.

In 1993 many of its global functions were transferred to the International Cricket Council ( ICC ) and its English governance passed to the Test and County Cricket Board ( TCCB ) at the same time.

Given its heritage, MCC continues to participate in the administration of English cricket, and in 2010 offered Lord's as a neutral venue for Pakistan to stage a " home " Test match, as scheduled by the ICC, versus Australia ; although the outcome of that game proved controversial the club's initial offering was made with the intention that Pakistan, whose terrorist-stricken country had rendered it a no-go area for international cricket, could remain within the international cricketing fold.

The ICC occasionally granted associate members permanent ODI status without granting them full membership and Test status.

* ICC Test Championship

The ICC has 106 members: 10 Full Members that play official Test matches, 35 Associate Members, and 60 Affiliate Members.

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.

Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India ( BCCI ), it is a full member of the International Cricket Council ( ICC ) with Test and One Day International ( ODI ) status.

In the first innings of the ICC Super Series Test match in 2005, McGrath passed Courtney Walsh to become the greatest wicket-taker among fast bowlers in Test history.

This signalled a return to form for Hayden for the 2005 / 06 season, and he scored centuries in four consecutive Tests, including the Oval Test, then home Tests against the ICC World XI and West Indies.

The ICC appoints a match referee for each Test match, One Day International and Twenty20 ; the Referee has the power to set penalties for most offences, the exceptions being the more serious ones.