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Teams With ODI Status

The International Cricket Council (ICC) determines which teams have ODI status (meaning that any match played between two such teams under standard one-day rules is classified as an ODI).

The ten Test-playing nations (which are also the ten full members of the ICC) have permanent ODI status. The nations are listed below with the date of each nation's ODI debut shown in brackets:

  1. Australia (5 January 1971)
  2. England (5 January 1971)
  3. New Zealand (11 February 1973)
  4. Pakistan(11 February 1973)
  5. West Indies (5 September 1973)
  6. India (13 July 1974)
  7. Sri Lanka (7 June 1975)
  8. Zimbabwe (9 June 1983)
  9. Bangladesh (31 March 1986)
  10. South Africa (10 November 1991)

Since 2005, the ICC has granted temporary ODI status to six other teams (known as Associate/Affiliate members). Teams earn ODI status for a period of four years based on their performance in the quadrennial ICC World Cricket League – or, more specifically, based on the top six finishing positions at the ICC World Cup Qualifier, which is the final event of the World Cricket League. The following six teams currently have this status:

  • Kenya (from 28 September 1996, until the 2013 ICC World Cup Qualifier)
  • Canada (from 1 January 2006, until the 2013 ICC World Cup Qualifier)
  • Ireland (from 1 January 2006, until the 2013 ICC World Cup Qualifier)
  • Netherlands (from 1 January 2006, until the 2013 ICC World Cup Qualifier)
  • Scotland (from 1 January 2006, until the 2013 ICC World Cup Qualifier)
  • Afghanistan (from 19 April 2009, until the 2013 ICC World Cup Qualifier)

One other Associate Nation has held a four-year temporary ODI status as a result of World Cricket League performances, before being relegated after underperforming at the World Cup Qualifier:

  • Bermuda (from 1 January 2006, until 8 April 2009)

The ICC occasionally granted associate members permanent ODI status without granting them full membership and Test status. This was originally introduced to allow the best associate members to gain regular experience in internationals before making the step up to full membership. First Bangladesh and then Kenya received this status. Bangladesh have since made the step up to Test status and full membership; but as a result of poor performances, Kenya's ODI status was reduced to temporary, and it must now perform at the World Cup Qualifiers to keep its ODI status.

The ICC can also grant special ODI status to all matches within certain high profile tournaments, with the result being that the following non-ODI countries have also participated in full ODIs:

  • East Africa (1975 World Cup)
  • United Arab Emirates (1994 Austral-Asia Cup, 1996 World Cup; Asia Cup 2004 and 2007)
  • Namibia (2003 World Cup)
  • Hong Kong (Asia Cup 2004 and 2008)
  • United States (2004 ICC Champions Trophy)

Some teams who later gained temporary ODI status also fit into this category (e.g. Canada in the 1979 World Cup).

Finally, since 2005, three composite teams have played matches with full ODI status. These matches were:

  • The World Cricket Tsunami Appeal, a once-off-match between the Asian Cricket Council XI vs ICC World XI in the 2004/05 season.
  • The Afro-Asia Cup, two three-ODI series played in 2005 and 2007 Afro-Asia Cup between the Asian Cricket Council XI and the African XI.
  • The ICC Super Series, a three-ODI series played between the ICC World XI and the then-top ranked Australian cricket team in the 2005/06 season.

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