Philippines Cricket Association
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Philippines Cricket Association is the official governing body
of the sport of cricket
in The Philippines. Its current headquarters is located in Manila
, Philippines
. Philippines Cricket Association is Philippines's representative at the International Cricket Council
and is an affiliate member and has been a member of that body since 2000. It is also a member of the East Asia-Pacific Cricket Council
.
Sport governing body
A sport governing body is a sports organization that has a regulatory or sanctioning function. Sport governing bodies come in various forms, and have a variety of regulatory functions. Examples of this can include disciplinary action for rule infractions and deciding on rule changes in the sport...
of the sport of cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
in The Philippines. Its current headquarters is located in Manila
Manila
Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...
, Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. Philippines Cricket Association is Philippines's representative at the International Cricket Council
International Cricket Council
The International Cricket Council is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.The...
and is an affiliate member and has been a member of that body since 2000. It is also a member of the East Asia-Pacific Cricket Council
East Asia-Pacific Cricket Council
ICC East Asia-Pacific is the International Cricket Council region responsible for administration of the sport of cricket in East Asia and the Pacific area.The region was founded in 1996 with a regional office established in 1999...
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