A. CORE QUALIFICATION CRITERIA: A Player shall be qualified to play for a National Cricket Federation where he/she satisfies at least one of the following requirements: 1. the Player was born in the relevant country; 2. the Player is able to demonstrate (by his/her possession of a valid passport issued by the relevant country) that he/she is a national of the relevant country; or 3. the Player is a Resident of the relevant country, in other words: 3.1 the Player has resided in the relevant country for a minimum of 183 days in each of the immediately preceding two years (female Players only); 3.2 the Player has resided in the relevant country for a minimum of 183 days in each of the immediately preceding four years (male Players only); or 3.3 the Player has resided in the relevant country for a minimum of 183 days in each of the immediately preceding seven years (male Players only).

 

B. ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT CRITERIA FOR ASSOCIATE OR AFFILIATE MEMBERS: In addition, where a male Player is seeking to qualify to play for an Associate or Affiliate Member, he must also satisfy at least one of the following criteria: 4. the Player has played in a minimum of 50% of the domestic league matches that his club team was scheduled to play within the relevant domestic structure in any 3 of the preceding 5 domestic league seasons; 5. the Player has spent a cumulative total of at least 100 working days in the relevant country coaching cricket, playing cricket or working in the administration or development of cricket in that country in the immediately preceding 5 years; or 6. the Player has previously represented the relevant country at Under-19 level or above after satisfying the additional Development Criteria in these Regulations or similar requirements under predecessor eligibility regulations. 3

 

C. REPRESENTING MORE THAN ONE NATIONAL CRICKET FEDERATION: Nothing in the Regulations shall operate to prohibit a Player from representing more than one National Cricket Federation during his/her playing career. However, the following additional requirements shall apply: 7. where a male Player is seeking to qualify to play for a Full Member, he must not have participated in an International Match for any other Full Member during the immediately preceding four years; 8. where a male Player is seeking to qualify to play for an Associate or Affiliate Member, he must not have participated in an International Match for any other National Cricket Federation (irrespective of its membership status) during the immediately preceding four years, save that in the event that the male Player is seeking to return and play for the Associate or Affiliate Member that he originally played for prior to qualifying to play for a Full Member, the four year stand out period referred to in this Article 3.3.2 shall be reduced to two years; 9. where a female Player is seeking to qualify to play for any other National Cricket Federation (irrespective of its membership status), she must not have participated in an International Match for any other National Cricket Federation (irrespective of its membership status) during the immediately preceding two years; and 10. no Player shall be entitled to seek to qualify for a different National Cricket Federation more than once, unless the second qualification sought is for the same National Cricket Federation for whom he/she originally played prior to his/her re-qualification. NOTE: No restrictions shall apply to any male Player seeking to qualify to play for a Full Member where he has previously participated in an International Match for an Associate or Affiliate Member.

 

D. SELECTION RESTRICTIONS FOR AFFILIATE AND ASSOCIATE MEMBERS: 11. Except as described in 12, Affiliate and Associate Members may not select (as a member of a starting XI): 11.1 more than two Players in any team who qualify under 3.2, above; or 11.2 more than two Players in any team who have previously represented a Full Member at Under-19 level or above. 12. When playing: (a) against a Full Member; or (b) as part of an ICC Event in which other Full Members are also participating; or (c) as part of the ICC World Cup Qualifying Tournament or ICC World Twenty20 Qualifying Tournament; or (d) in the ICC Intercontinental Cup or the ICC World Cricket League Championship; or (e) in a One Day International Match or Twenty20 International Match, then: 12.1 the Selection Restrictions in 11 shall not apply; and 12.2 the additional Development Criteria set out in Section B shall not apply.

 

E. FURTHER NOTES: 13. For the avoidance of doubt, none of the additional Development Criteria (Section B) or Selection Restrictions (Section D) shall apply to female representative teams. 14. The ICC’s Exceptional Circumstances Committee may determine that an exemption be granted from full compliance with any of the Core Qualification Criteria and/or additional Development Criteria upon consideration of an application that Exceptional Circumstances exist to justify such exemption.