ICC East Asia-Pacific

{{Short description|Cricket regional governing body}}

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| abbreviation = ICC EAP

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| purpose = Cricket administration

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| location = Melbourne, Australia

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| region_served = East Asia and Oceania

| membership = 12

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| leader_title = Regional
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| leader_name = Andrew Faichney

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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; Oceania. The ICC EAP was founded in 1996. It is subordinate to the International Cricket Council, and currently has 12 member associations.

The region was founded in 1996 with a regional office established in 1999. The area covered by the region includes two Test nations and ten ICC associate members.{{cite web|url=http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/the-icc/icc_members/overview.php |title=ICC Members COUNTRIES 2008/2009 |publisher=International Cricket Council |access-date=3 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618061636/http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/the-icc/icc_members/overview.php |archive-date=18 June 2012 |df=dmy-all }}{{cite web|url=http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/the-icc/icc_members/icc_regions.php|title=ICC Regions|publisher=International Cricket Council|access-date=3 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316234332/http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/the-icc/icc_members/icc_regions.php|archive-date=16 March 2010|url-status=dead}}

The region is headed by the Regional Development Manager, Andrew Faichney, based in Australia at the offices of Cricket Australia. The region is supported by the Australian and New Zealand cricket team and these are the only official Test cricket members in the region. The five Test cricket countries in Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka who are playing in South Asia) are members of the Asian Cricket Council.{{cite web|url=http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/the-icc/icc_members/eap/overview.php|title=About East Asia-Pacific|publisher=International Cricket Council|access-date=3 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406012301/http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/the-icc/icc_members/eap/overview.php|archive-date=6 April 2010|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/the-icc/icc_members/eap/newsdetails.php?newsId=10132_1273031460|title=ICC EAP announce Tom Evans as new RDO|date=5 May 2010|work=ICC EAP News|publisher=International Cricket Council|access-date=3 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006213804/http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/the-icc/icc_members/eap/newsdetails.php?newsId=10132_1273031460|archive-date=6 October 2011|url-status=dead}}

The EAP is responsible for International tournaments and events, such as: participation in competitions, coaching courses (coach education), umpiring courses, youth development and training; junior/schools programs, administration development, marketing and cricket campsites within the region.