Until 2003, the headquarters of the council were rotated biennially amongst the presidents' and secretaries' home countries.

The council runs a development program that supports coaching, umpiring and sports medicine programs in member countries, funded from television revenues collected during the officially sanctioned Asian Cricket Council tournaments including the Asia Cup, Under-19 Asia Cup, Women's Asia Cup and various other tournaments.

Previously ACC was headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka, which was officially opened on 20 August 2016.

[3] In 2019, the headquarters of the ACC was moved to Dubai, near the International Cricket Council (ICC) office.

[4] Notes: ACC Asia XI was a team named for the 2005 World Cricket Tsunami Appeal, a one-off match designed to raise funds for charities following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and resulting tsunami.