Sydney: Come June 30 and cricket's oldest regional body, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), will cease to exist in its current form.

Even long-serving CEO Syed Ashraful Huq, who has actually been involved with the ACC in one capacity or the other since its inception in September 1983, won't have a role to play once the drastic restructuring takes place.

According to well-placed sources of The Telegraph, after June 30, the ACC will no longer be headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, but operate out of an "office" in Singapore.

Apparently, only two employees will be stationed there.

Of course, it's possible that the International Cricket Council (ICC) will "absorb" some of the field employees of the ACC. The development officers, for example.

One of the four development officers is India's Venkatapathi Raju.

Things could become clear in the next month.

Whatever, it's ironic that the ACC, which was set up largely at the behest of India, is being whittled down because of the strong views of Narayanswami Srinivasan, the ICC chairman.

The ICC has decided to stop funding regional bodies. Instead, the grants will now go directly to the Associate and Affiliate members.

Not wanting to antagonise Srinivasan, nobody objected to what is being set in motion.

One understands that the ACC, which regularly organised tournaments at different levels, got between $6-7 million annually from the ICC. Besides, it generated revenue through the Asia Cup.

Instead of being conducted by the ACC, henceforth, the Asia Cup will be organised by the host (Full Member) nation.

It's not confirmed whether the regional bodies in Africa, the Americas, East Asia and Pacific and Europe will cease to exist or function in the smallest manner possible.