The decision, which was taken by the ICC Board at its meeting at The Oval in London, came after the USACA was suspended in 2015.

The USACA has been suspended by the ICC three times since 2005.

They had twice managed to earn reinstatement, but have now been formally excluded from the worldwide governing body.

"We would hope that this puts a final line on the matter," ICC chief executive David Richardson said, according to ESPN Cricinfo.

"Whether they decide to take legal action is obviously their decision but we would be ready to oppose it if need be."

It was confirmed in May that the ICC would vote on whether to expel USACA due to a failure to resolve concerns over "governance, finance, reputation and cricketing activities".

The world governing body do not believe the USACA "genuinely exercises authority over the sport in the USA and that it instead, for a variety of reasons, presides over a severely fractured community with only a small number of cricket leagues subscribing to its membership and the vast majority not choosing to join the Federation".

The USACA had claimed they were addressing the issues outlined by the ICC and have worked "diligently and cooperatively" to achieve reinstatement since they were last suspended in 2015.

They have previously threatened to take the ICC to court but Richardson is confident their decision will stand up to any legal challenge.

"Don't forget they've already taken the matter to the ICC Dispute Resolution Committee on an expedited basis attempting to stop the board and full council from considering the expulsion of USACA at these meetings," the South African said.

"The arbitrator found in favor of the ICC and found the ICC had acted rationally and was quite entitled to take the decision to expel USACA."

The ICC's decision means a new governing body to govern cricket in the United States will now be formed.

"The whole process, from suspending USACA to expelling them, the whole objective was to unite the cricket community in the United States behind a national governing body that represented everybody," Richardson said. 

"So the first step will be creating the governance infrastructure to fill that void and represent the whole cricket community bearing in mind the size of the country.

"Coming with that will be the competition structures that need to exist, the development pathway, everything that a national governing body needs to get involved in. 

"Over the next 12 months, that will be developed slowly but surely."

The USACA were an affiliate member of the ICC, one below Test playing nations.

Afghanistan and Ireland were granted full member status, allowing them to play Test matches, at the meeting in London.