East Africa Cup

The East Africa Cup (EAC) is one of two domestic cricket competitions launched by Cricket Kenya in the aftermath of the Kenya national cricket team's disastrous showing at the 2011 Cricket World Cup.[3] It is a 50 over competition that features 6 franchises, 4 from Kenya and 2 from Uganda, that compete against each other home and away in a league before the two teams that come top in the league square off in a final. Its main objective is to improve the standard of the cricket played in Kenya, and spark a revival on the international stage once again.

East Africa Cup
CountriesKenya, Uganda
AdministratorCricket Kenya
HeadquartersNairobi, Kenya
FormatList A
First edition2011-12
Latest edition2013
Next edition2014
Tournament formatDouble round-robin and Knockout
Number of teams6
Current champion Rwenzori Warriors (1st title)
Most successful Kongonis
Coast Pekee
Rwenzori Warriors (1 title)
Most runs Rakep Patel (346)[1]
Most wickets Mitesh Sanghani (19)[2]

Tournament history

The tournament was started in the wake of Kenya's disastrous 2011 Cricket World Cup campaign. Its main aim is to develop the standard of cricket both in Kenya and Uganda. This idea was first believed to be mooted by Cricket Kenya CEO Tom Sears.

2011-12 season
Main article: 2011–12 East Africa Cup

This was the first running of the East Africa Cup and despite, some dominating performances in the group stage, Rwenzori Warriors, of Uganda came unstuck in the final versus Kongonis [4]

2012 season
Main article: 2012 East Africa Cup

This edition saw Coast Pekee totally reverse their fortunes from the previous tournament and emerge winners against Ruwenzori Warriors in the final.

2013 season
Main article: 2013 East Africa Cup

This was launched on the 7th of August 2013 and ran from the second week of August until the second week of September. The tournament was won by Rwenzori Warriors.

Franchises

4 Teams from Kenya plus two teams from Uganda has been taking part in the tournament. They are as follows:-[5][6]

Team Name Province Sponsors Captain Head Coach
Rising Stars Chuis Nairobi Province Cricket Association Rising Star Commodities Collins Obuya Sibtain Kassamali
Express Ndovu Nairobi Province Cricket Association Express Kenya Rakep Patel Peter Ongondo
Sameer Simbas Nairobi Province Cricket Association Sameer Group Morris Ouma Martin Suji
I & M Nyatis Nairobi Province Cricket Association I & M Bank Tanmay Mishra Lameck Onyango
Rwenzori Warriors Uganda Lawrence Sematimba
Nile Knights Uganda Davis Arinaitwe Martin Suji

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Broadcasting rights

Initially, SuperSport became the broadcast partner for Cricket Kenya, and was broadcast the inaugural East African competitions which was a big boost for the tournament.[8] Following the success of the inaugural tournaments, SuperSport extended their deal with the board to another two years to broadcast the tournament till 2013.[9]

Results
Season Winners Runners-up Teams
2011-12 Kongonis Nile Knights 6
2012 Coast Pekee Rwenzori Warriors 6

References
  1. Records / East African Cup, 2011/12 / Most runs Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2012
  2. Records / East African Cup, 2011/12 / Most wickets Archived 2013-01-22 at Archive.today Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2012
  3. Martin Williamson. "Kenya prepare for new superleagues". ESPN cricinfo. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
  4. http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/527588.html Kongonis v Nile Knights at Nairobi (Gym) - Jan 29, 2012 Kongonis won by 84 runs
  5. http://cricket-kenya.com/index.php?page=news&subpage=cricket&gid=192 Cricket Kenya Launches New Regional Competitions
  6. http://cricket-kenya.com/index.php?page=news&subpage=cricket&gid=194 Cricket Kenya Launches New Regional Competitions
  7. Cricket Kenya unveil new look East Africa show http://cricketkenya.co.ke/news_details.php?news_id=108 Retrieved 17-08-2013
  8. Broadcast boost for new cricket competitions Sports Pro. Retrieved 2 February 2012
  9. Supersport extends deal to cover East Africa competitions Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2012
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