East Africa Cup

East Africa Cup

Countries	Kenya, Uganda
Administrator	Cricket Kenya
Headquarters	Nairobi, Kenya
Format	50–over
First edition	2011-12
Latest edition	2013
Next edition	2014
Tournament format	Double round-robin and Knockout
Number of teams	6
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]

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.

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

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

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

2013 season

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 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine 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