Kenya Kongonis Cricket Club

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Personnel
One Day captainAlton Rego
ChairmanDavid Waters MBE
Team information
Founded1927
Home ground Nairobi Club Ground, Nairobi
Official website Welcome to the Kenya Kongonis Cricket Club

The Kenya Kongonis Cricket Club also abbreviated as Kenya Kongonis, is a Kenyan domestic cricket club based in the Nairobi Club Ground, Nairobi. Founded in 1927, it is one of the oldest and most prestigious cricket clubs in Kenya. It takes part in the Nairobi-based NPCA (Nairobi Provincial Cricket Association) Leagues and in the national cricket tournaments such as the East African tournaments, run by Cricket Kenya. [1]

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Kongonis is T20 franchise cricket team in the East Africa Premier League and East Africa Cup, tournaments started by Cricket Kenya. The team is based in Nairobi, Kenya and is operated by the Kenya Kongonis Cricket Club which is a member of the Nairobi Province Cricket Association.

East African Tournaments Record

The Twenty20 competition of East Africa Premier League and the 50-over competition of the East Africa Cup was initiated by Cricket Kenya to raise the profile of the game and develop a grassroots structure that would consistently provide young talent to perform for the national team in international events. [2] In the inaugural tournament, the 20-over competition were mostly dominated by the Ugandan teams invited to compete in the tournaments, but they dominated the 50-over competition, finishing top of the table, winning 6 games out of 10 matches, [3] and is due to play the final against the against Nile Knights, one of two Ugandan teams along with Rwenzori Warriors to compete in the tournaments. [4]

History

The franchise was first formed when the East African competitions were formed in the wake of the 2011 World Cup disaster. Kongonis were one among the four Kenyan teams among those tournaments. Although they did not make much of an impression in the inaugural East African Premier League, dominated by the two Ugandan sides, they did dominate in the opening rounds. It was a different story in the 50-over counterpart, the East African Cup, though. They totally dominated the tournament, and except the occasional Ugandan good performance, nearly every franchise appeared minnows in front of them. They topped the group with 28 points from 10 games (6 wins and only two losses), [5] and then won comprehensively in the twice-postponed final against Ugandan side Nile Knights (the other being Rwenzori Warriors) by 84 runs. After they posted a massive 280/5 (Rakep Patel 92, Duncan Allan 65), Pakistani-born Kenyan cricketer Abdul Rehman took 4-32 as their opponents could only manage 196/9. [6]

2012 EAPL Squad

The squad list is updated as of the 2012-13 East African Premier League. [7]

Notable players

Here is a list of Kongonis cricketers who have gone on to achieve something extraordinary or some other famous achievement. [8]

Statistics

UK Averages

The Kongonis Cricket Club has toured the UK for many years. The statistics have been sourced from the official website, where the stats are given.

Statistics correct as of 1965-2010.

Home ground

The Kongonis franchise's home ground is the Nairobi Club Ground at Nairobi. It is one of the oldest and one of the best cricket grounds in the country. It was one of the 2003 Cricket World Cup venues, which Kenya co-hosted alongside South Africa and Zimbabwe. [14]

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References

  1. Official Website Kenya Kongonis. Retrieved 3 January 2012
  2. Kenya prepare for new superleagues ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 3 January 2012
  3. East African Cup, 2011/12 / Points table ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 3 January 2012
  4. 2011-12 East African Cup Final Scorecard ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 3 January 2012
  5. East African Cup, 2011/12 / Points table Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2012
  6. Kongonis victory gives Kenya boost Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2012
  7. http://www.facebook.com/kenyacricket?ref=stream [ user-generated source ]
  8. Hall of Fame Kenya Kongonis. Retrieved 3 January 2012
  9. Overall Runs Scored - PDF Kenya Kongonis. Retrieved 3 January 2012
  10. Overall Wicket Taken - PDF Kenya Kongonis. Retrieved 3 January 2012
  11. Record Wicket Partnerships - PDF Kenya Kongonis. Retrieved 3 January 2012
  12. Batting Averages (all Kongonis) - PDF Kenya Kongonis. Retrieved 3 January 2011
  13. Bowling Averages (all Kongonis) - PDF Kenya Kongonis. Retrieved 3 January 2012
  14. Nairobi Club Ground Profile Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2012