List of Kenya national cricket captains

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This is a list of all cricketers who have captained Kenya in an official international match. This includes the ICC Trophy, Under-19 games and One Day International. The tables are correct as of the 2007 Cricket World Cup.

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Overall list

A list of captains from when Kenya played its first match in 1951 until it was given ODI status in 1996.

Kenya Cricket Captains
No.NameYears
1 Denis Dawson 1951-1958
2Chandrakant M. Patel1958
3T.M. Bell1958
4 Ramanbhai Patel 1960-1964
5Gursharan Singh1964-1967
6Derek Breed1967
7Virendra Desai1968
8 Don Pringle 1968
9 Mehmood Quaraishy 1970
10 Jawahir Shah 1972-1976
11 Charanjive Sharma 1976-1979
12Ramesh Patel1980-1984
13 Zahoor Sheikh 1982
14 Tom Tikolo 1986-1994
15 Aasif Karim 1990
16 Maurice Odumbe 1995-1997

One Day Internationals

Kenya played their first ODI on February 18, 1996.

Kenyan ODI Captains
NumberNameYearPlayedWonTiedLostNo Result
1 Maurice Odumbe 1996–2001201-181
2 Aasif Karim 1997–1999216-15-
3 Steve Tikolo 2001–20117327-442
4 Thomas Odoyo 2002–20062--11
5 Morris Ouma 2009–2010172-141
7 Jimmy Kamande 2010/1192-7-
8 Collins Obuya 2011–2013103-7-
9 Rakep Patel 201421-1-
Overall1544201075

T20 Internationals

Kenya played their first T20I in September 2007.

Kenyan T20I Captains
NumberNameYearPlayedWonTiedLostNo Result
1 Steve Tikolo 2007-200971-6-
2 Thomas Odoyo 20071--1-
3 Morris Ouma 201043-1-
4 Collins Obuya 2012-2013176-11-
Overall2910-19-

ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier (ICC Trophy)

Kenya debuted in the ICC Trophy in the 1982 tournament

Kenyan ICC Trophy (ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier) Captains
NumberNameYearPlayedWonTiedLostNo Result
1 Ramesh Patel 198263021
2 Tom Tikolo 1986-1993/942213090
3 Maurice Odumbe 1997108011
4 Steve Tikolo 2009106040
5 Rakep Patel 201473040
Overall55330202

Youth One-Day International captains

This is a list of Kenyans who have captained their country in an Under-19's ODI.

Kenyan Under 19's Captains
NumberNameYearPlayedWonTiedLostNo Result
1 Thomas Odoyo 1997-199863030
2 Mohammad Sheikh 1999-200051040
3 Ragheb Aga 2001-200261050
Overall1750120