National Elite League Twenty20 is a defunct Twenty 20 domestic

Domestic market

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 Cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

 competition in Kenya

Kenya

Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

 that was held by Cricket Kenya

Cricket Kenya

Cricket Kenya is the official ICC recognised organisation chosen to represent Kenya in terms of cricket issues. They are in charge of overseeing the Kenyan Cricket Team. The current coach is Michael Hesson. Recently Cricket Kenya organized two six team regional tournaments in the T20 and 50 Over...

. It was a part of the Sahara Elite League

Sahara Elite League

The Sahara Elite League was a four team cricket competition created by Cricket Kenya featuring a Twenty20 tournament, a one day cricket tournament and finally a three day cricket tournament...

  program. The Sahara Elite League (also known as Zonal League) is a four team cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

 competition created by Cricket Kenya

Cricket Kenya

Cricket Kenya is the official ICC recognised organisation chosen to represent Kenya in terms of cricket issues. They are in charge of overseeing the Kenyan Cricket Team. The current coach is Michael Hesson. Recently Cricket Kenya organized two six team regional tournaments in the T20 and 50 Over...

 featuring a Twenty20

Twenty20

Twenty20 is a form of cricket, originally introduced in England for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board , in 2003. A Twenty20 game involves two teams, each has a single innings, batting for a maximum of 20 overs. Twenty20 cricket is also known as T20 cricket...

 tournament, a one day cricket tournament and finally a first class cricket tournament. For the inaugural league four teams competed consisting of the 60 best players according to Cricket Kenya

Cricket Kenya

Cricket Kenya is the official ICC recognised organisation chosen to represent Kenya in terms of cricket issues. They are in charge of overseeing the Kenyan Cricket Team. The current coach is Michael Hesson. Recently Cricket Kenya organized two six team regional tournaments in the T20 and 50 Over...

 from Kenya .

The only edition of the competition involved four franchises, namely The Northern Nomads captained by Thomas Odoyo, The Eastern Aces captained by Steve Tikolo

Steve Tikolo

- Career :He is a right-handed middle order batsman and part time right-arm medium pace bowler. He bowls quite effective offspin in the shorter form of the game. Tikolo has previously represented Border in South African domestic cricket and has also spent time playing in England and Bangladesh...

, The Southern Stars captained by Kennedy Otieno, and The Western Chiefs captained by Peter Ongondo..The inaugural T20 Competition, played in February 2008, was won by the Eastern Aces,

The league was sponsored by South African Sahara Computers, African Cricket Association

African Cricket Association

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 and others in 2008..

Teams

Name	Home ground
The Northern Nomads (Central Province) (Kenya)	Peponi School Peponi School -History:Peponi School was established in 1989 on a piece of land. The school is set at around 5,600 ft above sea level in a magnificent countryside ranch. The campus is within a kilometre of the main Nairobi-Thika road near Ruiru town, Central Province, within easy reach of the amenities of... , Ruiru Ruiru Ruiru is a town in the Thika District of Kenya’s Central Province. Located within three kilometers of Nairobi's city boundary, Ruiru is a dormitory town for the nation's capital, and is connected by both rail and road...
The Southern Stars (Nairobi Province)	Nairobi Club Ground Nairobi Club Ground The Nairobi Club Ground is a multi-use sports venue in Upper Hill, Nairobi, Kenya. It is the oldest cricket ground in Kenya, and was the first to get a turf wicket, which was laid by Don Pringle, who played for East Africa in the 1975 Cricket World Cup.... , Nairobi Nairobi Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi County. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters". However, it is popularly known as the "Green City in the Sun" and is...
The Eastern Aces (Coastal Province)	Coast Gymkhana, Mombasa Mombasa Mombasa is the second-largest city in Kenya. Lying next to the Indian Ocean, it has a major port and an international airport. The city also serves as the centre of the coastal tourism industry....
The Western Chiefs (Rift Valley Province)	Greensteds School Greensteds School -History:Greensteds School was established in 1936 on a piece of land as a mixed day and boarding school situated 17 kilometres south of Nakuru town, Kenya... , Nakuru Nakuru Nakuru, the provincial capital of Kenya's Rift Valley province, with roughly 300,000 inhabitants, and currently the fourth largest urban centre in the country, lies about 1850 m above sea level...