Sahara Elite League
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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. For the inaugural league four teams will be competing consisting of the 60 best players according to Cricket Kenya
from Kenya.
, Thomas Odoyo, Kennedy Obuya, and Peter Ongondo 2008. The inaugural T20 Competition, played in February 2008, was won by the Eastern Aces, while the first 50 over competition was won by the Northern Nomads, However the 3 day format of the competition was postponed due to unfavourable weather and is set to be played in June 2008. Further difficulties in availability of players, many of whom were in school, meant that the first season of the three dayers had to be compressed to two days a match..
The league was sponsored by South African, Sahara Computers, African Cricket Association
and others..
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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 three day cricket tournament. For the inaugural league four teams will be competing 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.
Tournament history
The first and what was to be the only edition of the competition involved four franchises, namely The Northern Nomads, The Eastern Aces, The Southern Stars, and The Western Chiefs. The teams were captained by National team players, Steve TikoloSteve 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...
, Thomas Odoyo, Kennedy Obuya, and Peter Ongondo 2008. The inaugural T20 Competition, played in February 2008, was won by the Eastern Aces, while the first 50 over competition was won by the Northern Nomads, However the 3 day format of the competition was postponed due to unfavourable weather and is set to be played in June 2008. Further difficulties in availability of players, many of whom were in school, meant that the first season of the three dayers had to be compressed to two days a match..
The league was sponsored by South African, Sahara Computers, African Cricket Association
African Cricket Association
The African Cricket Association is an international body which oversees cricket in African countries. The ACA was founded in 1997, and has 20 member countries...
and others..
Teams
- Eastern Aces - captained by Steve TikoloSteve 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...
- Northern Nomads - captained by Thomas Odoyo
- Western Chiefs - captained by Peter Ongondo
- Southern Stars - captained by Kennedy Otieno
Squads
| Northern Nomads | Eastern Aces | Southern Stars | Western Chiefs |
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| Thomas Odoyo (Captain) David Obuya Alfred Luseno Jimmy Kamande Rakep Patel Rakep Patel Rakep Rajendra Patel is a Kenyan international cricketer. He made his lone performance for the Kenya Select team in their inaugural season, and found himself called up to the national squad for their tour of Europe, including a tour of the Netherlands and the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier... Shashikant Sanghani Josephat Ababu Josephat Ababu Josephat Ababu Sorongo is a Kenyan cricketer. He is a paceman who returned to the Kenyan cricket squad for the Champions' Trophy in 2004 after a three-year absence along with Brijal Patel, Rageb Aga and Malhar Patel, having impressed with his bowling earlier in the year against Pakistan's A... Dominic Wesonga Emmanuel Bundi Ringeera Kewal Patel Shem Ngoche Shem Ngoche Shem Obado Ngoche , known as Shem Ngoche, is a Kenyan cricketer. He is the brother of three other Kenyan international cricketers, Lameck Onyango, James Ngoche and Nehemiah Odhiambo.-2011 World Cup:... Jalat Khan Naseri Kalpesh Patel Kalpesh Patel Kalpesh Ashok Patel is a Kenyan cricketer who played two One Day Internationals for the national side, although he had no success in either.Patel's ODIs are the only List A games he played, but he appeared four times at first-class level... Anan Gore Jagdish Khetani Mohammed Fazal Bernard Owino (Manager) Joseph Angara Joseph Angara Joseph Oduol Angara, born 8 November 1971 in Nairobi, is a Kenyan cricketer who has played in One-Day Internationals, first-class cricket and List A cricket for Kenya.... (Coach) |
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... (Captain) Newton Muthee Elijah Otieno Elijah Otieno Elijah Otieno Asoyo is a Kenyan cricketer. A right arm medium-fast bowler, Otieno is a former Kenyan under-19 representative. He made his senior debut playing for Kenya Select in the 2006/07 Logan Cup. A genuine tailender, he made five ducks from his first seven first-class innings. He was then... Alex Obanda Nelson Odhiambo Harshil Sanghani Ramesh Mepani Vijay Kalyan Lameck Onyango Lameck Onyango Lameck Onyango Ngoche is a Kenyan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler.- Career :... Charles Obuya Amit Bhudia Mansukh Naran Kush Parmar Mitesh Shanghani Sagar Karia Daniel Macdonald (Manager) Shahid Bwibo (Coach) |
Kennedy Obuya (Captain) Nehemiah Odhiambo Rajesh Bhudia Rajesh Bhudia Rajesh Bhudia is a Kenyan cricketer. He is part of their 15 man squad for the 2007 Cricket World Cup.-External links:... Hiren Varaiya Hiren Varaiya Hiren Ashok Varaiya is a Kenyan cricket player. He is a right-handed batsman and a left arm spin bowler. He made his debut for Kenya in an ICC Intercontinental Cup game against Canada at Maple Leaf Cricket Club on 29 July 2006. He has since represented Kenya in three One Day Internationals... Peter Kituku Ashwin Prabhakar Alpesh Bhudia Darshit Shah Amit Shukla Ashish Bhatt Brijal Patel Brijal Patel Brijal Jagdish Patel, born 14 November 1977 in Nairobi, is a Kenyan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a part-time slow left-arm bowler, and has played in 31 One-Day International matches for Kenya, as well as first-class and List A cricket.... Jai Trivedi Rajesh Varsani Stewart Kayne Dharmendra Mepani Zahir Abbas Davinder Bharij (Manager) Alfred Njuguna (Coach) |
Peter Ongondo (Captain) Maurice Ouma Maurice Ouma Maurice Amollo Ouma is a Kenyan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and also plays as a wicket-keeper. He has played for the Kenyan cricket team since 2000.... Moses Otieno Collins Obuya Ken Migai David Maina Harish Varsani Pritesh Lalji Hassan Abdi James Ngoche James Ngoche James Otieno Ngoche , known as James Ngoche, is a Kenyan cricketer. He is the brother of three other Kenyan international cricketers, Lameck Onyango, Shem Ngoche and Nehemiah Odhiambo.-2011 World Cup:... Prakash Pindolia Malhar Patel Malhar Patel Malhar L Patel is a Kenyan cricketer. A right-handed middle order batsman, he made his One Day International debut in the 2004 Champions Trophy match versus Pakistan at Edgbaston in Birmingham.-References:... Jadavji Jesani Jadavji Jesani Jadavji Shah Jesani is a Kenyan cricketer. He made his debut for Kenya in their first ever Twenty20 International against Bangladesh in September 2007. This is to date his only appearance for the national team.... Tony Suji Amit Bij David Tikolo David Tikolo Lazaro Openda Tikolo is a Kenyan cricketer. He has played three One Day International matches for Kenya.-References:... (Manager) Martin Suji Martin Suji Martin Armon Suji, born June 2, 1971 in Nairobi, is a Kenyan cricketer who has played first-class cricket and One-Day Internationals for the Kenyan national side... (Coach) |
Three-day matches
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