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East Africa cricket team

{{Short description|Multi-national group of players of the bat-and-ball game}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox cricket team

| name = East Africa

| image = East Africa Cricket Team Flag.png

| alt =

| caption =

| icc_status = Former member

| icc_member_year = 1966–1989

| icc_region = Africa

| established = 1951

| last_match = v {{cr|KEN}} at Tamworth, England; 27 June 1986{{cite web |title=Fixtures, Schedule {{!}} Global {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/61174.html?template=fixtures |website=Cricinfo |access-date=1 November 2018 |language=en}}

| first_odi = v {{cr|NZL}} at Edgbaston, Birmingham; 7 June 1975

| most_recent_odi = v {{cr|ENG}} at Edgbaston, Birmingham; 14 June 1975

| num_odis = 3

| odi_record = 0/3{{cite web|url= http://stats.espncricinfo.com/wi/content/records/283878.html|title= Records / One-Day Internationals / Team records / Results summary|publisher=ESPN Cricinfo|access-date=20 February 2015}}

| wc_apps = 1

| wc_first = 1975

| wc_best = Group stage

| asofdate = 2 January 2019

}}

The East Africa cricket team was a multi-national cricket team representing the countries of Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. Their first game was against Rhodesia in 1951. East Africa appeared in the 1975 World Cup{{cite web|url=https://emergingcricket.com/insight/west-indies-as-separate/ |title=West Indies as separate cricketing countries? |work=Emerging Cricket |date=7 July 2020 |access-date=8 July 2020}} and the 1979, 1982 and 1986 ICC Trophies. In the last two of these Kenya was represented in its own right, so that East Africa was effectively a Ugandan, Tanzanian and Zambian team.

East Africa was an associate member of the ICC from 1966 to 1989, after which its place was taken by East and Central Africa.

History

Cricket in the area began following British colonisation in the late nineteenth century. Most games were played on an 'officials vs settlers' basis initially, with no inter-territorial games being played. After the influx of Indian labourers into Africa to build the region's railway network the popularity of cricket expanded and by the end of World War II was one of the most played sports in the area.{{sfn|Bowen|1970|pp=194}} Consequently, the East Africa Cricket Conference was founded in 1951 as the governing body for cricket in the region. It administered the inter-colonial matches between its initial three member countries of Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika.{{sfn|Bowen|1970|pp=361}} Later that year a combined team of the East African countries hosted a tour by the Rhodesian cricket team.{{sfn|Bowen|1970|pp=359}}

East Africa's next recorded match was in 1956 against a visiting Pakistani XI. Under the captaincy of Denis Dawson (brother of South African test player Ossie Dawson) the East Africans were defeated in a 3-day match by 8 wickets.{{cite web |url=https://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/137/137490.html |title=East Africa v Pakistan Cricket Writers' XI |website=Cricket Archive |access-date=21 December 2022 }} The next year in a match against the touring Sunder Cricket Club the East Africans were defeated by 9 wickets.{{cite web |url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/137/137632.html |title=East Africa v Sunder Cricket Club |website=Cricket Archive |access-date=19 November 2022 }} In 1958 a South African team of non-European players toured the region and played one match against East Africa in Nairobi. This time captained by Malcolm Ronaldson, a former first-class player for Eastern Province, East Africa was beaten in the three day match by the South African Non-Europeans by 7 wickets.{{cite web |url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/97/97177.html |title=East Africa v South African Non-Europeans |website=Cricket Archive |access-date=19 November 2022 }}

East Africa played several touring teams in the 1960s. In 1962 they played two games against the Commonwealth XI cricket team. In the first in Nairobi (10 to 12 February 1962) the East Africans were beaten by 20 runs.{{cite web |url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/138/138031.html |title=East Africa v International XI |website=Cricket Archive |access-date=17 November 2022 }} The match was best remembered by a fast paced unbeaten century by Basil D'Oliviera in the Commonwealth team's second innings.{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19620213.2.154 |title=D'Oliviera Hits Out |work=The Press |date=13 February 1962 |volume=CI |issue=29746 |page=15 }} In the second match in October, also in Nairobi, the Commonwealth team beat East Africa by 118 runs.{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19621003.2.186 |title=Century |work=The Press |date=3 October 1962 |volume=CI |issue=29943 |page=19 }} The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) toured in 1963/4 playing three games in Uganda, one in Tanganyika and seven in Kenya. One of the games was against the East African team in Kampala where the MCC won by an innings and 71 runs.{{cite web |url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/26/26461.html |title=East Africa v Marylebone Cricket Club |website=Cricket Archive |access-date=17 November 2022 }} In August 1967 India toured and played one 3-day first-class match. India won by 8 wickets.{{cite web |url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/29/29058.html |title=East Africa v India |website=Cricket Archive |access-date=17 November 2022 }} An International XI of English first-class players visited in 1968 and played a 3-day match against East Africa in Nairobi. The match was drawn.{{cite web |url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/138/138843.html |title=East Africa v International XI |website=Cricket Archive |access-date=17 November 2022 }}

East Africa toured England in June and July 1972, playing 18 matches against domestic teams, including a six-wicket victory against North Wales. None of the matches had first-class status.{{cite web |url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/32/32623.html |title=North Wales v East Africa |website=Cricket Archive |access-date=18 November 2022 }} The MCC toured East Africa again in 1973/74. In December 1973 they played two matches in Zambia followed by two more in Tanzania then four in Kenya. Their one match against the full East African team, which had first-class status, resulted in a 237-run victory for the MCC.{{cite web |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1973-74/MCC_IN_EA/MCC_EA_18-20JAN1974.html |title=East Africa v Marylebone Cricket Club |website=Cricinfo |access-date=17 November 2022 }}

East Africa were invited to participate in the inaugural Cricket World Cup in 1975. Before the tournament began the teams participation was in doubt after Tanzania threatened to withhold players from touring England in protest of the British & Irish Lions rugby team touring Apartheid South Africa in 1974.{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19740726.2.161 |title=N.Z. cricketers to play E. Africa |work=The Press |date=26 July 1974 |volume=CXIV |issue=33596 |page=20 }} The inclusion of East Africa was seen as an important feature of the world cup due to a team from Africa being seen as necessary to signify the tournament as truly worldwide. The two strongest cricketing nations in Africa, South Africa and Rhodesia, selected players based on race and were excluded as part of a sporting boycott resulting in East Africa representing the continent. There were three notable omissions from the East African squad when it was announced, Basher Hassan, Dudley Owen-Thomas and John Solanky. All three were first-class cricketers playing county cricket in England but were born in East Africa (Solanky's first-class debut was for East Africa against the MCC in 1963/64 before emigrating to the UK). The selectors made a point of picking a squad that was currently living and playing in East Africa. The team played several warm up games against Somerset, Wales and Glamorgan. Their only victory was a three wicket win over Glamorgan on 5 June 1975, two days before their first match of the world cup.{{cite web |url=https://glamorgancricketarchives.com/2021/11/17/east-africa-in-wales-1975/ |first=Dave |last=Battersby |title=East Africa in Wales: 1975 |website=Glamorgan Cricket Archives |date=17 November 2021 |access-date=27 December 2023 }} The team struggled and lost all three of their matches against New Zealand, India and England.{{cite web |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/WC_HISTORY/WC75_HISTORY.html |first=Tony |last=Cozier |author-link=Tony Cozier |title=West Indies victory heralds a new era |website=Cricinfo |access-date=21 December 2022 }}

In 1978 the Minor Counties Cricket Association toured Kenya with seven matches there, two of which were against East Africa. The first was a 60 over match where the Minor Counties won by 8 wickets.{{cite web |url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/115/115799.html |title=East Africa v Minor Counties |website=Cricket Archive |access-date=17 November 2022 }} A scheduled 3-day match was abandoned without any play.{{cite web |url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/115/115800.html |title=East Africa v Minor Counties |website=Cricket Archive |access-date=17 November 2022 }}

Kenya broke away from the East Africa team in 1981 to join the ICC as an associate member in their own right.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Countries/16.html Kenya] at Cricket Archive In 1989, East Africa was reconfigured as East and Central Africa (representing Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, and Malawi).

Tournament history

=World Cup=

  • 1975: First round {{cite web|url= http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/current/series/60793.html|title=Prudential World Cup 1975 |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo|access-date=20 February 2015}}
  • 1979 to 1987: Did not qualify{{cite web|url= http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/60806.html|title=Prudential World Cup 1979|publisher=ESPN Cricinfo|access-date=20 February 2015}}{{cite web|url= http://www.espncricinfo.com/wc1983/engine/series/60832.html|title=Prudential World Cup 1983|publisher=ESPN Cricinfo|access-date=20 February 2015}}{{cite web|url= http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/current/series/60876.html|title=Reliance World Cup 1987/88|publisher=ESPN Cricinfo|access-date=20 February 2015}}
  • 1992 onwards: See East and Central Africa cricket team{{cite web|url= https://whoplayscricket.wordpress.com/category/east-africa/|title=In the International Spotlight…Tanzania Cricket |date=2 January 2009|access-date=20 February 2015}}

=ICC Trophy=

  • 1979: First round{{cite web|url= http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/ICCT79/|title=ICC TROPHY, 1979: ENGLAND|publisher=ESPN Cricinfo|access-date=20 February 2015}}
  • 1982: First round{{cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/ICCT82/|title=ICC TROPHY, 1982: ENGLAND|publisher=ESPN Cricinfo|access-date=20 February 2015}}
  • 1986: First round{{cite web|url=http://static.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/ICCT86/|title=1986 ICC Trophy in England: ENGLAND|publisher=ESPN Cricinfo|access-date=20 February 2015}}
  • 1990 onwards: See East and Central Africa cricket team

Records

=One Day Internationals=

  • Highest team total: 128/8 (60.0) vs. {{cr|NZ}}, 7 June 1975
  • Highest individual score: 45 (123), Frasat Ali vs. {{cr|NZ}}, 7 June 1975
  • Best innings bowling: 3/63 (12.0), Zulfiqar Ali vs. {{cr|ENG}}, 14 June 1975

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! scope="col" colspan=8 | ODI records versus other nations{{cite web |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/results_summary.html?class=2;id=14;type=team |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151221024925/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/results_summary.html?class=2;id=14;type=team |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 December 2015 |title=Records / East Africa / One-Day Internationals / Result summary |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=6 February 2016 }}

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! scope="col"| Opposition

! scope="col"| {{abbr|M|Matches played}}

! scope="col"| {{abbr|W|Matches won}}

! scope="col"| {{abbr|L|Matches lost}}

! scope="col"| Tie

! scope="col"| {{abbr|NR|Matches with no result}}

! scope="col"| Win%

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| style="text-align:left;"| {{cr|ENG}}

101000.00%
style="text-align:left;"| {{cr|IND}}101000.00%
style="text-align:left;"| {{cr|NZ}}101000.00%
style="text-align:left;"| {{cr|BAN}}2110050.00%
style="text-align:left;"| {{cr|ZIM}}101000.00%
style="text-align:left;"| {{cr|NED}}101000.00%
style="text-align:left;"| {{cr|SL}}101000.00%

See also

Notes

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References

  • {{cite book |last=Bowen |first=Rowland |author-link=Rowland Bowen |title=Cricket: a History of Its Growth and Development Throughout the World |publisher=Eyre & Spottiswoode |year=1970 |location=London |isbn=9780413278609 }}

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