East African cricket team in England in 1975
A cricket team representing the East African countries of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia toured England in the 1975 season which coincided with their participation in the 1975 Cricket World Cup.
The 1975 touring team played eleven matches, including the three One Day International matches in the world cup.{{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}} Five were warm-up matches before the world cup and three were held afterwards, including one in Denmark.
Team
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| Harilal Shah (c)
| 14 April 1943 | Right hand | Right arm medium | {{flagicon|Kenya}} Kenya |
| Frasat Ali
| 31 July 1949 | Right hand | Right arm medium | {{flagicon|Kenya}} Kenya |
| Zulfiqar Ali
| 1947 | Right hand | Right arm medium | {{flagicon|Kenya}} Kenya |
| Yunus Badat
| 1943 | Right hand | – | {{flagicon|Zambia}} Zambia |
| Hamish McLeod (wk)
| Unknown | Left hand | {{flagicon|Zambia}} Zambia |
| Praful Mehta (wk)
| 1941 | Left hand | {{flagicon|Tanzania}} Tanzania |
| John Nagenda
| 25 April 1938 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | {{flagicon|Uganda}} Uganda |
| Parbhu Nana
| 17 August 1933 | Right hand | Left arm orthodox spin | {{flagicon|Zambia}} Zambia |
| Don Pringle
| 1 May 1932 | Right hand | Right arm medium | {{flagicon|Kenya}} Kenya |
| Mehmood Quaraishy
| 4 February 1942 | Right hand | Unknown | {{flagicon|Kenya}} Kenya |
| Ramesh Sethi
| 4 September 1941 | Right hand | Right arm offbreak | {{flagicon|Kenya}} Kenya |
| Jawahir Shah
| 1942 | Right hand | – | {{flagicon|Kenya}} Kenya |
| Shiraz Sumar
| 1950 | Right hand | – | {{flagicon|Tanzania}} Tanzania |
| Samuel Walusimbi
| 1948 | Right hand | Left arm medium | {{flagicon|Uganda}} Uganda |
Tour matches
The following matches were played during the tour:
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 30 May 1975
| team1 = National Cricket Association
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| venue = Mitchell's and Butler's Ground, Birmingham
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 1 June 1975
| team1 = Taunton
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| venue = County Ground, Taunton
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{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 2 June 1975
| team1 = Somerset
| score1 = 263/6 (60 overs)
| score2 = 95 (41.4 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|East Africa}}
| runs1 = Viv Richards 76
| wickets1 = Zulfiqar Ali 4/52 (12 overs)
| runs2 = Frasat Ali 34
| wickets2 = Brian Rose 3/7 (6 overs)
| result = Somerset won by 168 runs
| report = [https://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/104/104811.html Scorecard]
| venue = County Ground, Taunton
| umpires = L. East and E.V. Hazell
| toss = Toss not known
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| notes = Shiraz Sumar (EAF) fell ill and was unable to bat
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{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 4 June 1975
| team1 = {{cr-rt|Wales}}
| score1 = 171/6d
| score2 = 81/5
| team2 = {{cr|East Africa}}
| runs1 = Jim Pressdee 52
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| runs2 = Jawahir Shah 30*
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| result = Match drawn
| report = [https://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/106/106126.html Scorecard]
| venue = St Helen's Rugby and Cricket Ground, Swansea
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| toss = Toss not known
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| notes = 1-day single innings match
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{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 5 June 1975
| team1 = Glamorgan
| score1 = 153 (56.4 overs)
| score2 = 154/7 (58.1 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|East Africa}}
| runs1 = Arthur Francis 37
| wickets1 = Ramesh Sethi 4/19 (12 overs)
| runs2 = Jawahir Shah 60
| wickets2 = Tony Cordle 3/34 (11 overs)
| result = East Africa won by 3 wickets
| report = [https://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/35/35168.html Scorecard]
| venue = Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
| umpires = D.J. Evans and Harold W. Jones
| toss = Glamorgan won the toss and decided to bat
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{{Limited overs international
| team1 = {{cr-rt|NZ}}
| score1 = 309/5 (60 overs)
| score2 = 128/8 (60 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|East Africa}}
| runs1 = Glenn Turner 171* (201)
| wickets1 = Parbhu Nana 1/34 (12 overs)
| runs2 = Frasat Ali 45 (123)
| wickets2 = Dayle Hadlee 3/21 (12 overs)
| result = New Zealand won by 181 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65036.html Scorecard]
| venue = Edgbaston, Birmingham
| umpires = Dickie Bird (Eng) and Arthur Fagg (Eng)
| motm = Glenn Turner (NZ)
| rain = New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
| notes = Frasat Ali, Harilal Shah, Jawahir Shah, Hamish McLeod, Mehmood Quraishy, John Nagenda, Parbhu Nana, Ramesh Sethi, Shiraz Sumar, Samuel Walusimbi and Zulfiqar Ali (all East Africa) and Brian McKechnie (NZ) all made their ODI debuts.
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{{Limited overs matches
| team1 = {{cr-rt|East Africa}}
| score1 = 120 (55.3 overs)
| score2 = 123/0 (29.5 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|India}}
| runs1 = Jawahir Shah 37 (60)
| wickets1 = Don Pringle 0/14 (3 overs)
| runs2 = Sunil Gavaskar 65 (86)
| wickets2 = Madan Lal 3/15 (9.3 overs)
| result = India won by 10 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65040.html Scorecard]
| venue = Headingley, Leeds
| umpires = Dickie Bird (Eng) and Arthur Jepson (Eng)
| motm = Farokh Engineer (Ind)
| toss = East Africa won the toss and elected to bat
| rain =
| notes = Praful Mehta, Don Pringle and Yunus Badat (all East Africa) made their ODI debuts.
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{{Limited overs matches
| team1 = {{cr-rt|England}}
| score1 = 290/5 (60 overs)
| score2 = 94 (52.3 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|East Africa}}
| runs1 = Dennis Amiss 88 (116)
| wickets1 = John Snow 4/11 (12 overs)
| runs2 = Ramesh Sethi 30 (102)
| wickets2 = Zulfiqar Ali 3/63 (12 overs)
| result = England won by 196 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65043.html Scorecard]
| venue = Edgbaston, Birmingham
| umpires = Bill Alley (Aus) and John Langridge (Eng)
| motm = John Snow (Eng)
| toss = East Africa won the toss and elected to field
| rain =
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{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 20 June 1975
| team1 = {{cr-rt|East Africa}}
| score1 = 239/3 (55 overs)
| score2 = 191/7 (55 overs)
| team2 = Berkshire
| runs1 = Ramesh Sethi 60
| wickets1 = John Mahoney 1/31 (10 overs)
| runs2 = Mike Hall 44
| wickets2 = Zulfiqar Ali 4/37 (11 overs)
| result = East Africa won by 48 runs
| report = [https://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/125/125427.html Scorecard]
| venue = Ibis Cricket Club Ground, Reading
| umpires = Harold W. Jones and L.B. Philpott
| toss = Toss not known
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| notes = Mehmood Quaraishy retired hurt in the East Africa innings having scored 0 (team had lost 3 wickets)
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 23-25 June 1975
| team1 = {{cr-rt|Sri Lanka}}
| score-team1-inns1 = 204 (76.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = Duleep Mendis 67
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Parbhu Nana 3/61 (21.5 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 332/5d (68 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = Duleep Mendis 144
| wickets-team1-inns2 = Zulfiqar Ali 3/127 (28 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|East Africa}}
| score-team2-inns1 = 208 (94 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Harilal Shah 59
| wickets-team2-inns1 = Lalith Kaluperuma 2/29 (24 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 213 (78.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = Samuel Walusimbi 54
| wickets-team2-inns2 = Michael Tissera 5/95 (24.1 overs)
| result = Sri Lanka won by 115 runs
| report = [https://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/35/35269.html Scorecard]
| venue = County Ground, Taunton
| umpires = Brian Knight and T.B. Scott
| motm =
| toss = Toss not known
| rain =
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 27-29 June 1975
| team1 = {{cr-rt|East Africa}}
| score-team1-inns1 = 81 (32.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = Ramesh Sethi 24*
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Henrik Mortensen 6/35 (16.5 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 164 (106.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = Jawahir Shah 64
| wickets-team1-inns2 = Henrik Mortensen 3/34 (33 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|Denmark}}
| score-team2-inns1 = 111 (57.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = H. Sorensen 33
| wickets-team2-inns1 = Zulfiqar Ali 5/43 (20.4 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 138/7 (68.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = Carsten Morild 58
| wickets-team2-inns2 = Zulfiqar Ali 4/56 (28 overs)
| result = Denmark won by 3 wickets
| report = [https://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/148/148563.html Scorecard]
| venue = Aalborg Chang Cricket Club Ground, Aalborg
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| toss = Toss not known
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References
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{{International cricket tours of England}}
Category:East Africa in international cricket
Category:International cricket competitions from 1970–71 to 1975