Sahara Elite League
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The Sahara Elite League (also known as Zonal League) is a four team cricket competition created by Cricket Kenya.featuring a Twenty20 tournament, a one day cricket tournament and finally a first class cricket tournament[1]. For the inaugural league four teams will be competing consisting of the 60 best players according to Cricket Kenya from Kenya [2].
The first 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 Tikolo, Thomas Odoyo, Kennedy Obuya, and Peter Ongondo 2008.[3] The inaugural T20 Competition, played in February 2008, was won by the Eastern Aces,[4] while the first 50 over competition was won by the Northern Nomads,[5] However the 3 day format of the competition was postponed due to unfavourable weather and is set to be played in June 2008[6] The league is sponsored by South African Sahara Computers, African Cricket Association and others in 2008.[7] The 3 day tournament is now going to be played as a two day tournament.
[edit] Teams
- The Eastern Aces captained by Steve Tikolo
- The Northern Nomads captained by Thomas Odoyo
- The Western Chiefs captained by Peter Ongondo
- The Southern Stars captained by Kennedy Otieno
[edit] References
- ^ Cricket Europe, February 17, 2008: Chiefs, Aces start Elite Leagues in emphatic fashion
- ^ Cricket Europe, January 24, 2008: Invites out for Zonal League players
- ^ http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES2/articles/000027/002735.shtml, Sahara Elite League starts this weekend
- ^ http://uk.cricinfo.com/kenya/content/story/339753.html, Tikolo leads Aces to Twenty20 title
- ^ http://uk.cricinfo.com/kenya/content/story/342737.html, Nomads edge out the Aces
- ^ http://uk.cricinfo.com/kenya/content/story/344139.html, Kenya postpones Elite League
- ^ http://uk.cricinfo.com/kenya/content/story/336533.html, Cricket Kenya launches elite league
