National Elite League Twenty20

National Elite League Twenty20
Countries Kenya
Administrator Cricket Kenya
Format Twenty20
First tournament 2008
Number of teams 4 (2008)
Current champion Eastern Aces

National Elite League Twenty20 is a defunct Twenty 20 domestic Cricket competition in Kenya that was held by Cricket Kenya. It was a part of the Sahara Elite League program. 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 competed consisting of the 60 best players according to Cricket Kenya from Kenya [2].

The only edition of the competition involved four franchises, namely The Northern Nomads captained by Thomas Odoyo, The Eastern Aces captained by Steve Tikolo, The Southern Stars captained by Kennedy Otieno, and The Western Chiefs captained by Peter Ongondo.[3].The inaugural T20 Competition, played in February 2008, was won by the Eastern Aces, [4] The league was sponsored by South African Sahara Computers, African Cricket Association and others in 2008.[5].

Contents

Teams

Name Home ground
The Northern Nomads (Central Province) (Kenya) Peponi School, Ruiru
The Southern Stars (Nairobi Province) Nairobi Club Ground, Nairobi
The Eastern Aces (Coastal Province) Coast Gymkhana, Mombasa
The Western Chiefs (Rift Valley Province) Greensteds School, Nakuru

References

  1. ^ "Chiefs, Aces start Elite Leagues in emphatic fashion". Cricketeurope4.net. http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES2/articles/000027/002765.shtml. Retrieved 2008-11-22. 
  2. ^ "Invites out for Zonal League players". Cricketeurope4.net. http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES2/articles/000026/002623.shtml. Retrieved 2008-11-22. 
  3. ^ "Sahara Elite League starts this weekend". Cricketeurope4.net. http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES2/articles/000027/002735.shtml. Retrieved 2008-11-22. 
  4. ^ Tikolo leads Aces to Twenty20 title
  5. ^ "Cricinfo - Cricket Kenya launches elite league". Uk.cricinfo.com. February 13, 2008. http://uk.cricinfo.com/kenya/content/story/336533.html. Retrieved 2008-11-22. 

See also

References

  1. ^ "Chiefs, Aces start Elite Leagues in emphatic fashion". Cricketeurope4.net. http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES2/articles/000027/002765.shtml. Retrieved 2008-11-22. 
  2. ^ "Invites out for Zonal League players". Cricketeurope4.net. http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES2/articles/000026/002623.shtml. Retrieved 2008-11-22. 
  3. ^ "Sahara Elite League starts this weekend". Cricketeurope4.net. http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES2/articles/000027/002735.shtml. Retrieved 2008-11-22. 
  4. ^ Tikolo leads Aces to Twenty20 title
  5. ^ "Cricinfo - Cricket Kenya launches elite league". Uk.cricinfo.com. February 13, 2008. http://uk.cricinfo.com/kenya/content/story/336533.html. Retrieved 2008-11-22. 
International
Regional
Domestic
Private Leagues
Proposed Leagues
Southern Hemisphere T20 Tournament (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa)  • Pakistan Premier League (Pakistan)
Defunct
Indian Cricket League (India)  • Inter-State T20 Championship (India)  • Twenty20 Tournament (Sri Lanka)  • P20 (England)  • Pro Cricket (United States)  • Stanford 20/20 (W.Indies)  • Stanford Super Series (W.Indies/England)  • Twenty20 Cup (England)  • American Premier League (United States)  • KFC Twenty20 Big Bash (Australia)  • Bangladesh NCL Twenty20 (Bangladesh)  • National Elite League Twenty20 (Kenya)