The Sahara Elite League (also known as Zonal 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.[1] For the inaugural league four teams will be competing consisting of the 60 best players according to Cricket Kenya from Kenya.[2]
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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 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]. 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.[7]. The league was sponsored by South African, Sahara Computers, African Cricket Association and others.[8].
| Northern Nomads | Eastern Aces | Southern Stars | Western Chiefs |
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| Thomas Odoyo (Captain) David Obuya Alfred Luseno Jimmy Kamande Rakep Patel Shashikant Sanghani Josephat Ababu Dominic Wesonga Emmanuel Bundi Ringeera Kewal Patel Shem Ngoche Jalat Khan Naseri Kalpesh Patel Anan Gore Jagdish Khetani Mohammed Fazal Bernard Owino (Manager) Joseph Angara (Coach) |
Steve Tikolo (Captain) Newton Muthee Elijah Otieno Alex Obanda Anish Prabhakar Nelson Odhiambo Harshil Sanghani Ramesh Mepani Vijay Kalyan Lameck Onyango 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 Hiren Varaiya Peter Kituku Ashwin Prabhakar Alpesh Bhudia Darshit Shah Amit Shukla Ashish Bhatt Brijal Patel Jai Trivedi Rajesh Varsani Stewart Kayne Dharmendra Mepani Zahir Abbas Davinder Bharij (Manager) Alfred Njuguna (Coach) |
Peter Ongondo (Captain) Maurice Ouma Moses Otieno Collins Obuya Ken Migai David Maina Harish Varsani Pritesh Lalji Hassan Abdi James Ngoche Prakash Pindolia Malhar Patel Jadavji Jesani Tony Suji Amit Bij David Tikolo (Manager) Martin Suji (Coach) |
| 14-15 June Scorecard |
Northern Nomads 51/1 |
v | Eastern Aces | Match drawn Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Nairobi Umpires: Narendra Dave and David Pamba |
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| David Obuya 19 (38) Elijah Otieno 1/22 |
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| 14-15 June Scorecard |
Western Chiefs 119 all out (41.2 overs) |
v | Eastern Aces 249 all out |
Match drawn Ruaraka Sports Club Ground, Nairobi Umpires: Ebrahim Fidahussein and Subhash Modi |
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| Collins Obuya 46 (75) Hiren Varaiya 3/16 (6.2 overs) |
Kennedy Otieno 134* (163) Tony Suji 3/46 (14 overs) |
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| 159 all out (67.3 overs) | 22/3 (3 overs) | ||||
| Tony Suji 56 (114) Hiren Varaiya 5/32 (21.3 overs) |
Dharmendra Mepani 13* (6) Tony Suji 2/4 (1 overs) |
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| 21-22 June Scorecard |
Eastern Aces | v | Southern Stars | Match cancelled Sir Ali Muslim Club Ground, Nairobi |
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| 21-22 June Scorecard |
Western Chiefs 77 all out (28.5 overs) |
v | Northern Nomads 171 all out (54.2 overs) |
Match drawn Ruaraka Sports Club Ground, Nairobi Umpires: Lalji Bhudia and Rockie D'Mello |
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| Harish Vekaria 31 (64) Alfred Luseno 3/26 (9 overs) |
Shem Ngoche 51* (89) Peter Ongondo 4/36 (15 overs) |
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| 163 all out (54.2 overs) | 62/1 (8.3 overs) | ||||
| Tony Suji 44 (91) Thomas Odoyo 3/14 (6 overs) |
David Obuya 28* (23) Moses Otieno 1/28 (4 overs) |
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| 28-29 June Scorecard |
Eastern Aces 239 all out (81 overs) |
v | Western Chiefs 208 all out (55 overs) |
Match drawn Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Nairobi Umpires: Subhash Modi and David Pamba |
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| Kush Parmar 75 (160) James Ngoche 4/63 (20 overs) |
Maurice Ouma 63 (75) Ramesh Mepani 5/26 (8 overs) |
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| 130/9 (36.1 overs) | |||||
| Steve Tikolo 59 (99) Peter Ongondo 3/17 (8 overs) |
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| 28-29 June Scorecard |
Northern Nomads 246 all out (89.1 overs) |
v | Southern Stars 232 all out (71.2 overs) |
Match drawn Sir Ali Muslim Club Ground, Nairobi Umpires: Ashok Ghose and Naresh Shah |
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| Rakep Patel 75 (119) Hiren Varaiya 5/56 (32.1 overs) |
Kennedy Otieno 126 (144) Dominic Wesonga 3/58 (17 overs) |
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| 29/1 (4 overs) | |||||
| David Obuya 17 (11) Hiren Varaiya 1/2 (2 overs) |
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