List of East Africa cricket captains
This is a list of all cricketers who have captained the now defunct East African cricket team in an official international match. This includes One Day Internationals and ICC Trophy games.
Overall list
[edit]East Africa played its first match in 1951 and was an associate member of the ICC from 1966 to 1989.
| East African Cricket Captains | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Country | Years | ||||||
| Denis Dawson |  Kenya |
1956-58 | ||||||
| Malcolm Ronaldson |  Tanganyika |
1958 | ||||||
| R. D. Patel |  Tanganyika |
1962-68 | ||||||
| Jawahir Shah |  Kenya |
1972-75 | ||||||
| Harilal Shah | Kenya |
1975 | ||||||
| Narendra Thakker | Kenya |
1979 | ||||||
| Charanjive Sharma | Kenya |
1979 | ||||||
| Keith Arnold |  Zambia |
1982 | ||||||
| Pravin Desai |  Tanzania |
1986 | ||||||
One Day International
[edit]East Africa played their first ODI on 7 June 1975.
| East African ODI Captains | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Name | Country | Year | Played | Won | Tied | Lost | No Result |
| 1 | Harilal Shah | Kenya |
1975-1975 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Overall | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
ICC Trophy
[edit]East Africa debuted in the ICC Trophy in the 1979 tournament
| East African ICC Trophy Captains | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Name | Country | Year | Played | Won | Tied | Lost | No Result |
| 1 | Narendra Thakker | Kenya |
1979-1979 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Charanjive Sharma | Kenya |
1979-1979 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Keith Arnold | Zambia |
1982-1982 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | Pravin Desai | Tanzania |
1986-1986 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Overall | 15 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 2 | |||
External links
[edit]- Cricinfo
- East African ICC Trophy captains at Cricket Archive Archived 2012-10-15 at the Wayback Machine