List of East Africa cricket captains
Appearance
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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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