List of Kenya national cricket captains
This is a list of all cricketers who have captained Kenya in an official international match. This includes the ICC Trophy, Under-19 games and One Day International. The tables are correct as of the 2007 Cricket World Cup.
Overall list
[edit]A list of captains from when Kenya played its first match in 1951 until it was given ODI status in 1996.
| Kenya Cricket Captains | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Name | Years | ||||||
| 1 | Denis Dawson | 1951-1958 | ||||||
| 2 | Chandrakant M. Patel | 1958 | ||||||
| 3 | T.M. Bell | 1958 | ||||||
| 4 | Ramanbhai Patel | 1960-1964 | ||||||
| 5 | Gursharan Singh | 1964-1967 | ||||||
| 6 | Derek Breed | 1967 | ||||||
| 7 | Virendra Desai | 1968 | ||||||
| 8 | Don Pringle | 1968 | ||||||
| 9 | Mehmood Quaraishy | 1970 | ||||||
| 10 | Jawahir Shah | 1972-1976 | ||||||
| 11 | Charanjive Sharma | 1976-1979 | ||||||
| 12 | Ramesh Patel | 1980-1984 | ||||||
| 13 | Zahoor Sheikh | 1982 | ||||||
| 14 | Tom Tikolo | 1986-1994 | ||||||
| 15 | Aasif Karim | 1990 | ||||||
| 16 | Maurice Odumbe | 1995-1997 | ||||||
One Day Internationals
[edit]Kenya played their first ODI on February 18, 1996.
| Kenyan ODI Captains | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Name | Year | Played | Won | Tied | Lost | No Result | |
| 1 | Maurice Odumbe | 1996–2001 | 20 | 1 | - | 18 | 1 | |
| 2 | Aasif Karim | 1997–1999 | 21 | 6 | - | 15 | - | |
| 3 | Steve Tikolo | 2001–2011 | 73 | 27 | - | 44 | 2 | |
| 4 | Thomas Odoyo | 2002–2006 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| 5 | Morris Ouma | 2009–2010 | 17 | 2 | - | 14 | 1 | |
| 7 | Jimmy Kamande | 2010/11 | 9 | 2 | - | 7 | - | |
| 8 | Collins Obuya | 2011–2013 | 10 | 3 | - | 7 | - | |
| 9 | Rakep Patel | 2014 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | |
| Overall | 154 | 42 | 0 | 107 | 5 | |||
T20 Internationals
[edit]Kenya played their first T20I in September 2007.
| Kenyan T20I Captains | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Name | Year | Played | Won | Tied | Lost | No Result | |
| 1 | Steve Tikolo | 2007-2009 | 7 | 1 | - | 6 | - | |
| 2 | Thomas Odoyo | 2007 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | |
| 3 | Morris Ouma | 2010 | 4 | 3 | - | 1 | - | |
| 4 | Collins Obuya | 2012-2013 | 17 | 6 | - | 11 | - | |
| Overall | 29 | 10 | - | 19 | - | |||
ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier (ICC Trophy)
[edit]Kenya debuted in the ICC Trophy in the 1982 tournament
| Kenyan ICC Trophy (ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier) Captains | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Name | Year | Played | Won | Tied | Lost | No Result | |
| 1 | Ramesh Patel | 1982 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2 | Tom Tikolo | 1986-1993/94 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| 3 | Maurice Odumbe | 1997 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 4 | Steve Tikolo | 2009 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 5 | Rakep Patel | 2014 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Overall | 55 | 33 | 0 | 20 | 2 | |||
Youth One-Day International captains
[edit]This is a list of Kenyans who have captained their country in an Under-19's ODI.
| Kenyan Under 19's Captains | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Name | Year | Played | Won | Tied | Lost | No Result | |
| 1 | Thomas Odoyo | 1997-1998 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2 | Mohammad Sheikh | 1999-2000 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 3 | Ragheb Aga | 2001-2002 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Overall | 17 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
External links
[edit]- Cricinfo
- Kenya's ICC Trophy captains at Cricket Archive Archived 2012-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
- Kenya's Under 19's captains at Cricket Archive Archived 2012-10-15 at the Wayback Machine