The East Africa Cup (EAC) is one of two domestic

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competitions launched by

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in the aftermath of the

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's disastrous showing at the 2011

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. It is a 50 over competition that features 6 franchises, 4 from Kenya and 2 from Uganda, that compete against each other home and away in a league before the two teams that come top in the league square off in a final. Its main objective is to improve the standard of the cricket played in Kenya, and spark a revival on the international stage once again.

Tournament history

The tournament was started in the wake of Kenya's disastrous 2011 Cricket World Cup campaign. Its main aim is to develop the standard of cricket both in

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and

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. This idea was first believed to be mooted by Cricket Kenya CEO Tom Sears.

2011-12 season

This was the first running of the East Africa Cup and despite, some dominating performances in the group stage, Rwenzori Warriors, of Uganda came unstuck in the final versus Kongonis

2012 season

This edition saw Coast Pekee totally reverse their fortunes from the previous tournament and emerge winners against Ruwenzori Warriors in the final.

2013 season

This was launched on the 7th of August 2013 and ran from the second week of August until the second week of September. The tournament was won by Rwenzori Warriors.

Franchises

4 Teams from

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plus two teams from

has been taking part in the tournament. They are as follows:-

Broadcasting rights

Initially, SuperSport became the broadcast partner for Cricket Kenya, and was broadcast the inaugural East African competitions which was a big boost for the tournament. Following the success of the inaugural tournaments, SuperSport extended their deal with the board to another two years to broadcast the tournament till 2013.Supersport extends deal to cover East Africa competitions
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Results

References

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