The East and Central Africa Cricket Conference was a regional body which organised

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. The East African Cricket Conference was probably at its strongest in the 1970s when the EACC organised the East African Cricket Team with members from

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. The team continued to be an associate member of the ICC until being replaced by the East and Central African cricket team in 1989. The East and Central African cricket team continued to have ICC associate membership until 2003, when each of the member nations joined the ICC separately as independent members of the African Cricket Association.

Members

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References

External links

ICC region page
{{DEFAULTSORT:East And Central Africa Cricket Conference Cricket administration Cric Cricket in Africa Cricket in East Africa