The East and Central Africa Cricket Conference was a regional body which organised
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...
teams from
Malawi
Malawi (; or aláwi Tumbuka: ''Malaŵi''), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeas ...
,
Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands ...
,
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The sou ...
,
[History of Kenyan cricket](_blank)
and
Zambia
Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most central point. Its neighbours are t ...
.
[Encyclopedia of World Cricket by Roy Morgan, SportsBooks Publishing, 2007][A history of Kenyan cricket](_blank)
It ceased to exist in 1997 with the formation of the
African Cricket Association
The Africa Cricket Association (ACA) is an international body which coordinates the development of cricket in Africa. The ACA was founded in 1997, and has 23 member countries.
The role of the ACA includes promoting the development of cricket in ...
, which now oversees all cricket administration across the
African continent.
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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
The East Africa cricket team was a team representing the countries of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and later Zambia. Their first game was against Rhodesia in 1951. East Africa appeared in the 1975 World Cup and the 1979, 1982 and 1986 ICC Trophies ...
with members from
Kenya
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Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands ...
,
and
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The sou ...
. The team was invited to, and participated in the
1975 Cricket World Cup. The team continued to be an associate member of the
ICC until being replaced by the
East and Central African cricket team
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Etymology
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in 1989.
The
East and Central African cricket team
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Etymology
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continued to have
ICC associate membership
The International Cricket Council (ICC) was founded at Lord's on 15 June 1909 as the Imperial Cricket Conference, with Australia, England, and South Africa as its founding members.
In the beginning, only countries within the Commonwealth could ...
until 2003, when each of the member nations joined the ICC separately as independent members of the
African Cricket Association
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The role of the ACA includes promoting the development of cricket in ...
.
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References
External links
ICC region page
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Cricket administration
Cric
Cricket in Africa
Cricket in East Africa