Kei were a

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team based in the

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city of

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Playing history

When

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decided to expand the

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in 2006, Kei were one of five provincial teams (along with KwaZulu-Natal Inland,

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and South Western Districts) elevated to first-class status. Kei played seven first-class matches in the 2006–07 season, losing them all by large margins, five of them by an innings. They also lost all six of their matches in the Provincial One-Day Challenge by large margins. None of their matches were played on their home ground in Mthatha. Their most successful batsman in the first-class matches was Sivuyile Duda, who scored 265 runs at an average of 18.92 including the team's only century, 102 against KwaZulu-Natal Inland. Keeping wicket, Duda also made four catches and a stumping in that match, and finished the season with 12 catches and two stumpings. He played one match for KwaZulu-Natal Inland in 2007–08. In a competition that was itself of borderline first-class status, Cricket South Africa considered Kei's performance (and those of Limpopo and Mpumalanga) too weak to justify their place, and after one season, all three teams were omitted. They have played no further first-class cricket. Since 2010–11 Kei have competed in the Cricket South Africa Rural League, coastal division, a 50-over competition.

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First-class

Kei played seven matches at first-class level, all during the 2006–07 season of the South African Airways Provincial Challenge. The team used 18 players during this period, three of whom ( Sivuyile Duda, Mdngezi Nabe, and Junior Yoli) played in each match.Players who have played for Kei
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