The East Africa cricket team was a team representing the countries of

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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 later

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. Their first game was against

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in 1951. East Africa appeared in the 1975 World Cup and the

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and

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ICC Trophies. In the last two of these

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was represented in its own right, so that East Africa was effectively a Ugandan, Tanzanian and Zambian team. East Africa was an associate member of the ICC from 1966 to 1989, after which its place was taken by East and Central Africa.

History

Cricket in the area began following British colonisation in the late nineteenth century. Most games were played on an 'officials vs settlers' basis initially, with no inter-territorial games being played. After the influx of Indian labourers into Africa to build the region's railway network the popularity of cricket expanded and by the end of

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was one of the most played sports in the area. Consequently, the East Africa Cricket Conference was founded in 1951 as the governing body for cricket in the region. It administered the inter-colonial matches between its initial three member countries of

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. Later that year a combined team of the East African countries hosted a tour by the

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cricket team. East Africa's next recorded match was in 1956 against a visiting Pakistani XI. Under the captaincy of

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(brother of South African test player

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) the East Africans were defeated in a 3-day match by 8 wickets. The next year in a match against the touring Sunder Cricket Club the East Africans were defeated by 9 wickets. In 1958 a South African team of non-European players toured the region and played one match against East Africa in

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. This time captained by Malcolm Ronaldson, a former first-class player for Eastern Province, East Africa was beaten in the three day match by the South African Non-Europeans by 7 wickets. East Africa played several touring teams in the 1960s. In 1962 they played two games against the

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. In the first in Nairobi (10 to 12 February 1962) the East Africans were beaten by 20 runs. The match was best remembered by a fast paced unbeaten century by

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in the Commonwealth team's second innings. In the second match in October, also in Nairobi, the Commonwealth team beat East Africa by 118 runs. The

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(MCC) toured in 1963/4 playing three games in Uganda, one in Tanganyika and seven in Kenya. One of the games was against the East African team in

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where the MCC won by an innings and 71 runs. In August 1967

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toured and played one 3-day first-class match. India won by 8 wickets. An International XI of English first-class players visited in 1968 and played a 3-day match against East Africa in Nairobi. The match was drawn. East Africa toured England in June and July 1972, playing 18 matches against domestic teams, including a six-wicket victory against North Wales. None of the matches had first-class status. The MCC toured East Africa again in 1973/74. In December 1973 they played two matches in Zambia followed by two more in Tanzania then four in Kenya. Their one match against the full East African team, which had first-class status, resulted in a 237-run victory for the MCC. East Africa were invited to participate in the inaugural Cricket World Cup in 1975. Before the tournament began the teams participation was in doubt after Tanzania threatened to withhold players from touring England in protest of the

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rugby team touring Apartheid South Africa in 1974. The inclusion of East Africa was seen as an important feature of the world cup due to a team from Africa being seen as necessary to signify the tournament as truly worldwide. The two strongest cricketing nations in Africa,

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and

, selected players based on race and were excluded as part of a sporting boycott resulting in East Africa representing the continent. The team struggled and lost all three matches. In 1978 the Minor Counties Cricket Association toured Kenya with seven matches there, two of which were against East Africa. The first was a 60 over match where the Minor Counties won by 8 wickets. A scheduled 3-day match was abandoned without any play. Kenya broke away from the East Africa team in 1981 to join the ICC as an associate member in their own right. In 1989, East Africa was reconfigured as East and Central Africa (representing Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, and Malawi).

Tournament history

World Cup

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: First round *1979 to 1987: Did not qualify *1992 onwards: See

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ICC Trophy

: First round *

: First round *1990 onwards: See

Records

One Day Internationals

*Highest team total: 128/8 (60.0) vs. , 7 June 1975 *Highest individual score: 45 (123), Frasat Ali vs. , 7 June 1975 *Best innings bowling: 3/63 (12.0), Zulfiqar Ali vs. , 14 June 1975

Notes

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:East Africa Cricket Team Kenya in international cricket Tanzania in international cricket Uganda in international cricket Cricket in East Africa East Africa in international cricket

History

Tournament history

World Cup

ICC Trophy

Records

One Day Internationals

See also

Notes

References