Sahara Elite League

Sahara Elite League

The Sahara Elite League (also known as Zonal League) was a four team cricket competition created by Cricket Kenya featuring a Twenty20 tournament, a one day cricket tournament and finally a three day cricket tournament.[1] For the inaugural league four teams will be competing consisting of the 60 best players according to Cricket Kenya from Kenya.[2]

Contents

Tournament history

The first and what was to be the only edition of the competition involved four franchises, namely The Northern Nomads, The Eastern Aces, The Southern Stars, and The Western Chiefs. The teams were captained by National team players, Steve Tikolo, Thomas Odoyo, Kennedy Obuya, and Peter Ongondo 2008.[3] The inaugural T20 Competition, played in February 2008, was won by the Eastern Aces,[4] while the first 50 over competition was won by the Northern Nomads,[5] However the 3 day format of the competition was postponed due to unfavourable weather and is set to be played in June 2008[6]. Further difficulties in availability of players, many of whom were in school, meant that the first season of the three dayers had to be compressed to two days a match.[7]. The league was sponsored by South African, Sahara Computers, African Cricket Association and others.[8].

Teams

Squads

Northern Nomads Eastern Aces Southern Stars Western Chiefs
Thomas Odoyo (Captain)
David Obuya
Alfred Luseno
Jimmy Kamande
Rakep Patel
Shashikant Sanghani
Josephat Ababu
Dominic Wesonga
Emmanuel Bundi Ringeera
Kewal Patel
Shem Ngoche
Jalat Khan Naseri
Kalpesh Patel
Anan Gore
Jagdish Khetani
Mohammed Fazal
Bernard Owino (Manager)
Joseph Angara (Coach)
Steve Tikolo (Captain)
Newton Muthee
Elijah Otieno
Alex Obanda
Nelson Odhiambo
Harshil Sanghani
Ramesh Mepani
Vijay Kalyan
Lameck Onyango
Charles Obuya
Amit Bhudia
Mansukh Naran
Kush Parmar
Mitesh Shanghani
Sagar Karia
Daniel Macdonald (Manager)
Shahid Bwibo (Coach)
Kennedy Obuya (Captain)
Nehemiah Odhiambo
Rajesh Bhudia
Hiren Varaiya
Peter Kituku
Ashwin Prabhakar
Alpesh Bhudia
Darshit Shah
Amit Shukla
Ashish Bhatt
Brijal Patel
Jai Trivedi
Rajesh Varsani
Stewart Kayne
Dharmendra Mepani
Zahir Abbas
Davinder Bharij (Manager)
Alfred Njuguna (Coach)
Peter Ongondo (Captain)
Maurice Ouma
Moses Otieno
Collins Obuya
Ken Migai
David Maina
Harish Varsani
Pritesh Lalji
Hassan Abdi
James Ngoche
Prakash Pindolia
Malhar Patel
Jadavji Jesani
Tony Suji
Amit Bij
David Tikolo (Manager)
Martin Suji (Coach)

Results

Three-day matches

14-15 June
Scorecard
Northern Nomads
51/1
v Eastern Aces Match drawn
Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Nairobi
Umpires: Narendra Dave and David Pamba
David Obuya 19 (38)
Elijah Otieno 1/22
  • Northern Nomads won the toss and elected to bat



14-15 June
Scorecard
Western Chiefs
119 all out (41.2 overs)
v Eastern Aces
249 all out
Match drawn
Ruaraka Sports Club Ground, Nairobi
Umpires: Ebrahim Fidahussein and Subhash Modi
Collins Obuya 46 (75)
Hiren Varaiya 3/16 (6.2 overs)
Kennedy Otieno 134* (163)
Tony Suji 3/46 (14 overs)
159 all out (67.3 overs) 22/3 (3 overs)
Tony Suji 56 (114)
Hiren Varaiya 5/32 (21.3 overs)
Dharmendra Mepani 13* (6)
Tony Suji 2/4 (1 overs)
  • Southern Stars won the toss and elected to field



21-22 June
Scorecard
Eastern Aces v Southern Stars Match cancelled
Sir Ali Muslim Club Ground, Nairobi
  • No toss made



21-22 June
Scorecard
Western Chiefs
77 all out (28.5 overs)
v Northern Nomads
171 all out (54.2 overs)
Match drawn
Ruaraka Sports Club Ground, Nairobi
Umpires: Lalji Bhudia and Rockie D'Mello
Harish Vekaria 31 (64)
Alfred Luseno 3/26 (9 overs)
Shem Ngoche 51* (89)
Peter Ongondo 4/36 (15 overs)
163 all out (54.2 overs) 62/1 (8.3 overs)
Tony Suji 44 (91)
Thomas Odoyo 3/14 (6 overs)
David Obuya 28* (23)
Moses Otieno 1/28 (4 overs)
  • Northern Nomads won the toss and elected to field



28-29 June
Scorecard
Eastern Aces
239 all out (81 overs)
v Western Chiefs
208 all out (55 overs)
Match drawn
Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Nairobi
Umpires: Subhash Modi and David Pamba
Kush Parmar 75 (160)
James Ngoche 4/63 (20 overs)
Maurice Ouma 63 (75)
Ramesh Mepani 5/26 (8 overs)
130/9 (36.1 overs)
Steve Tikolo 59 (99)
Peter Ongondo 3/17 (8 overs)
  • Eastern Aces won the toss and elected to bat



28-29 June
Scorecard
Northern Nomads
246 all out (89.1 overs)
v Southern Stars
232 all out (71.2 overs)
Match drawn
Sir Ali Muslim Club Ground, Nairobi
Umpires: Ashok Ghose and Naresh Shah
Rakep Patel 75 (119)
Hiren Varaiya 5/56 (32.1 overs)
Kennedy Otieno 126 (144)
Dominic Wesonga 3/58 (17 overs)
29/1 (4 overs)
David Obuya 17 (11)
Hiren Varaiya 1/2 (2 overs)
  • Northern Nomads won the toss and elected to bat



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