National Elite League Twenty20

National Elite League Twenty20
Countries Kenya Kenya
Administrator Cricket Kenya
Format Twenty20
First tournament 2008
Number of teams 4 (2008)
Current champion Eastern Aces

National Elite League Twenty20 was a Twenty 20 domestic cricket competition in Kenya that was held by Cricket Kenya. It was a part of the Sahara Elite League programme. The Sahara Elite League (otherwise known as Zonal League) is a four team cricket competition created by Cricket Kenya featuring a Twenty20 tournament, a one day cricket tournament and finally a first class cricket tournament.[1] For the inaugural league four teams competed consisting of the 60 best players according to Cricket Kenya from Kenya.[2]

The only edition of the competition involved four franchises: The Northern Nomads captained by Thomas Odoyo, The Eastern Aces captained by Steve Tikolo, The Southern Stars captained by Kennedy Otieno, and The Western Chiefs captained by Peter Ongondo.[3]The inaugural T20 Competition, played in February 2008, was won by the Eastern Aces, [4]

The league was sponsored by South African Sahara Computers, African Cricket Association and other corporations in 2008.[5]

Teams

Name Home ground
The Northern Nomads (Central Province) (Kenya) Peponi School, Ruiru
The Southern Stars (Nairobi Province) Nairobi Club Ground, Nairobi
The Eastern Aces (Coastal Province) Coast Gymkhana, Mombasa
The Western Chiefs (Rift Valley Province) Greensteds School, Nakuru

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Chiefs, Aces start Elite Leagues in emphatic fashion". Cricketeurope4.net. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
  2. ↑ "Invites out for Zonal League players". Cricketeurope4.net. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
  3. ↑ "Sahara Elite League starts this weekend". Cricketeurope4.net. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
  4. ↑ Tikolo leads Aces to Twenty20 title
  5. ↑ "Cricinfo - Cricket Kenya launches elite league". Uk.cricinfo.com. February 13, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
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