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