The East Africa Cup (EAC) is one of two domestic cricket competitions launched by Cricket Kenya in the aftermath of the Kenya national cricket team's disastrous showing at the 2011 Cricket World Cup. It is a 50 over competition that features 6 franchises, 4 from Kenya and 2 from Uganda, that compete against each other home and away in a league before the two teams that come top in the league square off in a final. Its main objective is to improve the standard of the cricket played in Kenya, and spark a revival on the international stage once again.
Tournament history The tournament was started in the wake of Kenya's disastrous 2011 Cricket World Cup campaign. Its main aim is to develop the standard of cricket both in Kenya and Uganda. This idea was first believed to be mooted by Cricket Kenya CEO Tom Sears.
2011–12 season This was the first running of the East Africa Cup and despite, some dominating performances in the group stage, Rwenzori Warriors, of Uganda came unstuck in the final versus Kongonishttp://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/527588.html Kongonis v Nile Knights at Nairobi (Gym) - Jan 29, 2012 Kongonis won by 84 runs
2012 season This edition saw Coast Pekee totally reverse their fortunes from the previous tournament and emerge winners against Ruwenzori Warriors in the final.
2013 season This was launched on the 7th of August 2013 and ran from the second week of August until the second week of September. The tournament was won by Rwenzori Warriors.
Franchises 4 Teams from Kenya plus two teams from Uganda has been taking part in the tournament. They are as follows:-http://cricket-kenya.com/index.php?page=news&subpage=cricket&gid=192 Cricket Kenya Launches New Regional Competitionshttp://cricket-kenya.com/index.php?page=news&subpage=cricket&gid=194 Cricket Kenya Launches New Regional Competitions Team Name Province Sponsors Captain Head coach Rising Stars Chuis Nairobi Province Cricket Association Rising Star Commodities Collins Obuya Sibtain Kassamali Express Ndovu Nairobi Province Cricket AssociationExpress Kenya Rakep Patel Peter Ongondo Sameer Simbas Nairobi Province Cricket Association Sameer Group Morris Ouma Martin Suji I & M Nyatis Nairobi Province Cricket Association I & M Bank Tanmay Mishra Lameck Onyango Rwenzori Warriors Uganda Lawrence Sematimba Nile Knights Uganda Davis Arinaitwe Martin SujiCricket Kenya unveil new look East Africa show http://cricketkenya.co.ke/news_details.php?news_id=108 Retrieved 17-08-2013
Broadcasting rights Initially, SuperSport became the broadcast partner for Cricket Kenya, and was broadcast the inaugural East African competitions which was a big boost for the tournament.Broadcast boost for new cricket competitions Sports Pro. Retrieved 2 February 2012 Following the success of the inaugural tournaments, SuperSport extended their deal with the board to another two years to broadcast the tournament till 2013.Supersport extends deal to cover East Africa competitions Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2012
Results
+ Season Winners Runners-up Teams 2011-12 Kongonis Nile Knights 6 2012 Coast Pekee Rwenzori Warriors 6
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