East Africa at the Cricket World Cup
The East Africa cricket team was a cricket team representing Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia. Their first game was against a South African Non-European team in 1958, and they appeared in the 1975 World Cup. East Africa was an Associate Member of the ICC from 1966 to 1989, after which its place was taken by East and Central Africa.[1]
Cricket World Cup Record
Year | Round | Games | Won | Tied | Lost | ||
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1975[2] | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
1979[3] | Did Not Qualify | ||||||
1983[4] | |||||||
1987[5] | |||||||
1992 | Not eligible – not an ICC member | ||||||
1996 | |||||||
1999 | |||||||
2003 | |||||||
2007 | |||||||
2011 | |||||||
2015 | |||||||
Total | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
World Cup Record (By Team)
Cricket World Cup matches (By team) | ||||
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Total : 3 Wins – 0 Ties – 3 Losses – 3 games played | ||||
Against | Wins | Draws | Losses | Total |
England | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
India | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1975 Cricket World Cup
Main article: 1975 Cricket World Cup
East Africa qualified for the first Cricket World Cup in 1975, and were drawn against hosts England, India and New Zealand. They lost all three matches, and failed to qualify for the Knockout stage.[2]
7 June 1975 Scorecard |
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East Africa 128/8 (60 overs) | |
- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- Frasat Ali, Harilal Shah, Jawahir Shah, Hamish McLeod, Mehmood Quaraishy, John Nagenda, Parbhu Nana, Ramesh Sethi, Shiraz Sumar, Samuel Walusimbi and Zulfiqar Ali (all East Africa) and Brian McKechnie (NZ) all made their ODI debuts.
11 June 1975 Scorecard |
East Africa 120 (55.3 overs) |
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- East Africa won the toss and chose to bat.
- Praful Mehta, Don Pringle and Yunus Badat (all East Africa) made their ODI debuts.
References
- ↑ "In the International Spotlight…Tanzania Cricket". 2 January 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- 1 2 "Prudential World Cup 1975". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ↑ "Prudential World Cup 1979". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ↑ "Prudential World Cup 1983". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ↑ "Reliance World Cup 1987/88". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
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