National Elite League Twenty20
National Elite League Twenty20 is a Twenty 20 domestic Cricket competition in Kenya held by Cricket Kenya. It is a part of the Sahara Elite League program. The Sahara Elite League (also 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. For the inaugural league four teams will be competing consisting of the 60 best players according to Cricket Kenya from Kenya .
The first EDition of the competition involved four franchises, namely 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. web|url=http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES2/articles/000027/002735.shtml |title=Sahara Elite League starts this weekend |publisher=Cricketeurope4.net |date= |accessdate=2008-11-22}}
.The inaugural T20 Competition, played in February 2008, was won by the Eastern Aces, The league is sponsored by South African Sahara Computers, African Cricket Association and others in 2008..
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
- Sahara Elite League