This is a list of all cricketers who have captained the now defunct East African cricket team in an official international match. This includes One Day Internationals and ICC Trophy games.
Overall list
East Africa played its first match in 1951 and was an associate member of the ICC from 1966 to 1989.
| East African Cricket Captains | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Country | Years | ||||||
| Denis Dawson |  Kenya |
1956-58 | ||||||
| Malcolm Ronaldson |  Tanganyika |
1958 | ||||||
| R. D. Patel |  Tanganyika |
1962-68 | ||||||
| Jawahir Shah |  Kenya |
1972-75 | ||||||
| Harilal Shah | Kenya |
1975 | ||||||
| Narendra Thakker | Kenya |
1979 | ||||||
| Charanjive Sharma | Kenya |
1979 | ||||||
| Keith Arnold |  Zambia |
1982 | ||||||
| Pravin Desai |  Tanzania |
1986 | ||||||
One Day International
East Africa played their first ODI on 7 June 1975.
| East African ODI Captains | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Name | Country | Year | Played | Won | Tied | Lost | No Result |
| 1 | Harilal Shah | Kenya |
1975-1975 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Overall | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
ICC Trophy
East Africa debuted in the ICC Trophy in the 1979 tournament
| East African ICC Trophy Captains | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Name | Country | Year | Played | Won | Tied | Lost | No Result |
| 1 | Narendra Thakker | Kenya |
1979-1979 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Charanjive Sharma | Kenya |
1979-1979 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Keith Arnold | Zambia |
1982-1982 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | Pravin Desai | Tanzania |
1986-1986 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Overall | 15 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 2 | |||
External links
- Cricinfo
- East African ICC Trophy captains at Cricket Archive Archived 2012-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
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