Cricket Kenya
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Cricket Kenya is the official ICC
recognised organisation chosen to represent Kenya
in terms of cricket
issues. They are in charge of overseeing the Kenyan Cricket Team. The current coach is Michael Hesson. Recently Cricket Kenya organized two six team regional tournaments in the T20 and 50 Over formats of the game to replace the defunct Sahara Elite League
. These are the East Africa Cup
and Premier League
. Cricket Kenya organizes the Kenya national cricket team and conducts the international matches with the team.
gradually withdrew all recognition and support of the KCA in favour of Cricket Kenya, which was then an interim board put together by the Kenya Government to avoid the chaos that had been created by the KCA over the management of Cricket in Kenya. Ultimately, with the intervention of a high powered ICC
delegation led by Percy Sonn
and Peter Chingoka
, an agreement on a new elections and a new constitution was agreed upon. The board members that were elected in the subsequent elections then formally wound up the Kenya Cricket Association paving the way for its official replacement by a new organisational body to be known as Cricket Kenya.
Tom Tikolo
served as the CEO of Cricket Kenya from 2005 to 2009 when he resigned due to cash scandal . After extensive searching he was replaced by Tom Sears in mid 2010
International Cricket Council
The International Cricket Council is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.The...
recognised organisation chosen to represent Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
in terms of cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
issues. They are in charge of overseeing the Kenyan Cricket Team. The current coach is Michael Hesson. Recently Cricket Kenya organized two six team regional tournaments in the T20 and 50 Over formats of the game to replace the defunct Sahara Elite League
Sahara Elite League
The Sahara Elite League was a four team cricket competition created by Cricket Kenya featuring a Twenty20 tournament, a one day cricket tournament and finally a three day cricket tournament...
. These are the East Africa Cup
East Africa Cup (cricket)
The East Africa Cup 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...
and Premier League
East Africa Premier League
The East Africa Premier League is a T20 competition founded in 2011, together with the East Africa Cup, in the wake of Kenya's disastrous performance in the 2011 Cricket World Cup...
. Cricket Kenya organizes the Kenya national cricket team and conducts the international matches with the team.
History
The final installation of Cricket Kenya as the body in charge of Cricket in Kenya came at the end of a long drawn out dispute the previous management, the Kenya Cricket Association and its Provincial boards among other stakeholders in the game. The dispute, which centered around issues such as floundering constitutional review,, and financial irregularities which had seen the KCA rack up almost 500,000 dollars of debt, and as well as periodic player disputes over pay that eventually saw the KCA lose all credibility within Kenyan cricketing circles as players, administrators and even the Kenya governmentPolitics of Kenya
The Politics of Kenya take place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Kenya is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. Recent constitutional amendments have enabled sharing of executive powers between the...
gradually withdrew all recognition and support of the KCA in favour of Cricket Kenya, which was then an interim board put together by the Kenya Government to avoid the chaos that had been created by the KCA over the management of Cricket in Kenya. Ultimately, with the intervention of a high powered ICC
International Cricket Council
The International Cricket Council is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.The...
delegation led by Percy Sonn
Percy Sonn
Percival Henry Frederick Sonn was a South African lawyer and cricket administrator. Sonn became the sixth president of the International Cricket Council, the most senior role at cricket's world governing body, in July 2006...
and Peter Chingoka
Peter Chingoka
Peter Chingoka is a Zimbabwean cricket administrator.His father, Douglas, was asub-inspector in the Rhodesian police force - the British South Africa Police - and later a deputy commissioner in the Zimbabwe Republic Police from 1980.As an all rounder in 1970s Rhodesia Chingoka was the first black...
, an agreement on a new elections and a new constitution was agreed upon. The board members that were elected in the subsequent elections then formally wound up the Kenya Cricket Association paving the way for its official replacement by a new organisational body to be known as Cricket Kenya.
Tom Tikolo
Tom Tikolo
Tom Jones Tikolo is a former Kenyan cricketer. He captained Kenya in 22 ICC Trophy games, more than anyone else. Despite this he only played in one first class match, although he did well scoring 79 in one innings. After ending his playing career, Tikolo became the development officer for East...
served as the CEO of Cricket Kenya from 2005 to 2009 when he resigned due to cash scandal . After extensive searching he was replaced by Tom Sears in mid 2010