Cricket in Kenya

The first match of note was "East African Protectorate v Rest of the World" at Mombasa in December 1899.

Kenya broke away from the East and Central Africa Cricket Conference in 1981 and joined the ICC in their own right as an Associate member.

[2] The first edition of the competition involved four franchises, namely The Northern Nomads, The Eastern Aces, The Southern Stars, and The Western Chiefs.

[6] Further difficulties in availability of players, many of whom were in school, meant that the first season of the three-dayers had to be compressed to two days per match.

[8] Following a lack of interest from contracted players and insufficient funding, the league was not held in 2009 and 2010, and has been replaced in 2011 by two new competitions; the East African Cup (50 overs a side) and the East Africa Premier League (Twenty20) (see below) In 2011, as part of a radical shakeup of cricket in the country following poor performances by the national team at the 2011 Cricket World Cup, and in response to a huge gap in standards between the national side and the country's existing leagues, Cricket Kenya launched two new franchise based competitions.

Cricket Kenya has agreed a broadcast deal with Supersport who will televise a number of live matches throughout Africa as well as a regular highlights and magazine programme.

Jomo Kenyatta Sports Grounds in Kisumu has got a turf wicket The East Africa cricket team represented Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.