# 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 side 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.

## Cricket World Cup Record

| Year | Round | Games | Won | Tied | Lost |
| 1975 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1979 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1983 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1987 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1992 | Not eligible – not an ICC member | Not eligible – not an ICC member | Not eligible – not an ICC member | Not eligible – not an ICC member | Not eligible – not an ICC member |
| 1996 | Not eligible – not an ICC member | Not eligible – not an ICC member | Not eligible – not an ICC member | Not eligible – not an ICC member | Not eligible – not an ICC member |
| 1999 | Not eligible – not an ICC member | Not eligible – not an ICC member | Not eligible – not an ICC member | Not eligible – not an ICC member | Not eligible – not an ICC member |
| 2003 | Not eligible – not an ICC member | Not eligible – not an ICC member | Not eligible – not an ICC member | Not eligible – not an ICC member | Not eligible – not an ICC member |
| 2007 | Not eligible – not an ICC member | Not eligible – not an ICC member | Not eligible – not an ICC member | Not eligible – not an ICC member | Not eligible – not an ICC member |
| 2011 | Not eligible – not an ICC member | Not eligible – not an ICC member | Not eligible – not an ICC member | Not eligible – not an ICC member | Not eligible – not an ICC member |
| 2015 | Not eligible – not an ICC member | Not eligible – not an ICC member | Not eligible – not an ICC member | Not eligible – not an ICC member | Not eligible – not an ICC member |
| Total | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |

### World Cup Record (By Team)

Cricket World Cup matches (By team) :
| 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

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.
* 7 June 1975 Scorecard
| New Zealand 309/5 (60 overs) | v | East Africa 128/8 (60 overs) |
| Glenn Turner 171* (201) Parbhu Nana 1/34 (12 overs) | | Frasat Ali 45 (123) Dayle Hadlee 3/21 (12 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 181 runs Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Dickie Bird (Eng) and Arthur Fagg (Eng) Player of the match: Glenn Turner (NZ)
* 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) | v | India 123/0 (29.5 overs) |
| Jawahir Shah 37 (60) Madan Lal 3/15 (9.3 overs) | | Sunil Gavaskar 65 (86) Don Pringle 0/14 (3 overs) |
* India won by 10 wickets Headingley, Leeds Umpires: Dickie Bird (Eng) and Arthur Jepson (Eng) Player of the match: Farokh Engineer (Ind)
* East Africa won the toss and chose to bat.
* Praful Mehta, Don Pringle and Yunus Badat (all East Africa) made their ODI debuts.
* 14 June 1975 Scorecard
| England 290/5 (60 overs) | v | East Africa 94 (52.3 overs) |
| Dennis Amiss 88 (116) Zulfiqar Ali 3/63 (12 overs) | | Ramesh Sethi 30 (102) John Snow 4/11 (12 overs) |
* England won by 196 runs Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Bill Alley (Aus) and John Langridge (Eng) Player of the match: John Snow (Eng)
* East Africa won the toss and chose to field.