# East African cricket team in England in 1975

A cricket team representing the East African countries of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia toured England in the 1975 season which coincided with their participation in the 1975 Cricket World Cup.
The 1975 touring team played eleven matches, including the three One Day International matches in the world cup. Five were warm-up matches before the world cup and three were held afterwards, including one in Denmark.

## Team

| Player | Date of Birth | Batting style | Bowling style | National team |
| Harilal Shah (c) | 14 April 1943 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Kenya |
| Frasat Ali | 31 July 1949 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Kenya |
| Zulfiqar Ali | 1947 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Kenya |
| Yunus Badat | 1943 | Right hand | – | Zambia |
| Hamish McLeod (wk) | Unknown | Left hand | Wicket-keeper | Zambia |
| Praful Mehta (wk) | 1941 | Left hand | Wicket-keeper | Tanzania |
| John Nagenda | 25 April 1938 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | Uganda |
| Parbhu Nana | 17 August 1933 | Right hand | Left arm orthodox spin | Zambia |
| Don Pringle | 1 May 1932 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Kenya |
| Mehmood Quaraishy | 4 February 1942 | Right hand | Unknown | Kenya |
| Ramesh Sethi | 4 September 1941 | Right hand | Right arm offbreak | Kenya |
| Jawahir Shah | 1942 | Right hand | – | Kenya |
| Shiraz Sumar | 1950 | Right hand | – | Tanzania |
| Samuel Walusimbi | 1948 | Right hand | Left arm medium | Uganda |

## Tour matches

The following matches were played during the tour:
* 30 May 1975
* Mitchell's and Butler's Ground, Birmingham
* 1 June 1975
* County Ground, Taunton
* 2 June 1975 Scorecard
| Somerset 263/6 (60 overs) | v | East Africa 95 (41.4 overs) |
| Viv Richards 76 Zulfiqar Ali 4/52 (12 overs) | | Frasat Ali 34 Brian Rose 3/7 (6 overs) |
* Somerset won by 168 runs County Ground, Taunton Umpires: L. East and E.V. Hazell
* Toss not known
* Shiraz Sumar (EAF) fell ill and was unable to bat
* 4 June 1975 Scorecard
| Wales 171/6d | v | East Africa 81/5 |
| Jim Pressdee 52 | | Jawahir Shah 30* |
* Match drawn St Helen's Rugby and Cricket Ground, Swansea
* Toss not known
* 1-day single innings match
* 5 June 1975 Scorecard
| Glamorgan 153 (56.4 overs) | v | East Africa 154/7 (58.1 overs) |
| Arthur Francis 37 Ramesh Sethi 4/19 (12 overs) | | Jawahir Shah 60 Tony Cordle 3/34 (11 overs) |
* East Africa won by 3 wickets Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Umpires: D.J. Evans and Harold W. Jones
* Glamorgan won the toss and decided to bat
* 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 Quraishy, 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) Don Pringle 0/14 (3 overs) | | Sunil Gavaskar 65 (86) Madan Lal 3/15 (9.3 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 elected 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) John Snow 4/11 (12 overs) | | Ramesh Sethi 30 (102) Zulfiqar Ali 3/63 (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 elected to field
* 20 June 1975 Scorecard
| East Africa 239/3 (55 overs) | v | Berkshire 191/7 (55 overs) |
| Ramesh Sethi 60 John Mahoney 1/31 (10 overs) | | Mike Hall 44 Zulfiqar Ali 4/37 (11 overs) |
* East Africa won by 48 runs Ibis Cricket Club Ground, Reading Umpires: Harold W. Jones and L.B. Philpott
* Toss not known
* Mehmood Quaraishy retired hurt in the East Africa innings having scored 0 (team had lost 3 wickets)
* 23-25 June 1975 Scorecard
* Sri Lanka won by 115 runs County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Brian Knight and T.B. Scott
* Toss not known
* 27-29 June 1975 Scorecard
* Denmark won by 3 wickets Aalborg Chang Cricket Club Ground, Aalborg
* Toss not known