List of Kenya national cricket captains

This is a list of all cricketers who have captained Kenya in an official international match. This includes the ICC Trophy, Under-19 games and One Day International. The tables are correct as of the 2007 Cricket World Cup.

Overall list

A list of captains from when Kenya played its first match in 1951 until it was given ODI status in 1996.

Kenya Cricket Captains
No.	Name	Years
1	Denis Dawson	1951-1958
2	Chandrakant M. Patel	1958
3	T.M. Bell	1958
4	Ramanbhai Patel	1960-1964
5	Gursharan Singh	1964-1967
6	Derek Breed	1967
7	Virendra Desai	1968
8	Don Pringle	1968
9	Mehmood Quaraishy	1970
10	Jawahir Shah	1972-1976
11	Charanjive Sharma	1976-1979
12	Ramesh Patel	1980-1984
13	Zahoor Sheikh	1982
14	Tom Tikolo	1986-1994
15	Aasif Karim	1990
16	Maurice Odumbe	1995-1997

One Day Internationals

Kenya played their first ODI on February 18, 1996.

Kenyan ODI Captains
Number	Name	Year	Played	Won	Tied	Lost	No Result
1	Maurice Odumbe	1996–2001	20	1	-	18	1
2	Aasif Karim	1997–1999	21	6	-	15	-
3	Steve Tikolo	2001–2011	73	27	-	44	2
4	Thomas Odoyo	2002–2006	2	-	-	1	1
5	Morris Ouma	2009–2010	17	2	-	14	1
7	Jimmy Kamande	2010/11	9	2	-	7	-
8	Collins Obuya	2011–2013	10	3	-	7	-
9	Rakep Patel	2014	2	1	-	1	-
Overall			154	42	0	107	5

T20 Internationals

Kenya played their first T20I in September 2007.

Kenyan T20I Captains
Number	Name	Year	Played	Won	Tied	Lost	No Result
1	Steve Tikolo	2007-2009	7	1	-	6	-
2	Thomas Odoyo	2007	1	-	-	1	-
3	Morris Ouma	2010	4	3	-	1	-
4	Collins Obuya	2012-2013	17	6	-	11	-
Overall			29	10	-	19	-

ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier (ICC Trophy)

Kenya debuted in the ICC Trophy in the 1982 tournament

Kenyan ICC Trophy (ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier) Captains
Number	Name	Year	Played	Won	Tied	Lost	No Result
1	Ramesh Patel	1982	6	3	0	2	1
2	Tom Tikolo	1986-1993/94	22	13	0	9	0
3	Maurice Odumbe	1997	10	8	0	1	1
4	Steve Tikolo	2009	10	6	0	4	0
5	Rakep Patel	2014	7	3	0	4	0
Overall			55	33	0	20	2

Youth One-Day International captains

This is a list of Kenyans who have captained their country in an Under-19's ODI.

Kenyan Under 19's Captains
Number	Name	Year	Played	Won	Tied	Lost	No Result
1	Thomas Odoyo	1997-1998	6	3	0	3	0
2	Mohammad Sheikh	1999-2000	5	1	0	4	0
3	Ragheb Aga	2001-2002	6	1	0	5	0
Overall			17	5	0	12	0

External links

• Cricinfo
• Kenya's ICC Trophy captains at Cricket Archive Archived 2012-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
• Kenya's Under 19's captains at Cricket Archive Archived 2012-10-15 at the Wayback Machine