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{{Infobox cricket tournament main
| tournament name = East Africa Premier League
| current =
| image =
| caption =
| country = {{flag|Kenya}} {{flag|Uganda}}
| founded = 2011
| headquarters = [[Nairobi]], Kenya
| administrator = [[Cricket Kenya]]
| commissioner =
| cricket format = [[Twenty20|20-over]]
| Chairman =
| main sponsor =
| first = 2011–12
| last = 2013
| next =
| tournament format = [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] [[Single-elimination tournament|Knockout]] and [[Playoff format|Playoffs]]
| participants = 6
| champions = {{flagicon|KEN}} [[Rising Stars Chuis]] (1st title)
| most successful = {{flagicon|UGA}} [[Nile Knights]] {{flagicon|UGA}} [[Rwenzori Warriors]] {{flagicon|KEN}} [[Rising Star Chuis]] (1 title)
| qualification =
| most runs = {{flagicon|UGA}} [[Roger Mukasa]] (321)<ref>
[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=6775;type=tournament Records / East Africa Premier League, 2011/12 / Most runs] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130122133547/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=6775;type=tournament |date=22 January 2013 }} Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2011</ref>
| most wickets = {{flagicon|KEN}} [[Joseph Angara]] (16)<ref>
[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=6775;type=tournament Records / East Africa Premier League, 2011/12 / Most wickets] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130123030734/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=6775;type=tournament |date=23 January 2013 }} Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2012</ref>
| website =
}}

The '''East Africa Premier League''' (EAPL) was a [[Twenty20|20-over]] competition covering Kenya and Uganda. The EAPL was founded in 2011, together with the [[East Africa Cup]], in the wake of [[Kenya national cricket team|Kenya]]'s disastrous performance in the [[2011 Cricket World Cup]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/527517.html|title=East Africa Premier League, East Africa Premier League 2011/12 score, Match schedules, fixtures, points table, results, news}}</ref> It comprised four Kenyan provincial franchises as well as two teams from Uganda that play each over in a league, culminating in a final between the team that finished top of the league and the winner of a series of playoff matches. Its main objective was to improve the standard of cricket played in Kenya, and spark a revival on the international stage once again.

==Tournament History==
The tournament was started in the wake of Kenya's disastrous 2011 Cricket World Cup campaign. Its main aim was to develop the standard of cricket both in [[Kenya]] and [[Uganda]]. This idea was first believed to be mooted by then Cricket Kenya CEO [[Tom Sears]]. The idea had been set out by Robert Kisubi and Colin Macbeth in 2010 after Uganda's Intercontinental Shield draw with UAE in Abu Dhabi. The blueprint proposed four-day games comprising five franchises (three Kenyan, two Ugandan) with a 50-over match tacked on. The aim was to improve the East Africans' long game. Kenya's disaster in Dubai condensed the scope of the idea, which Sears took up, ran with and called his 'brainchild'.

===2011–12 season===
{{main|2011–12 East Africa Premier League}}

The inaugural season was dominated by the two Ugandan franchises with [[Nile Knights]] defeating [[Rwenzori Warriors]] in a final that had to be postponed severally due to weather and scheduling difficulties

===2012 season===
{{main|2012 East Africa Premier League}}
In the second season, the Kenyan franchises, especially [[Coast Pekee]] showed a marked improvement; however the final was still won by the Ugandan team [[Ruwenzori Warriors]]

===2013 season===
{{main|2013 East Africa Premier League}}
Saw an overhaul to the tournament with Kenyan corporates taking over the Kenyan franchises. The tournament was also compressed to less than one week from one month. Newly created [[Rising Stars Chuis]] defeated [[Ruwenzori Warriors]] in the final.

==Franchises==
Four Teams from Kenya plus two teams from Uganda took part in the tournament. They were as follows:-<ref>http://cricket-kenya.com/index.php?page=news&subpage=cricket&gid=192 Cricket Kenya Launches New Regional Competitions</ref><ref>http://cricket-kenya.com/index.php?page=news&subpage=cricket&gid=194 Cricket Kenya Launches New Regional Competitions</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! style="background:white; width:12%" | Team Name
! style="background:white; width:9%" | Province
! style="background:white; width:9%" | Sponsors
! style="background:white; width:9%" | Captain
! style="background:white; width:9%" | Head coach
|-
| align=left | {{flagicon|KEN}} [[Rising Stars Chuis]]
| [[Nairobi Province Cricket Association]]
| [[Rising Star Commodities]]
| align=left| {{flagicon|Kenya}} [[Collins Obuya]]
| align=left| {{flagicon|Kenya}} [[Sibtain Kassamali]]
|-
| align=left | {{flagicon|KEN}} [[Express Ndovu]]
| [[Nairobi Province Cricket Association]]
| [[Express Kenya]]
| align=left|{{flagicon|Kenya}} [[Rakep Patel]]
| align=left|{{flagicon|Kenya}} [[Peter Ongondo]]
|-
| align=left | {{flagicon|KEN}} [[Sameer Simbas]]
| [[Nairobi Province Cricket Association]]
| [[Sameer Group]]
| align=left| {{flagicon|Kenya}} [[Morris Ouma]]
| align=left|{{flagicon|Kenya}} [[Martin Suji]]
|-
| align=left | {{flagicon|KEN}} [[I & M Nyatis]]
| [[Nairobi Province Cricket Association]]
| [[I & M Bank]]
| align=left|{{flagicon|Kenya}} [[Tanmay Mishra]]
| align=left|{{flagicon|Kenya}} [[Lameck Onyango]]
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|UGA}} [[Rwenzori Warriors]]
| [[Uganda]]
|
| align=left|{{flagicon|UGA}} [[Lawrence Sematimba]]
| align=left|
|-
| align=left | {{flagicon|UGA}} [[Nile Knights]]
| [[Uganda]]
|
| align=left| {{flagicon|UGA}} [[Davis Arinaitwe]]
| align=left| {{flagicon|KEN}} [[Martin Suji]]
|}<ref>Cricket Kenya unveil new look East Africa show http://cricketkenya.co.ke/news_details.php?news_id=108 Retrieved 17-08-2013</ref>

===2012–13 Squads===

*'''Rising Stars Chui:'''
[[Collins Obuya]] (c), [[Harrison Angila]], [[Boniface Anjere]], [[Imran Nazir (cricketer)|Imran Nazir]], [[Kamran Akmal]] (wk), [[Irfan Karim]], [[Rajesh Khetiya]], [[Alfred Luseno]], [[David Maina]], [[Martin Mworia]], [[Martin Okoth]], [[Joseph Owino (cricketer)|Joseph Owino]], [[Kirtan Patel]], [[Henry Rudd]], [[Vishal Shikotra]], [[Subham Patel]], [[Tarandeep Singh]], [[Hiren Varaiya]]

*'''Express Ndovu'''
[[Rakep Patel]] (c), [[Gautam Bhudia]], [[Kavi Dosaja]], [[Gurdeep Singh (cricketer)|Gurdeep Singh]], Imran Nazir, [[Ikreeth Kenth]], [[Peter Kituku]], [[Peter Koech (cricketer)|Peter Koech]], [[Maninder Singh (cricketer)|Maninder Singh]], [[Mohammad Sami]], [[Nikul Patel]], [[Lucas Oluoch]], [[Paresh Gami]], [[Abdul Rehman (Kenyan cricketer)|Abdul Rehman]], [[Mitesh Sanghani]], [[Paramveer Singh]], [[Abraham Vadada]], [[Dominic Wesonga]]

*'''I & M Bank Nyati'''
[[Tanmay Mishra]] (c), [[Josephat Ababu]], [[Abdulqadir Najmi]], [[Ibrahim Akello]], [[Nick Oluoch]], [[Hamza Malik]] (wk), [[Jimmy Kamande]], [[Karan Kaul]], [[Krutarth Rao]], [[James Ngoche]], [[Alex Obanda]], [[Elijah Otieno]], [[Emmanuel Bundi]], [[Willam Rudd]], [[Raj Savala]], [[Waqas Aslam]]

*'''Sameer Simba'''
[[Morris Ouma]] (c), [[Stephen Biko (cricketer)|Stephen Biko]], [[Dhiren Gondaria]], [[Bhargab Goswami]], [[Nadeem Ahmed]], [[Shem Ngoche]], [[Eugene Ochieng]], [[Nelson Odhiambo]], [[Kennedy Owino]], [[Harsh Patel]], [[Narendra Kalyan]], Gagandeep Singh, [[Gurmanjot Singh]], [[Taaha Sulemanjee]], [[Siddhant Taneja]], [[Bhavya Thaker]]

*'''Nile Knights'''
[[Davis Arinaitwe]] (c), [[Hamza Almuzahim]], [[Asadu Seiga]], [[Nicholas Kebba]], [[Arthur Kyobe]], [[Deusdedit Muhumuza]], [[Benjamin Musoke]], [[Frank Nsubuga]], [[Faruk Ochimi]], [[Jackson Ogwang]], [[Richard Okia]], [[Raymond Otim]], [[Danniel Ruyange]], [[Ivan Thawithemwira]], [[Arthur Ziraba]]

*'''Rwenzori Warriors'''
[[Lawrence Sematimba]] (c), [[Abdulah Lubega]], [[Hamu Bagenda]], [[Fred Isabirye]], [[Jeremy Kibukamusoke]], [[Brian Masaba]], [[Mohammed Akmal]], [[Roger Mukasa]], [[Naeem Bardai]], [[Martin Ondeko]], [[Arnold Otwan]], [[Jonathan Ssebanja]], [[Shamu Mukaaya]], [[Abu Sseguya]], [[Henry Ssenyondo]], [[Charles Waiswa]]

<ref>http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/squad/index.html?object=659951, East Africa Premier League, 2013</ref>

==Broadcasting Rights==
Initially, [[SuperSport (South African broadcaster)|SuperSport]] became the broadcast partner for Cricket Kenya, and was broadcast the inaugural East African competitions which was a big boost for the tournament.<ref>
[http://www.sportspromedia.com/news/broadcast_boost_for_new_cricket_competitions/ Broadcast boost for new cricket competitions] Sports Pro. Retrieved 2 February 2012</ref> Following the success of the inaugural tournaments, SuperSport extended their deal with the board to another two years to broadcast the tournament till 2013.<ref>
[http://www.espncricinfo.com/kenya/content/story/549274.html Supersport extends deal to cover East Africa competitions] Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2012</ref>

==Results==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+
! style="text-align:center;"| Season
! style="text-align:center;"| Winners
! style="text-align:center;"| Runners-up
! style="text-align:center;"| Teams
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 2011–12
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|UGA}} [[Nile Knights]]
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|UGA}} [[Rwenzori Warriors]]
| 6
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 2012
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|UGA}} [[Rwenzori Warriors]]
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|KEN}} [[Kenya Kongonis]]
| 6
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 2013
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|KEN}} [[Rising Star Chuis]]
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|UGA}} [[Rwenzori Warriors]]
| 6
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Cricket in Kenya}}
{{Twenty20 leagues}}

[[Category:Kenyan domestic cricket competitions]]
[[Category:Cricket in Uganda]]
[[Category:Twenty20 cricket leagues]]
[[Category:Professional cricket leagues]]
[[Category:Multi-national professional sports leagues]]

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