National Elite League Twenty20

National Elite League Twenty20
Countries	Kenya
Administrator	Cricket Kenya
Format	Twenty20
First tournament	2008
Number of teams	4 (2008)
Current champion	Eastern Aces
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National Elite League Twenty20 is a defunct Twenty 20 domestic Cricket competition in Kenya that was held by Cricket Kenya. It was a part of the Sahara Elite League program. The Sahara Elite League (also known as Zonal League) is a four team cricket competition created by Cricket Kenya featuring a Twenty20 tournament, a one day cricket tournament and finally a first class cricket tournament^[1]. For the inaugural league four teams competed consisting of the 60 best players according to Cricket Kenya from Kenya ^[2].

The only edition of the competition involved four franchises, namely The Northern Nomads captained by Thomas Odoyo, The Eastern Aces captained by Steve Tikolo, The Southern Stars captained by Kennedy Otieno, and The Western Chiefs captained by Peter Ongondo.^[3].The inaugural T20 Competition, played in February 2008, was won by the Eastern Aces, ^[4] The league was sponsored by South African Sahara Computers, African Cricket Association and others in 2008.^[5].

[edit] Teams

Name	Home ground
The Northern Nomads (Central Province) (Kenya)	Peponi School, Ruiru
The Southern Stars (Nairobi Province)	Nairobi Club Ground, Nairobi
The Eastern Aces (Coastal Province)	Coast Gymkhana, Mombasa
The Western Chiefs (Rift Valley Province)	Greensteds School, Nakuru