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