Tanzania Cricket Association

Tanzania Cricket Association
SportCricket
Founded1961
AffiliationInternational Cricket Council
Affiliation date2001
Regional affiliationAfrica
LocationDar es Salaam, Tanzania
ChairmanDr. B. S. Sreekumar
CoachDuncan Allan[1]
Official website
tanzaniacricket.com
Tanzania

Tanzania Cricket Association is the official governing body of the sport of cricket in Tanzania. Its current headquarters is in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. Tanzania Cricket Association is Tanzania's representative at the International Cricket Council and is an associate member[2] and has been a member of that body since 2001. It is also a member of the African Cricket Association.

History

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The TCA has its roots in the 1933 Dar es Salaam Cricket League that decided that they should form a governing body to regulate the rules of the sport in Dar-es-salaam. The first president of this association was G. J. Patrige and P. E. Mitchell, was selected as the acting Governor, kindly consented to become the first patron of the Association. Following independence, the members of this association formed the Tanganyika Cricket Association.[3] The association broke off from the East and Central Africa Cricket Conference, which was a cricket association founded in 1946 when the 3 colonial countries of East Africa were bound together with Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika.[4] After 1964, following the Union of Zanzibar and Tanganyika, the association was renamed to the Tanzania Cricket Association, engulfing Zanzibar cricket under its mandate.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "New dawn for Tanzania cricket". 13 February 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform". International Cricket Council. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Development of Cricket in Tanzania - Boddunan". www.boddunan.com. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  4. ^ "History of TCA". Tanzania Cricket. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
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