The Ugandans sides had dominated the two East Africa competitions, and the Twenty20 final the previous day had been between the two of them.

Nile Knights handled by former Kenya international Martin Suji, who defeated compatriots Rwenzori Warriors to win the inaugural East Africa League title a day earlier, came back to the Gymkhana ground looking for a weekend double.

Crown paints sponsored the tournament to a tune of KShs. 1.5 million, and was associated with both the twenty 20 East Africa Premier league and 50 over East Africa Cup. The Competitions featured six teams from Kenya and Uganda.


The Knights won the toss and chose to field, a tactic which worked well a day earlier, but their spinners, who had been stingy then proved far more expensive in the longer format. Duncan Allan, whose form in the past few months has been superb, led the Kongonis charge
with an 84-ball 65, adding 100 for the third wicket with Rakep Patel who went on the make 92 off 79 balls.