| 1890 | First matches in what is now Tanzania as the British Navy plays matches on Zanzibar. |
| 1920s | First clubs formed. |
| 1923 | First league competition starts. |
| 1933 | The first knockout cup competition starts. |
| 1935 | The Dar es Salaam Cricket Association is formed. |
| 1949 | Matches between Tanga and Zanzibar begin. |
| 1951 | Tanganyika play their first international, losing to Kenya by an innings in Nairobi. |
| 1953 | Uganda beat Tanganyika by 5 wickets. |
| 1954 | Tanganyika drew with Uganda. |
| 1955 | Uganda drew with Tanganyika. |
| 1956 | Tanganyika beat Uganda by 7 wickets. |
| 1957 | Tanganyika lost to Kenya by 56 runs.
The MCC tour East Africa. They drew with Tanganyika.
Uganda lost to Tanganyika by 32 runs |
| 1958 | A South African Non Europeans team tours East Africa, captained by Basil D'Oliveira.They play against Tanganyika and Zanzibar and also play East Africa in Nairobi, winning by 7 wicket
Tanganyika beat Uganda by an innings. |
| 1959 | Uganda lost to Tanganyika by 48 runs. The match sees the debut for Tanganyika of John Solanky, who would go on to play county cricket for Glamorgan. |
| 1960 | Tanganyika lost to Uganda by 6 wickets. |
| 1963 | The MCC tour East Africa. They beat Tanganyika by 8 wickets in a two-day match. They beat an East African Invitation XI by an innings in a first-class match in Uganda. |
| 1964 | Pakistan International Airlines tour East Africa. They beat Tanganyika by 6 wickets in a three-day match. |
| 1966 | East Africa becomes an associate member of the ICC. Initially comprising Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, they are later joined by Zamiba, whilst Kenya eventually joins the ICC in its own right in 1981. |
| 1967 | Tanzania host the first East African Triangular tournament.
India tour East Africa. They drew a three-day match against Tanzania and beat East Africa in a first-class match in Uganda. |
| 1968 | East Africa draw with an International XI in a three-day match in Nairobi.
Tanzania win the East African Quadrangular tournament with a win over Zambia and draws against Uganda and Kenya. |
| 1972 | East Africa tour England. |
| 1974 | The MCC tour East Africa. They beat East Africa by 237 runs in a first-class match in Nairobi.
Tanzania tour Nigeria, winning the three-match series against the national side 2-0. |
| 1975 | East Africa competes in the first World Cup in England. They lose all three matches.
East Africa follows the World Cup with a first-class match against Sri Lanka in England, which they lose by 115 runs. They then visit Denmark, where they lose to the national side by three wickets in a three-day match. |
| 1976 | Tanzania finish third and last behind Kenya and Zambia in the East African Triangular tournament. |
| 1979 | East Africa finish second in their first round group at the first ICC Trophy in England, just missing out on the semi-finals. |
| 1982 | East Africa, now without Kenyan players, finish sixth in their first round group of the ICC Trophy in England. |
| 1986 | East Africa finish fifth in their first round group at the ICC Trophy in England. |
| 1989 | East Africa is replaced as an ICC member by East & Central Africa. |
| 1990 | East & Central Africa finish last in their first round group at the ICC Trophy in the Netherlands. They then finish third in their group in the plate competition. |
| 1994 | East & Central Africa finish 18th out of 20 teams in the ICC Trophy in Kenya. |
| 1997 | East & Central Africa finish 17th out of 22 teams in the ICC Trophy in Malaysia. |
| 1998 | The MCC tour East and Central Africa. |
| 2001 | In their last tournament, East & Central Africa finish fourth in their first round group at the ICC Trophy in Ontario.
East & Central Africa is broken up and Tanzania becomes an associate member of the ICC in their own right. |
| 2004 | Tanzania host and win the Africa Women's Championship, beating Uganda in the final.
Tanzania finish sixth and last in the African regional qualifier for the 2005 ICC Trophy in Namibia. |
| 2006 | Tanzania host and win Division Two of the African regional World Cricket League tournament.
Tanzania's women finish as runners-up to Zimbabwe in the African regional qualifier for the Women's World Cup Qualifier. |
| 2007 | The MCC tour Tanzania. They beat Zanzibar Stars, a Dar-es-Salaam Select XI, the national side and the Under-19 side.
Prior to Division One of the World Cricket League in Nairobi, Tanzania play against Scotland, losing by 79 runs.
Tanzania tour India, playing against club sides.
Tanzania finish sixth out of eight teams at Division Three of the World Cricket League in Darwin, Australia. |
| 2008 | Tanzania host Division Four of the World Cricket League. They finish fourth and the tournament is won by Afghanistan.
Tanzania tour England, playing against club sides.
Tanzania's women finish third in the East African Women's Championship in Nairobi. |
| 2009 | Tanzania's women finish third and last in the East African Women's Championship in Nairobi. |
| 2010 | Tanzania tour England, playing mostly against club sides. They also play against the MCC, losing by 6 wickets.
Tanzania finish fourth in Division Four of the World Cricket League in Bologna, Italy.
Tanzania's women finish fifth and last in the African Regional Qualifier for the Women's World Cup Qualifier in Nairobi. |
| 2011 | Tanzania finish fourth in Division Two of the African Twenty20 Championships in South Africa. |
A Timeline of Tanzanian Cricket
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