Kei Cricket, formerly known as the Transkei Cricket Association, was founded in 1994 and played a big part in rural cricket development, in particular the Country District Cricket programme.

There were no board members then, only a few individuals tasked to peruse cricket development. Mr Khaya Majola was the mentor of the Transkei Cricket Association, with the assistance of Mr Mavata as the Administrator and Mr Renjit Banabi.

The association was established soon after South Africa became a democratic country under former President Nelson Mandela. The structure of the association was led by the Mr Pamla (Chairperson), Mr Joe Lekay (Deputy Chairperson), and Mr Macebo (Secretary). They had fully employed coordinators running cricket operations that included Bakers Mini-Cricket, clubs cricket and schools cricket. Their main offices were at Botha Sigcawu Building in Mthatha.

The Transkei Cricket Association, together with Khaya Majola, engaged with the United Cricket Board of South Africa (now Cricket South Africa) though talks and negotiations and managed to obtain funding from the legacy of the Cricket World Cup in 2003.

They negotiated with the municipality to obtain land at Richardson Park, a stadium that hosted soccer and rugby games. The surface of the land was found to be not suitable for a cricket stadium and a project for the construction of a cricket facility began in the year 2004. The plan was to build four turf wickets and a clubhouse that could be used for offices and changing rooms for players.

The cricket facility was successfully completed in 2005 and the grounds were officially opened by Eastern Cape Premier of Sport, Mr Makhenkesi Stofile. The facility was named after Khaya Majola who passed away in 2003. After the finalisation of the cricket facility, the Transkei Cricket Association was awarded with associate status under the mentorship of Border Cricket and was named Border Kei Cricket. It covered the entire former Transkei region which included the municipalities of OR Tambo, Afred Nzo and Amathole.

A new structure formed in the 2005 season which was led by Mr Ncence (CEO), Mr Ngenangaye (General Manager), Mr Gaga (Chairperson), Mr Poswayo (Deputy Chairperson) Mr Tshazibane (Secretory) and Mr Mbizo (Deputy Secretory). The Border Kei senior team was for the first time granted the opportunity to play in the SA Cricket League.

After successful mentorship from the Border Cricket Board, the name Border Kei was changed to Kei Cricket Board as an associate member of the United Cricket Board of South Africa. At this time their senior provincial team represented them in the Amateur Cricket League. The same structure was still hands-on with cricket operations and governance of the organisation.

During the 2007/8 season, cricket operations were stopped by Cricket South Africa after there were concerns that the elected structure was unable to appropriately manage finances, leading to misunderstandings within the organisation. In 2009, Kei Cricket was re-instated as an associate to Cricket South Africa. This meant that the senior team and schools cricket had to lose their status of playing amateur cricket and were demoted to play in the Rural Cricket League.

In 2009, the Kei Cricket Board appointed board members for the first time as follows:

President : Mr Mcebisi Mzingeli

Deputy President : Mr Thembile Msindwana

Secretory : Mrs Janine Hendricks

Additional Members : Mr Dan Yaka

: Mr Sibongiseni Mdunyelwa

In 2012 Kei Cricket appointed Larry Santos as Amateur Cricket Manager for the first time in the new developments of Cricket South Africa. He resigned in 2013. Kei Cricket is currently falls under Border Cricket.

Kei Cricket : 047 5342834 (Office number)

1. Lefty Ngece General Manager (GM) 047 5342834 lefty@keicricket.co.za

2. Lulama Nyamela Bookkeeper & Assistant to GM 083 420 2347 lulama@keicricket.co.za

3. Thembalethu Mtya Clubs Coordinator 071 001 0406 thembalethu@keicricket.co.za

4. Mawande Joko Schools Coordinator 073 525 6610 mawande@keicricket.co.za

5. Apilile Mapekula KFC Mini-Cricket Coordinator 060 579 8682 apilile@keicricket.co.za

6. Sipho Gxanga Groundsman 083 746 2798

7. Bulelani Goniwe Groundsman 078 187 1347

8. Nosisa Budu Office Assistant 083 867 3804