Kenya national cricket team

Kenya Cricket Team
Timu ya kriketi ya Kenya
Nickname(s)Simbas[1]
AssociationCricket Kenya
Personnel
CaptainSachin Bhudia
ChairmanManoj Patel[2]
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member (1981)
ICC regionAfrica
ICC Rankings Current[3] Best-ever
ODI --- 10th (1 May 1998)
T20I 33rd 12th (1 Mar 2007)
International cricket
First international1 December 1951 vs Tanzania at Nairobi
One Day Internationals
First ODIv  India at the Barabati Stadium, Cuttack; 18 February 1996
Last ODIv  Scotland at Hagley Oval, Christchurch; 30 January 2014
ODIs Played Won/Lost
Total[4] 154 42/107
(0 ties, 5 no results)
This year[5] 0 0/0
(0 ties, 0 no results)
World Cup appearances5 (first in 1996)
Best resultSemi-finals (2003)
World Cup Qualifier appearances7 (first in 1982)
Best resultRunners-up (1994, 1997)
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv  Bangladesh at Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi; 1 September 2007
Last T20Iv  Nigeria at Sikh Union Club Ground, Nairobi; 12 July 2024
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[6] 100 54/43
(0 ties, 3 no results)
This year[7] 9 7/2
(0 ties, 0 no results)
T20 World Cup appearances1 (first in 2007)
Best resultGroup stage (2007)
T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances7[a] (first in 2008)
Best result4th (2008, 2023)

List A and T20I kit

As of 12 July 2024

The Kenya men's national cricket team represents the Republic of Kenya in international cricket. Kenya is an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) which has Twenty20 International (T20I) status after the ICC granted T20I status to all its members.[8]

They have been an associate member of the ICC since 1981. Since then they have played in five Cricket World Cups from 1996 to 2011 with their best result being a bronze medal finish as the semi-final appearance at the 2003 Cricket World Cup in Southern Africa. They have only qualified for one ICC World Twenty20 tournament, in 2007. The Kenyan national team is governed by Cricket Kenya.

Kenya gained One Day International (ODI) status in 1996 in preparation for the 1996 Cricket World Cup and would have it for eighteen years before losing it at the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier where they finished in the fifth place. After April 2019, Kenya will play in the 2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League.[9]

  1. ^ Ndawula, Innocent. "ICC T20 World Cup Africa Final - Unique Trophy Shoot Leaves Captains In Awe". Cricket Uganda. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "manoj-patel-elected-cricket-kenya-chairman/". Cricket Kenya. 26 February 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  3. ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  4. ^ "ODI matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. ^ "ODI matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  6. ^ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  7. ^ "T20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  8. ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  9. ^ "All to play for in last e". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 April 2019.


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