The Kenya national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Kenya in international cricket matches. Kenya was part of the East Africa cricket team which became an associate member of the ICC in 1966,[1] and competed in the first World Cup.[2] Kenya first competed as an independent nation at the 1996 Cricket World Cup, after which they were given full ODI status, which they held until 2014, when they finished fifth in the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier.[3][4] Kenya's best performance at the Cricket World Cup was in 2003, where they reached the semi-finals.
1996 was Kenya's debut at the Cricket World Cup, and they were drawn against co-hosts Sri Lanka, and also Australia, India, West Indies and Zimbabwe. Kenya beat the West Indies, but lost their other 4 games, and were eliminated after the group stages.
Sri Lanka's total of 398/5 surpassed England's 363/7 against Pakistan in 1992 as the highest score in all ODIs. The record stood until 12 March 2006, when both Australia and South Africa broke it in the same match. It remained a World Cup record until the 2007 tournament, when India scored 413/5 against Bermuda.[16]
In the 1999 World Cup itself, they were placed in the same first round group as hosts England, and India, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. They lost all five of their games in the tournament.
England won by 9 wickets St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury, England Umpires: KT Francis (SL) and Rudi Koertzen (SA) Player of the match: Steve Tikolo (Ken)
South Africa won by 7 wickets VRA Ground, Amstelveen, Netherlands Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Peter Willey (Eng) Player of the match: Lance Klusener (SA)
Sri Lanka won by 45 runs County Ground, Southampton, England Umpires: Dave Orchard (SA) and Peter Willey (Eng) Player of the match: Maurice Odumbe (Ken)
The 2003 Cricket World Cup was to be Kenya's finest moment in international cricket to date. The tournament was to be held in South Africa, with Kenya hosting their two matches against Sri Lanka and New Zealand.[17]
The tournament started with a defeat to South Africa,[18] but Kenya bounced back with a four wicket win over Canada in Cape Town.[19] New Zealand forfeited their match against Kenya in Nairobi due to safety concerns,[20] but Sri Lanka did visit Nairobi and lost by 53 runs.[21] The tournament continued, back in South Africa, with a win over Bangladesh[22] and a defeat to the West Indies.[23] Kenya had done enough to qualify for the Super Six stage, becoming the first non-test nation to progress beyond the first round of the World Cup.
In the Super Six stage, they lost to India[24] and Australia,[25] but beat Zimbabwe by seven wickets,[26] qualifying for the semi-final.
The fairytale ended for the Kenyan team, the only non-Test-playing nation to ever make a World Cup semi-final. Sachin Tendulkar (83 from 101 balls, 5 fours, 1 six) and Sourav Ganguly (111 from 114 balls, 5 fours, 5 sixes), batted the Kenyans out of the game as India careered to a total of 270 (4 wickets, 50 overs). Under the Durban lights, the potent Indian seam attack of Zaheer Khan (3/14 in 9.2 overs), the experienced Javagal Srinath (1/11 in 7 overs) and Ashish Nehra (2/11 in 5 overs) careered through the Kenyan top order. Kenya were bowled out for 179 (all out, 46.2 overs), with only Steve Tikolo (56 from 83 balls, 5 fours, 2 sixes) putting up any significant resistance.
Kenya hosted Division One of the World Cricket League at three grounds in Nairobi, playing against Bermuda, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands and Scotland. Kenya also won this event, beating Scotland in the final.[27] This was followed by the 2007 World Cup, Kenya's fourth World Cup. Kenya beat Canada in the first round, but lost to England and New Zealand, thus missing out on the Super Eight stage.[28]
(unfinished innings excluded from this list)Last updated: 20 March 2011[30]
Most appearances
This list consists players with most number of matches at the Cricket World Cup. Steve Tikolo have played the most matches, having appeared in 28 World Cup games and he also captained the team in 13 matches — the highest by a Kenyan captain.
1 Full Member Test playing Countries 2 Associate Member Countries 3 Country no longer exists
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1987 [7] 
1992 [8] 
1996 [9] 
1999 [10] 
2003 [11] 
2007 [12] 
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