Kenya at the Men's T20 World Cup

This article is about the Kenya Men's T20I team at the T20 World Cup. For Kenya Men's ODI team at the Cricket World Cup, see Kenya at the Cricket World Cup.

The Kenya national cricket team is one of the associate members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), they are nicknamed as the Simbas. Kenya qualified for the inaugural edition of the T20 World Cup in 2007, after winning the 2007 World Cricket League Division One. In the only edition they participated in, they lost both the matches they played. The team has failed to make it to the tournament ever since.

T20 World Cup record

ICC T20 World Cup record											Qualification record [a]
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Ab [b]	Captain		Pld	W	L	T	NR
2007	Group stage	12/12	2	0	2	0	0	0	Steve Tikolo		5	4	1	0	0
2009	Did not qualify										4	1	3	0	0
2010											3	1	2	0	0
2012											18	8	10	0	0
2014											16	11	5	0	0
2016											11	7	3	0	1
2021											17	10	5	0	2
2022											6	4	2	0	0
2024											13	8	3	0	2
2026											10	6	4	0	0
Total	0 Titles	1/10	2	0	2	0	0	0	—		103	60	38	0	5

1. WCL Division One served as the qualifier for the 2007 edition.
2. Abandoned matches are not counted in the official records.

Record by opponents

Opponent	M	W	L	T+W	T+L	NR	Ab	Win %	First played
New Zealand	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	2007
Sri Lanka	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	2007
Total	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.00	-
Source: [1] Last Updated: 14 September 2007

Tournament results

South Africa 2007

Main article: 2007 World Twenty20

Squad

• Steve Tikolo (c)
• Tanmay Mishra
• Alex Obanda
• David Obuya
• Morris Ouma (wk)
• Collins Obuya
• Thomas Odoyo
• Tony Suji
• Rajesh Bhudia
• Jimmy Kamande
• Nehemiah Odhiambo
• Peter Ongondo
• Lameck Onyango
• Elijah Otieno
• Hiren Varaiya

Results

Group stage (Group C)			Super 8		Semifinal	Final	Overall Result
Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
New Zealand L by 9 wickets	Sri Lanka L by 172 runs	3	Did not advance				Group stage
Source: ESPNcricinfo [2]

Scorecards

Group stage (Group C)

12 September 10:00 (scorecard) Kenya   73 (16.5 overs) v   New Zealand 74/1 (7.4 overs) Collins Obuya 18 (25) Mark Gillespie 4/7 (2.5 overs) Lou Vincent 27 (20) Thomas Odoyo 1/22 (3 overs) New Zealand won by 9 wickets Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Mark Gillespie (NZ) New Zealand won the toss and elected to field. Nehemiah Odhiambo, Maurice Ouma (Ken) all made their T20I debuts. Kenya's score of 73 all out was the lowest ever score in a Twenty20 International. 14 September 10:00 (scorecard) Sri Lanka   260/6 (20 overs) v   Kenya 88 (19.3 overs) Sanath Jayasuriya 88 (44) Jimmy Kamande 3/48 (4 overs) Alex Obanda 21 (25) Tillakaratne Dilshan 2/4 (1.3 overs) Sri Lanka won by 172 runs Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) and Nigel Llong (Eng) Player of the match: Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) Kenya won the toss and elected to field. Kenya were eliminated as a result of this match.

Records and statistics

Team records

Highest innings totals

Score	Opponent	Venue	Season
88 (19.3 overs)	Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	2007
73 (16.5 overs)	New Zealand	Durban	2007
Last updated: 14 September 2007 [3]

Batting statistics

Most runs

Runs	Player	Mat	Inn	HS	Avg	100s	50s	Period
25	Alex Obanda	2	2	21	12.50	—	—	2007–2007
20	Collins Obuya	2	2	18	10.00	—	—	2007–2007
18	Thomas Odoyo	2	1	18	18.00	—	—	2007–2007
	Jimmy Kamande	2	2	14	9.00	—	—	2007–2007
	David Obuya	2	2	18	9.00	—	—	2007–2007
Last updated: 14 September 2007 [4]

Bowling statistics

Most wickets

Wickets	Player	Matches	Avg.	Econ.	BBI	4W	5W	Period
3	Jimmy Kamande	2	16.00	12.00	3/48	0	0	2007–2007
2	Thomas Odoyo	2	18.66	6.00	1/14	0	0	2007–2007
1	Nehemiah Odhiambo	2	65.00	13.00	1/57	0	0	2007–2007
Last updated: 14 September 2007 [5]

References

1. "Team records | Twenty20 Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
2. "Records | ICC World T20, 2024 Records | Team Match Results - Kenya". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
3. "Highest totals For ICC Men's T20 World Cup - Kenya". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
4. "Most runs in ICC Men's T20 World Cup - Kenya". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
5. "Bowling Most Wickets Career - Kenya". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2024.