Netherlands cricket team in Kenya in 1996

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The Netherlands national cricket team toured Kenya In December 1996 and played five limited overs matches against Kenyan teams. The touring Dutch team was captained by Tim de Leede. [1]

Matches

12 December 1996
Scorecard
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg
154/7 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
155/5 (44 overs)
Tim de Leede 37*
Aasif Karim 3/7 (10 overs)
Maurice Odumbe 46
Tim de Leede 2/10 (5 overs)
Kenya won by 5 wickets
Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi
  • Toss not known

14 December 1996
Scorecard
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg
168/7 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
169/9 (49 overs)
Peter Cantrell 49
Aasif Karim 3/17 (10 overs)
Martin Suji 60*
Floris Jansen 3/28 (10 overs)
Kenya won by 1 wicket
Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi
Umpires: A. Gosh and Makbul Jaffer
  • Toss not known

16 December 1996
Scorecard
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg
231/4 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
233/6 (49 overs)
Peter Cantrell 95*
Brijal Patel 1/31 (10 overs)
Kennedy Otieno 87
Steven Lubbers 3/33 (10 overs)
Kenya won by 4 wickets
Simba Union Ground, Nairobi
Umpires: Y. Cockat and Abdul Sattar Moughal
  • Toss not known

17 December 1996
Scorecard
Kenya  Flag of Kenya.svg
234/7 (45 overs)
v
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
225/8 (45 overs)
Dipak Chudasama 46
Peter Cantrell 3/25 (5 overs)
Nolan Clarke 73
David Tikolo 2/26 (9 overs)
Kenya won by 9 runs
Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi
Umpires: Subhash Modi and Abdul Sattar Moughal
  • Toss not known
  • The match was reduced to 45 overs per side

18 December 1996
Scorecard
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg
211 (44 overs)
v
Flag of Nairobi.svg Nairobi Provincial Cricket Association XI
142 (42 overs)
Tariq Iqbal 44
Eric Gouka 3/12 (3 overs)
Netherlands won by 69 runs
Ruaraka Sports Club Ground, Nairobi
Umpires: A. Gosh and P. Khoda
  • Toss not known

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References

  1. "Netherlands in Kenya and South Africa 1996/97". CricketArchive . Retrieved 6 December 2022.