New Zealand cricket team in Kenya in 1997–98

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The New Zealand national cricket team toured Kenya In September 1997 and played three matches against Kenya en route to their tour of Zimbabwe. [1]

Matches

4–6 September 1997
Scorecard
v
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
280/6d (73 overs)
Craig Spearman 103 (113)
Brijal Patel 3/37 (11 overs)
250 (73.1 overs)
Steve Tikolo 125 (111)
Paul Wiseman 3/58 (14 overs)
244/4d (53.1 overs)
Matt Horne 64 (90)
Aasif Karim 2/60 (13 overs)
207/5 (70 overs)
Alpesh Vadher 62 (152)
Paul Wiseman 4/64 (19 overs)
Match drawn
Aga Khan Sports Club Ground, Nairobi
Umpires: Subhash Modi and V. Raval
  • New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat

7 September 1997
Scorecard
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg
363/6 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
256/8 (50 overs)
Chris Cairns 157
David Tikolo 2/20 (2 overs)
Kennedy Otieno 105
Gavin Larsen 2/28 (8 overs)
New Zealand won by 117 runs
Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi
Umpires: Subhash Modi and Anil Sarkar
  • New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat

9 September 1997
Scorecard
Kenya  Flag of Kenya.svg
206/8 (50 overs)
v
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
210/3 (38.2 overs)
Alpesh Vadher 75*
Shayne O'Connor 2/22 (6 overs)
Blair Pocock 83*
Aasif Karim 2/25 (10 overs)
New Zealand won by 7 wickets
Nairobi Club Ground, Nairobi
Umpires: Yuniz Cockar and Richard Tippy
  • Kenya won the toss and decided to bat

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References

  1. "New Zealand in Kenya and Zimbabwe 1997/98". CricketArchive . Retrieved 9 December 2022.