Only match
1-3 December 1951 Scorecard |
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293/8d (114 overs) J. Caudle 86 M.H. Kassam 6/65 (38 overs) | 107 (60.4 overs) J.I.M. Bell 22* J.R. Jabbar 6/23 (18.4 overs) | |
- Toss not known
The Tanganyika national cricket team toured Kenya in December 1951 and played one three-day match against the Kenyan team. [1] It was the first ever match between the two teams. It was the first of a series of occasional matches against countries in east Africa which would eventually lead to a formal triangular tournament being introduced in 1967.
1-3 December 1951 Scorecard |
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293/8d (114 overs) J. Caudle 86 M.H. Kassam 6/65 (38 overs) | 107 (60.4 overs) J.I.M. Bell 22* J.R. Jabbar 6/23 (18.4 overs) | |
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