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Kenya National Cricket Team |
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Jimmy Kamande (c) |
Seren Waters |
Alex Obanda |
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David Obuya (wk) |
Collins Obuya |
Steve Tikolo |
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Tamnay Mishra |
Rakep Patel |
Morris Ouma (wk) |
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Thomas Odoyo |
Nehemiah Odhiambo |
Elijah Otieno |
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Peter Ongondo |
Shem Ngoche |
James Ngoche |
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The Kenya national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Kenya in international cricket matches. They are considered one of the strongest of the associate member nations of the International Cricket Council, especially since reaching the semi-final of the 2003 Cricket World Cup. They currently have One Day International status until 2013.
Kenya's international cricket started in 1951 when regular matches against Tanzania (then Tanganyika) and Uganda began. Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda combined to form the East Africa cricket team, which became an associate member of the ICC in 1966. They continued playing amongst themselves, and were joined by Zambia in a quadrangular tournament played annually between 1966 and 1980.
Long considered the strongest part of the East Africa team, Kenya broke away in 1981 and joined the ICC as an associate member. The 1994 ICC Trophy was hosted in Nairobi and Kenya finished as runners-up to the UAE, thus qualifying for the Cup. The most startling upsets in the history of the World Cup, Kenya bowled out the West Indies for just 93 and won by 73 runs. Following their World Cup performance, Kenya were given full ODI status by the ICC, and hosted a quadrangular tournament against Pakistan, South Africa and Sri Lanka in September/October 1996. The Netherlands toured in December, playing four one-day matches, with the Kenyans winning them all. The 1997 ICC Trophy, hosted in Malaysia. Kenya reached the final, where they lost to Bangladesh by two wickets.
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 2003. In the Super Six stage, they lost to India and Australia, but beat Zimbabwe by seven wickets, qualifying for the semi-final, where they lost to India by 91 runs. They won all three of those games, and drew against Bermuda in the semi-final of the 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup but lost to Ireland in the final. In early 2006, the Kenya Cricket Association was disbanded and replaced by Cricket Kenya. A triangular tournament in Mombasa against Canada and Scotland began Kenya's 2007 and Kenya won the tournament. Kenya initially participated in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier. They finished second in Group B with a loss to the Netherlands and a win over Canada, but losses to Ireland and Scotland in the knock-out stages meant that they finished fourth and thus failed to qualify for the World Twenty20. |
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