Timu ya kriketi ya Kenya | ||||||||||
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Nickname(s) | Simbas[1] | |||||||||
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Association | Cricket Kenya | |||||||||
Personnel | ||||||||||
Captain | Sachin Bhudia | |||||||||
Coach | Dodda Ganesh | |||||||||
Chairman | Manoj Patel[2] | |||||||||
International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
ICC status | Associate member (1981) | |||||||||
ICC region | Africa | |||||||||
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International cricket | ||||||||||
First international | 1 December 1951 vs Tanzania at Nairobi | |||||||||
One Day Internationals | ||||||||||
First ODI | v ![]() | |||||||||
Last ODI | v ![]() | |||||||||
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World Cup appearances | 5 (first in 1996) | |||||||||
Best result | Semi-finals (2003) | |||||||||
World Cup Qualifier appearances | 7 (first in 1982) | |||||||||
Best result | Runners-up (1994, 1997) | |||||||||
Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
First T20I | v ![]() | |||||||||
Last T20I | v ![]() | |||||||||
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T20 World Cup appearances | 1 (first in 2007) | |||||||||
Best result | Group stage (2007) | |||||||||
T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances | 7[a] (first in 2008) | |||||||||
Best result | 4th (2008, 2023) | |||||||||
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As of 17 July 2024 |
The Kenya men's national cricket team represents the Republic of Kenya in international cricket. Kenya is an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) which has Twenty20 International (T20I) status after the ICC granted T20I status to all its members.[8]
They have been an associate member of the ICC since 1981. Since then they have played in five Cricket World Cups from 1996 to 2011 with their best result being a bronze medal finish as the semi-final appearance at the 2003 Cricket World Cup in Southern Africa. They have only qualified for one ICC World Twenty20 tournament, in 2007. The Kenyan national team is governed by Cricket Kenya.
Kenya gained One Day International (ODI) status in 1996 in preparation for the 1996 Cricket World Cup and would have it for eighteen years before losing it at the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier where they finished in the fifth place. After April 2019, Kenya will play in the 2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League.[9]
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