Kenya national cricket team

The Kenyan cricket team representing Kenya in international matches in cricket. They are since 1981 Associate Member of the International Cricket Council after they were previously part of the East African Cricket Team.

History

Beginnings of cricket in Kenya

Cricket was introduced in Kenya by colonialists in the late 19th century. The first match took place in 1899, national games were held regularly from 1910. The first international games were held in 1951 when they played against Tanganyika. The Association, the Kenyan Cricket Association, was founded in 1953. As a result, toured some teams, like the non-European team in South Africa, the country and denied some games.

Part of East Africa

In 1966, Kenya joined together with Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia and formed the East African Cricket Team, who immediately joined the ICC. As part of its games were played against India and England and participated in the Cricket World Cup 1975. In the ICC Trophy in 1979, the team failed to qualify for the Cricket World Cup 1979, when it could not prevail against Bermuda in the first round.

After the independence

In 1981 Kenya broke away from the East African team and was now trying to establish themselves independently in the ICC. Initially focused on the skills to the next World Championships in the foreground. In the ICC Trophy in 1982 they were in their preliminary round group behind Zimbabwe, Papua New Guinea and Canada in fourth and secreted from so. In the 1986 edition we also took a fourth place in the group stage. Better it was in the ICC Trophy in 1990. Here they survived as a preliminary round second in a group of four preliminary round. In the second round she also finished second behind Zimbabwe. Only in the semi-finals, where they lost 5 wickets against the Netherlands Cricket Team, ended the tournament for the team.

The first successes

The ICC Trophy 1994 was held in their own country, and unlike in previous years, three places at the Cricket World Cup were awarded in 1996. Both in the first round, and in the second round she won the first place of their group and after a win against Bermuda in the semi final they lost two wickets in the final against the United Arab Emirates. In the main tournament they managed a surprising victory against the West Indies lost but all other games. So she dropped out as the last of their preliminary round group. So consequence, they were considered by the ICC as the only non-test nation with ODI status, which the team gave new play facilities. At this time the team was traded widely regarded as coming test nation. The following year, they qualified sovereign as a second behind Bangladesh in ICC Trophy in 1997 for the Cricket World Cup 1999. However, where they lost all their group matches. The ICC KnockOut 2000 was held in Kenya itself, but the home team lost their qualifier against India. In the next issue, the ICC Champions Trophy 2002 Kenya lost their two group games and thus retired.

World Cup 2003 and possible test status

For the World Cup Cricket 2003, Kenya did not qualify due to its ODI status. The tournament was played in South Africa, two preliminary round games, however, should take place in Nairobi. After the team against South Africa had lost much succeeded in the second group match a narrow victory against Canada. The third game was to be held in Nairobi from New Zealand. However, New Zealand refused for security reasons the trip there and Kenya won without a fight. After two more wins against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka and a defeat against the West Indies Kenya closed the preliminary round group as third and qualified for the Super Six so - round. There they lost to India and Australia, while they were able to prevail against Zimbabwe. However, they benefited from the preliminary round victories against New Zealand and Sri Lanka and therefore qualified as a group of third parties for the semifinals. Here they parted then expected against India, as they lost with a 91 runs. As part of this surprise, Kenya was again the top candidate on a test state.

The crisis

Getting issues after the 2003 World Cup reached the national team in 2004, when their captain Maurice Odumbe was convicted of fraud game. Also, the team suffered numerous players strikes, because the dressing KCA its financial obligations could not keep up. In the following Champions Trophy Kenya lost its two group games and no longer belonged to very early. In order to bring the non-test nations to the multi-day games led the ICC to ICC Intercontinental Cup one. In the first 2004 edition of Kenya lost in the semi-final against Scottish National Cricket Team, in the following year the team lost the final against Ireland. Organizationally became the Association at this time further into the crisis, because it could not meet the requirements of the ICC. In the context of investigations into mismanagement, the government dissolved the federation in favor of a new, Cricket Kenya, and tried to establish this. The ICC decided to deprive the ODI status again in the wake Kenya. All this meant that the team's performance declined in the subsequent period. At the Intercontinental Cup 2007-08 Kenya difference as preliminaries third break early. At the Cricket World Cup 2007 you could only prevail against Canada and also retired in the first round of. The same followed in the ICC World Twenty20 2007, when two very distinct defeats against Sri Lanka and New Zealand meant a premature end. In subsequent years, Kenya failed in each of the qualifications for this tournament (2008: 4th place, 2010: Vorrundenaus; 2012: 9th place). At the Cricket World Cup 2011, the team lost all games and was eliminated in the first round as a group from Last.

International Tournaments

Cricket World Cup

World Twenty20

  • 2007 Preliminary
  • 2009 is not qualified (qualification )
  • 2010 is not qualified (qualification )
  • 2012 not qualified (qualification )

ICC Intercontinental Cup

  • 2004 semi-final
  • 2005 2nd
  • 2006 Preliminary
  • 2007-08 3rd place
  • 2009-10 5th Place
  • 2011-13 is currently being held

Champions Trophy

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