kenya

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 the 2009 ICC World Cup QualifierKenya's international cricket started in 1951 when regular matches against Tanzania (then Tanganyika) and Uganda began. Touring teams of varying standard continued over the years, including a team of South African Non-Europeans captained by Basil D'Oliviera in 1958.[1] The South Africans won both matches against Kenya on the tour, in addition to a match against East AfricaKenya, Tanzania and Uganda combined to form the East Africa cricket team, which became an associate member of the ICC in 1966.[3] They continued playing amongst themselves, and were joined by Zambia in a quadrangular tournament played annually between 1966 and 1980.[1]India toured East Africa in 1967[4] and played a three-day match against Kenya on 5 August, which was drawn.[5] Various tours of, and by, East Africa continued, including a tour of England in 1972[6] and a first-class match between East Africa and the MCC at Nairobi Gymkhana Club in 1974[7] before East Africa took part in the first Cricket World Cup.The 1975 Cricket World Cup took place in England, and East Africa were one of two non-test teams invited to the tournament, the other being Sri Lanka.[8] Kenya provided half of the fourteen man squad for the tournament.[1] After warm-up matches against Somerset, Wales, Glamorgan and various club sides, they played in the same first round group as England, India and New Zealand, losing to all three.[8] The World Cup was followed by a first-class match against Sri Lanka at the County Cricket Ground, Taunton.