Kenya national cricket team
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.
| Timu ya kriketi ya Kenya | ||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Simbas | |||||||||
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| Association | Cricket Kenya | |||||||||
| Personnel | ||||||||||
| Captain | Rakep Patel | |||||||||
| Chairman | Manoj Patel | |||||||||
| 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 India at the Barabati Stadium, Cuttack; 18 February 1996 | |||||||||
| Last ODI | v Scotland at Hagley Oval, Christchurch; 30 January 2014 | |||||||||
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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 Bangladesh at Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi; 1 September 2007 | |||||||||
| Last T20I | v Uganda at Achimota Oval A, Accra; 23 March 2024 | |||||||||
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| T20 World Cup appearances | 1 (first in 2007) | |||||||||
| Best result | Group stage (2007) | |||||||||
| T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances | 7 (first in 2008) | |||||||||
| Best result | 4th (2008, 2023) | |||||||||
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| As of 23 March 2024 | ||||||||||
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.