Kenya news from Cricinfo.com

How many times have India lost an international to a non-Test team?

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 08:47:19 GMT

And was Vaibhav Sooryanvashi's 175 a record score in an Under-19 World Cup final?

India and South Africa become world champions, Netherlands and Nepal sizzle, Sri Lanka fizzle

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 08:13:56 GMT

In our first batch of team reports cards for 2025: India, South Africa, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Ireland and the Associates

England's repositioning, New Zealand's rollercoaster, Pakistan's shambles

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 11:23:47 GMT

In our first batch of team report cards for 2024: Sri Lanka, England, New Zealand, Pakistan, Ireland, the Associates

Upsets the norm as competition among Associates hits fever pitch

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Four takeaways from the group stages of the T20 World Cup Qualifier

Everything you need to know about WCL Division Three

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A rundown of the six teams gunning for promotion over the next 11 days at the World Cricket League

The painfully small margins in Associate cricket

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Nepal has gained ODI status for the first time winning absolute nail-biters, but the teams that lost by such small margins also deserve a shot at more funding and better recognition

The agony and ecstasy of World Cricket League

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Two moments in the field - a run out in the match between UAE and Oman, and a fumble in the game between Kenya and Nepal - summed up the contrasting emotions in the tournament

ODI League berth, World Cup Qualifier slots at stake in final WCL Championship round

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Five teams have a lot riding on the last round of the ICC WCL Championship matches in the UAE this week, from spots in the World Cup Qualifier to a berth in the new ODI League

'The most challenging thing for Associates is lack of games'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Kenya veteran Steve Tikolo talks about the challenges of his latest job as Uganda coach

I won't be your hat-trick victim

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Also, what is the record for number of stumpings in Test and first-class innings?

Kenya seek to rise from the ashes of their implosion

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Attempts have been made to develop youth cricket in the country, but corruption remains a huge challenge

A moving Kenyan tale

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A new film brings the country's Maasai cricketers into the media spotlight again

Why this year's Associate crop is the best ever

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The ICC deserves credit for helping weaker teams prepare better for this World Cup - though the Big Three are threatening to undo all the good work that has been put in

Happy to be upset

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Unexpected results are bound to occur in long, unwieldy tournaments like the World Cup, and we should enjoy them

You may remember me from the World Cup

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Each World Cup has thrown up some unlikely heroes. Here's a personal selection of players who briefly lit up the competition

You're not so big now, brother

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

As the World Cup looms ever closer, a reminder of some days when things didn't go quite according to plan

The case of the shrinking horizons

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Even as the ICC claimed to envision a bigger, more global game, the decisions it took in 2014 further stifled even the overachievers among the Associates

Aasif Karim on Kenya's 1996 and 2003 World Cup campaigns: 'As soon as we got Lara, we were a different side'

Mon, 06 Mar 2023 09:22:54 GMT

The former Kenya captain recalls Kenya's shock win over West Indies in 1996 and his spell that had Australia quivering in 2003

Kenya snap up Lara

Mon, 06 Mar 2023 06:43:57 GMT

How a discordant West Indies team fell prey to a group of amateur cricketers from Kenya in 1996

'I never stole anybody's money, yet I was given five years'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Half a decade since his ban ended, Maurice Odumbe continues to live with the stigma of corruption

'Kenya cricket is dead and buried'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The veteran spinner's dream spell against Australia in 2003 symbolised a brief golden period for Kenya, but since his retirement, the country's cricket has nose-dived

Are you sitting down for this?

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Netherlands beat England last month. A look at some other big international upsets over the years

What do the ICC proposals mean for the Associates?

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

They essentially uphold the inequity in the treatment of the Associates when compared to the lowest-performing Full Members

A tussle for crumbs

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

It was a year when Canada and Kenya tripped up while others like Afghanistan, Nepal, Netherlands and UAE made some loud noises

Forty-two and fighting

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Veteran Kenya allrounder Steve Tikolo made an age-defying comeback recently to help his side reclaim some past glory

Rohit's record, and Ashwin's feat

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Also, lowest "missing scores", a hundredth ODI on one's birthday, and West Indians with 20,000 international runs

Best of the rest

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A look at some players who missed out on Test cricket because they came from Associate-member countries. (One from each nation.)

Marginalised and messy

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Associate nations slid further away from the spotlight this year, and several look unlikely to make their way back

Phantom and Co

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Some entertainingly hopeless batsmen

Look, ma

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Famous cricketing mothers (and others who ought to be)

To Africa, with kit and a message

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Cricket Without Boundaries is a UK initiative that takes cricket, and a message of AIDS awareness, to an entire continent

Ten months in Nairobi

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Mike Hesson couldn't stay as coach of Kenya for long enough to make enough of a difference, but he is confident the side has a bright future

Have spear, will bowl

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Kenya's famous Maasai warrior tribe is using the skills of warfare to help make a name for themselves in cricket

The Ireland story and others

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The lack of support from the ICC towards the Associates and Affiliates did not deter one team. For the rest, it wasn't a great year

'Players know consistency will be the criterion for national selection'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Tom Sears, Cricket Kenya's CEO, hopes the success of the board's new East African tournaments will result in a larger and better-quality talent pool in the country

Safari guide's son set to begin four-day exploration

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Duncan Allan is a ray of hope for a Kenya side that doesn't have too much to smile about

No turning back for Kenya

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The board did the right thing by axing players who had held them to ransom in the past

Kenyan board right to dump old guard

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The players may complain, but the board has taken a forward-looking step

A long overdue purge

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Martin Williamson on why the sweeping changes being undertaken by Cricket Kenya have not come a moment too soon

It's an Irish question and a global one

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ireland deserve to participate in the 2015 World Cup. That the ICC executive board wishes to freeze them out reflects a new phase in the game's global evolution

The games cricketers play

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Cricketers who excelled at other sports

There's hope for Kenya yet

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The national team may have embarrassed itself in this World Cup but the talent and enthusiasm for the game across the country are heartening

Kenyan cricket continues to regress

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

After their World Cup misadventure, Kenya remains an object lesson for other Associates of just how easily things can go wrong

Kenya's greatest cricketer

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Steve Tikolo brought class to Kenya's batting line-up, and he often saved his best for the biggest stage in world cricket

Australia content with game, after long wait

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

After a 20-day break since their last game, Australia were happy just to get 100 overs under their belt against Kenya in Bangalore

Stunning spin and a waist-high welcome

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Plays of the day from reigning champions Australia's Group A encounter with minnows Kenya

Kenya upset Brian Lara and West Indies

Wed, 08 Mar 2023 09:59:21 GMT

West Indies were a shambles going into the 1996 World Cup, and the unknown amateurs of Kenya exploited that to the full in one of the game's biggest upsets

'Kenyan cricket at its lowest ebb'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Mismanagement, lack of competitive cricket and a poor structure are at the root of Kenyan cricket's current state, says Steve Tikolo

Canada learn from their mistakes

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

When they were in with a chance of upsetting Pakistan, Canada choked, but against Kenya, they used smart tactics and learned how to build partnerships

Mixed day for DRS

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

ESPNcricinfo presents the plays of the day from the clash of the minnows in Delhi

Canada v Kenya, Group A, New Delhi

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Join ESPNcricinfo's ball-by-ball commentators for a live discussion on today's game

Keeping the world in the World Cup

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The ICC can retain the prestige of its biggest tournament, and of its weakest members, by a simple elimination round

Sri Lanka v Kenya, Group A, Colombo

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Join ESPNcricinfo's commentators for an over-by-over discussion during this game

Misbah does a Gooch, and school's out

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the day of the match between Pakistan and Kenya in Hambantota

Kenya v Pakistan, live chat

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Join ESPNcricinfo's ball-by-ball commentators for a live chat on the Kenya v Pakistan game

Oram's apology, and Kenya's UDRS blues

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

ESPNcricinfo presents the plays of the day from the World Cup Group A match between Kenya and New Zealand in Chennai

Kenya's young beacon

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Seren Waters is a poster boy for all Associate nations struggling to hold their place in international cricket against the ICC's indifference. May he light up this World Cup

Small fish, big teeth

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Minnows who showed up their stronger rivals

I put a spell on you

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Great World Cup bowling performances, from Pigeon, Big Bird, Waz, Warnie and others

Back from the dead

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Eleven of the most improbable comebacks in World Cup history

Short, sweet and sensational

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Eleven of the most memorable cameos in World Cup history

Pop and fizzle

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Players who shone at the World Cup, but only briefly

The spot-fixing saga, Haider's disappearance, and Tendulkar's 50th

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A look back at the last third of 2010: the IPL goes haywire, Zulqarnain Haider goes missing, and Tendulkar gets his 50th

The year of Afghanistan

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Theirs was a story straight out of a fairytale, but 2011 for the Associates in general could be one spent in the dungeons, courtesy the Evil Queen, the ICC

Spot-fixing, show-causes, split-innings and finishing on 800 wickets

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A look back at the second third of 2010: the News of the World sting, Murali's perfect retirement, the BCCI v Modi saga, and more

Kenyan cricket stares into the abyss

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Martin Williamson argues Kenyan cricket is doomed unless it undergoes a major overhaul

'A bunch of mutinous fools'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Martin Williamson on how Kenya's cricketers were prepared to risk the future of the game for some short-term and minor gains

Back to the dark days

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Martin Williamson argues the latest crisis to undermine Kenyan cricket is one about out-and-out self interest and could do irreparable harm to the game

That's a scandal

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

As the taint of controversy and financial wrong-doing wafts around the IPL, we look at instances of monetary misbehaviour from the past

Big brothers' indifference hurts the little guys

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Little help from those at the top, even less from sponsors, and the ICC's bizarre decisions have left most of the Associates looking at a bleak 2010

No remorse, no return

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Maurice Odumbe is too old to get back on the cricket field and is a poor role model off it

Ireland take trophy, Afghans the headlines

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

It took 12 teams 54 matches spread over 19 days to determine the best of the rest, the countries next in the queue for an ICC handout and those fortunate four who will play in the 2011 World Cup

Done on the development trail

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Cricket has had a long and loyal following, born not only out of the village greens of England or the dusty Indian maidans, but the war-torn wastelands of Afghanistan and a spare scrap of land in Canada

Mixed bag

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Funding has never been better, but ironically, it is now harder for the Associates and Affiliates to join cricket's elite than before

Two up, four down

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ireland and Scotland fared well, while Bermuda, Kenya, Canada and Netherlands plumbed the depths

The future's bright

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The new ICC funding regulations should have a positive impact on the game's Associates and Affiliates

Matches more than money

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Kenya have little chance of getting better unless they are allowed to play among the game's top ten

Cash and commitment cause for concern

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Life beyond the Test world: our review of the Associate nations in 2007

Slow progress ... but progress nonetheless

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Martin Williamson looks at how Kenya fared in 2007

The return of the Limavady Slaughterman

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Desmond 'Dekker' Curry, the slaughterman from Limavady, is likely to make his reappearance in the Irish national team at April's ICC Emerging Nations tournament in Zimbabwe after an absence of almost three years

Don't let Nairobi hijack Kenya's future

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

This weekend's stakeholders' meeting in Nairobi threatens to be overshadowed by the ongoing row between the Nairobi Provincial Cricket Association and Cricket Kenya which has rumbled on for months

ICC must go on funding cricket's expansion

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The budget allocated by the ICC to Associates must not be cut to give more to the big boys

Nairobi needs to lead the way

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The behind-the-scenes machinations in Kenya's biggest province is worryingly familiar

Toast the success, beware of excess

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The first world Twenty20 was an unqualified success but there is a danger of it being milked too much by too many

Sri Lanka break records in convincing win

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Statistical highlights of the Group C match between Kenya and Sri Lanka

Gillespie stars as bowlers take centrestage

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Statistical highlights in a game where the New Zealand bowlers stood out

One-man band

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

It's all about how well the support cast perform around Steve Tikolo. By Will Luke

Life beyond the Test world

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A worthy, reasonably priced reference on world cricket

Associates on a rocky path to nowhere

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

'Success at all costs' is the modern cricketer's mantra and, with Associate cricketers fleeing the skimpily paid amateur lifestyle for a professional world in England, and elsewhere, there is a real danger that the ICC's development work needs a major ret

Sweeping things under the carpet

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Kenya's cricket community - with the exception of the few remaining Kenyan Cricket Association board members - have reacted with surprise and disappointment at the announcement from the ICC that Percy Sonn and the Africa Cricket Association have

Stretching to four days

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Cricket Kenya is hoping to launch a four-day national competition later this year providing that sponsors can be found to underwrite the costs of the event

An amateur solution in a professional world

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Martin Williamson looks at the problems facing those who play for the Associates as the demands on their time increase while the rewards do not

Less is more

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Martin Williamson argues that the ICC needs to rethink the way it handles the Associates at future World Cups

Underestimate them at your peril

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Cricinfo's guide to the minnows of the 2007 World Cup

Cricket by association

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The World Cricket League in Kenya pitted the six best Associate sides together. Just how close are they to the Test teams?

For a few dollars more ...

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Martin Williamson argues that Kenya's players need to think before they act

Life is good beyond the Test world

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Martin Williamson looks back at the performances of the six leading Associates in the World Cricket League and what they can take out of the event ... and what it means for their chances in the World Cup

Bridging the experience gap

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Does Kenya's success at Associate level mask a more deep-rooted problem with the game's promotion and youth development in the country?

A long way from home

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Martin Williamson asks whether the ICC's picture of global expansion is as accurate as it seems

Kenya the host favourites

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Martin Williamson and Will Luke preview the World Cricket League in Nairobi