Kenyan cricket team

The Kenyan cricket team is the national cricket team of Kenya. The team are considered as the number one non-test cricketing nation. They proved their skills by suprisingly proceeding up to the semi-final in the 2003 cricket World Cup, which led for calls to grant Kenya Test status. The team has been boosted over recent years with the batting of Steve Tikolo and Maurice Odumbe with the backup of other batsmen and bowlers, including spin bowler Aasif Karim, who holds the distinction of having captained his country both in international cricket and Davis Cup tennis. Their other famous upset was against West Indies during the 1996 Cricket World Cup.

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Cricket - Kenya - 2003 cricket World Cup - Steve Tikolo - Maurice Odumbe - Aasif Karim - Captained - Davis Cup - Tennis - West Indies - 1996 - Cricket World Cup

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Following the 2003 semi-final, Kenyan cricket was rocked by match-fixing allegations, which eventually resulted in a ban for former captain Maurice Odumbe. Tikolo and many other senior players also went on strike over contract payments, as the players had apparently not been paid performance bonuses for their feats in the World Cup, with the expected negative effects on team performance. The Kenyan Cricket Association was dissolved by the government in January 2005, with Cricket Kenya being formed to replace it in February.

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Maurice Odumbe - 2005

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In June 2005, Kenya was stripped of its ODI status and returned to Associate Member status of the ICC. This will come into effect at the 2009 ICC Trophy, at which Kenya will have to play and finish in the top six to regain its status. In the period between 2005 and 2009, Kenya will keep its ODI status (qualifying automatically for the 2007 World Cup), but will be able to play ODIs regularly against the five qualifiers from the 2005 ICC Trophy, as well as the opportunity to play against the ten Full Members of the ICC. The first result of this is the desire of Bangladesh to host a triangular ODI series against Kenya and Zimbabwe.

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June - 2005 - ICC Trophy - 2005 ICC Trophy - Bangladesh - Zimbabwe

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