67-547: Asgiriya Stadium , ( Sinhala : අස්ගිරිය ක්රීඩාංගනය , Tamil : அஸ்கிரிய மைதானம் ) is a cricket ground located in Kandy , Sri Lanka . Uniquely owned by Trinity College, Kandy , it is conveniently situated a short distance away from the city centre. Historically, it was a prominent venue for Test matches when international teams toured Sri Lanka. Asgiriya gained fame as the country's second Test cricket ground in 1982–83 when it hosted Greg Chappell 's Australian team , following in
134-662: A Dravidian origin for this word. ), dola for pig in Vedda and offering in Sinhala. Other common words are rera for wild duck, and gala for stones (in toponyms used throughout the island, although others have also suggested a Dravidian origin). There are also high frequency words denoting body parts in Sinhala, such as olluva for head, kakula for leg, bella for neck and kalava for thighs, that are derived from pre-Sinhalese languages of Sri Lanka. The oldest Sinhala grammar, Sidatsan̆garavā , written in
201-569: A disappointing tour overall, with rain and poor Kenyan batting performances being the main themes. Kenya initially participated in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in Belfast , Northern Ireland , the associate qualification tournament for the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 . One of the favourites at the start of the tournament, they finished second in Group B with a loss to the Netherlands and
268-715: A four wicket win over Canada in Cape Town . New Zealand forfeited their match against Kenya in Nairobi due to safety concerns, but Sri Lanka did visit Nairobi and much to their dismay lost by 53 runs as Kenya pulled off another upset victory. The tournament continued, back in South Africa, with a win over Bangladesh and a defeat to the West Indies. Kenya had done enough to qualify for the Super Six stage, becoming
335-521: A game, also losing to Zimbabwe A. In their opening match of World Cup 2011 campaign, Kenya faced a mammoth defeat from New Zealand by 10 wickets, they were bowled out for 69 runs and New Zealand won the match in just 8 overs without the loss of a wicket. In 2011, Kenya was whitewashed by the Netherlands national cricket team in a short 2 match ODI series played in Sportspark Westvielt, Voorburg. During this series, Kenya's weak batting
402-562: A loss to Ireland and a win over Zimbabwe, their last three matches were all abandoned due to rain. After this washed-out series, Kenya then travelled to South Africa for two ODIs , losing heavily in both. In late January and early February 2009, Kenya played five ODIs at home against Zimbabwe , but lost all of them. Since the World Cup, a team known as Kenya Select has taken part in Zimbabwe's Logan Cup competition, but did not win
469-464: A one-day series 3–2. Kenya toured Sri Lanka in early 2002, playing three first-class and three one-day matches against Sri Lanka A. Sri Lanka A won all three of the first-class games, but Kenya won the one-day series 2–1. The MCC toured Kenya shortly after this, playing one three-day match and six one-day matches against the national side. Five of the one-day matches went the way of the Kenyans before
536-779: A period of prior bilingualism: "The earliest type of contact in Sri Lanka, not considering the aboriginal Vedda languages, was that which occurred between South Dravidian and Sinhala. It seems plausible to assume prolonged contact between these two populations as well as a high degree of bilingualism. This explains why Sinhala looks deeply South Dravidian for an Indo-Aryan language. There is corroboration in genetic findings." In addition to many Tamil loanwords , several phonetic and grammatical features also present in neighbouring Dravidian languages set modern spoken Sinhala apart from its Northern Indo-Aryan relatives. These features are evidence of close interactions with Dravidian speakers. Some of
603-428: A significant place in cricket history as Muttiah Muralitharan surpassed Shane Warne to become the leading Test wicket-taker . (scorecard) Fifteen years after hosting its first Test match, Asgiriya Stadium witnessed Sri Lanka's first Test victory at the venue in 1998 against Zimbabwe . (scorecard) This success was followed by an even more historic triumph in 1999 when Sri Lanka defeated Australia for
670-521: A three-day match against Kenya on 5 August, which was drawn. Various tours of, and by, East Africa continued, including a tour of England in 1972 and a first-class match between East Africa and the MCC at Nairobi Gymkhana Club in 1974 before East Africa took part in the first Cricket World Cup . The 1975 Cricket World Cup took place in England, and East Africa was one of two non-test teams invited to
737-458: A three-match ODI series. The first first-class game was won by the West Indies, with the second being drawn, and the three ODIs all went the way of the visitors. Kenya then played an ODI triangular tournament in South Africa in October, against India and the hosts, and picked up a second ODI win over India. Zimbabwe A toured Kenya towards the end of the year, losing a first-class series 1–0 and
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#1732797425578804-442: A three-month agreement till March 2012 subject to performance. If they could do something good, they could retain their spot in the team. Sears said of this debacle,"It's a shame that yet again some of these players have turned down their contracts but that is their choice. We met with these players as we promised we would, we listened to their views and made them offers that reflected what they wanted – an agreement that would run until
871-597: A visit to Zimbabwe to play in the ICC Emerging Nations Tournament against Denmark , Ireland , the Netherlands, Scotland and Zimbabwe A. Kenya won the tournament and took this form onto a seven-match tour of India on which they lost just one game. Pakistan A toured Kenya in July, playing a five match one-day series and a four-day first-class match. The four-day match was drawn, and Kenya won
938-599: A win over Canada , but losses to Ireland and Scotland in the knock-out stages meant that they finished fourth and thus failed to qualify for the World Twenty20. Kenya then participated in three ODI series across Europe, but these merely resulted in two wash-outs against Scotland , defeat in a rain-affected one-off match to the Netherlands , and losing a three-match series against Ireland 1–0 with two matches affected by rain. In October 2008, Kenya hosted Ireland and Zimbabwe in an ODI series in Nairobi, but after
1005-502: A world record score of 398 runs, the highest ODI total at the time. Asgiriya Stadium has hosted a total of 21 Test matches, with Sri Lanka securing seven victories. However, due to the construction of the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium , approximately 15 kilometers away, Sri Lanka Cricket gradually shifted the focus of international cricket to the newer venue. This transition began with
1072-463: Is a conspicuous example of the linguistic phenomenon known as diglossia . Sinhala ( Siṁhala ) is a Sanskrit term; the corresponding Middle Indo-Aryan ( Eḷu ) word is Sīhala . The name is a derivative of siṁha , the Sanskrit word for 'lion'. The name is sometimes glossed as 'abode of lions', and attributed to a supposed former abundance of lions on the island. According to
1139-599: Is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken by the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka , who make up the largest ethnic group on the island, numbering about 16 million. Sinhala is also spoken as the first language by other ethnic groups in Sri Lanka, totalling about 2 million speakers as of 2001. It is written using the Sinhala script , which is a Brahmic script closely related to the Grantha script of South India. Sinhala
1206-484: Is divided into four epochs: The most important phonetic developments of Sinhala include: According to Wilhelm Geiger , an example of a possible Western feature in Sinhala is the retention of initial /v/ which developed into /b/ in the Eastern languages (e.g. Sanskrit viṁśati "twenty", Sinhala visi- , Hindi bīs ). This is disputed by Muhammad Shahidullah who says that Sinhala Prakrit branched off from
1273-412: Is one of the official and national languages of Sri Lanka, alongside Tamil . Along with Pali , it played a major role in the development of Theravada Buddhist literature. Early forms of the Sinhala language are attested as early as the 3rd century BCE. The language of these inscriptions, still retaining long vowels and aspirated consonants, is a Prakrit similar to Magadhi , a regional associate of
1340-567: The 1979 ICC Trophy , the first ICC Trophy tournament, but did not progress beyond the first round, thus missing out on qualification for the 1979 World Cup . Long considered the strongest part of the East Africa team, Kenya broke away in 1981 and joined the ICC in their own right as an associate member, shortly after a tour of Zimbabwe in 1980/81. They played two three-day matches against Zimbabwe on that tour, losing both. Kenya played in
1407-476: The 2004 ICC Champions Trophy . Off-field setbacks also occurred. Maurice Odumbe was banned for match-fixing in August 2004, and a series of strikes by players led to a weakened Kenyan side being eliminated from the inaugural ICC Intercontinental Cup at the semi-final stage by Scotland. By the end of the dispute in 2005, Kenyan cricket had no sponsors and was in virtual international isolation. At that stage
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#17327974255781474-729: The Middle Indian Prakrits that had been used during the time of the Buddha . The most closely related languages are the Vedda language (an endangered, indigenous creole still spoken by a minority of Sri Lankans, mixing Sinhala with an isolate of unknown origin and from which Old Sinhala borrowed various aspects into its main Indo-Aryan substrate), and the Maldivian language . It has two main varieties, written and spoken, and
1541-558: 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. 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
1608-587: The UNESCO National Commission of Ceylon According to Wilhelm Geiger , Sinhala has features that set it apart from other Indo-Aryan languages. Some of the differences can be explained by the substrate influence of the parent stock of the Vedda language . Sinhala has many words that are only found in Sinhala, or shared between Sinhala and Vedda and not etymologically derivable from Middle or Old Indo-Aryan. Possible examples include kola for leaf in Sinhala and Vedda (although others suggest
1675-486: The West Indies tour of Sri Lanka in 2010–11 , where the final Test match of the series was hosted at Pallekele. In December 2014, plans were unveiled to renovate and upgrade Asgiriya Stadium, including the installation of a new electronic scoreboard. Nestled amidst the picturesque mountains of Kandy, the ancient hill capital of Sri Lanka, Asgiriya Stadium is widely regarded as one of the most scenic cricket grounds in
1742-554: The round-robin stage, Kenya pulled off an upset by beating India by 69 runs. Kenya then competed in the cricket tournament at the 1998 Commonwealth Games . Drawn in the same first round group as New Zealand, Pakistan and Scotland , Kenya only beat the Scots, and finished third in the points table for the group. Kenya warmed up for the 1999 World Cup with a triangular series in Bangladesh against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. In
1809-464: The 13th century CE, recognised a category of words that exclusively belonged to early Sinhala. The grammar lists naram̆ba (to see) and koḷom̆ba (fort or harbour) as belonging to an indigenous source. Koḷom̆ba is the source of the name of the commercial capital Colombo . The consistent left branching syntax and the loss of aspirated stops in Sinhala is attributed to a probable South Dravidian substratum effect. This has been explained by
1876-462: The 1999 World Cup itself, they were placed in the same first round group as England , India, South Africa , Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. Following warm-up games against Somerset , Gloucestershire and Glamorgan , they lost all five of their games in the tournament proper. Following the World Cup, they played a quadrangular tournament at home against India, South Africa and Zimbabwe, again losing all their games. The 21st century started for Kenya with
1943-687: The East African tournaments. While the East Africa Premier League is a Twenty20 tournament, the East African Cup is a 50-over tournament. It is currently hoped that this tournaments will produce further new young talents for Kenya in the future. Within months, the East African tournaments were regarded in high esteem and the intensity was up to the brink, as an ESPNcricinfo interview with Cricket Kenya CEO Tom Sears revealed. Another important reform brought in by
2010-716: The Eastern Prakrits prior to this change. He cites the edicts of Ashoka , no copy of which shows this sound change. An example of an Eastern feature is the ending -e for masculine nominative singular (instead of Western -o ) in Sinhalese Prakrit. There are several cases of vocabulary doublets , one example being the words mæssā ("fly") and mækkā ("flea"), which both correspond to Sanskrit makṣikā but stem from two regionally different Prakrit words macchiā (Western Prakrits) and makkhikā (as in Eastern Prakrits like Pali ). In 1815,
2077-722: The ICC Trophy in their own right in 1982 , 1986 , and 1990 , also playing their first first-class match against Pakistan B in September 1986. The 1994 ICC Trophy was hosted in Nairobi and Kenya finished as runners-up to the UAE , thus qualifying for the 1996 World Cup . Kenya then played at home against India A in August 1995, and went on a tour to South Africa in September/October that year, before playing in
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2144-531: The Kenyans winning them all. They played in the quarter finals of South Africa's Standard Bank Cup in March 1997, losing to Natal by 104 runs at Kingsmead . Following this was the 1997 ICC Trophy , hosted in Malaysia . Kenya reached the final, where they lost to Bangladesh by two wickets. This was followed by a tri-series against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in October the same year in Nairobi. England A were
2211-499: The Super Eight stage. In October 2007, either side of Intercontinental Cup games, Kenya hosted Canada in two ODIs and then Bermuda in three. Kenya won all five matches, with strong bowling performances setting up relatively comfortable chases batting second. In August 2008, after a break of nine months without a One Day or Twenty20 International, Kenya toured Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands for various series. It proved
2278-630: The World Cup, which was to bring Kenyan cricket to a much wider audience, and catapult them into the spotlight. Kenya was in the same group as Australia , India, Sri Lanka, the West Indies and Zimbabwe. They played their very first ODI match against India. In what at the time was described as the most startling upsets in the history of the World Cup, Kenya bowled out the West Indies for just 93 and won by 73 runs. The Kenya national team arrived in India for its maiden World Cup, having players like Steve Tikolo , Maurice Odumbe and Thomas Odoyo . The team
2345-533: The above tournament is perhaps indicative of how they failed to capitalise on their World Cup success, though it must be said that not all of that failure was on the field. Although Kenya were given plenty of matches against national A sides, and played in the Carib Beer Cup in the West Indies in 2004, Kenya only played two ODIs in the three years after the Sharjah tournament, against India and Pakistan in
2412-576: The advice they have been getting from their advisors." Another reform was to appoint the former Otago coach Mike Hesson as the national coach. Immediately afterwards, Hesson announced that he was here to resolve and put to end the dispute between the players and the board. He said that in an interview to the newspaper Otago Daily Times . The East Africa finals were rescheduled from October to December 2011 due to heavy showers in Nairobi at that time. However, once again, heavy showers in December led
2479-570: The board was to dump the old guard. As described by Cricinfo journalist Martin Williamson, the old guard was not committed to performance and was more keen to selfish gains. The new contracts had completely cut ties with the past, with Collins Obuya , the new captain, being the oldest player at 29. Experienced players like the former captain Jimmy Kamande , a veteran of five World Cups, Thomas Odoyo , and others were not even considered. As
2546-681: The chronicle Mahāvaṃsa , written in Pali, Prince Vijaya of the Vanga Kingdom and his entourage merged in Sri Lanka with later settlers from the Pandya kingdom . In the following centuries, there was substantial immigration from Eastern India, including additional migration from the Vanga Kingdom (Bengal), as well as Kalinga and Magadha . This influx led to an admixture of features of Eastern Prakrits. The development of Sinhala
2613-583: The end of the contract year in May 2012 if they met certain performance criteria which all players have to meet. Perhaps the most disappointing aspect was that they refused to represent their teams in the East African Competitions last weekend pulling out at the very last minute. Again sadly it calls into question the professionalism of these players, how committed they are to putting in the effort, their application in fulfilling their potential and
2680-539: The features that may be traced to Dravidian influence are: ඒක ēka it අලුත් aḷut new කියලා kiyalā having-said මම mama I දන්නවා dannavā know ඒක අලුත් කියලා මම දන්නවා ēka aḷut kiyalā mama dannavā it new having-said I know "I know that it is new." ඒක ēka it අලුත් aḷut new ද da Q කියලා kiyalā having-said මම mama I දන්නේ Kenya national cricket team List A and T20I kit The Kenya men's national cricket team represents
2747-533: The fifth place. Kenya recently qualified the subqualifiers round has advanced and set to play the qualifiers round for the upcoming 2026 t20 world cup. Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda combined to form the East Africa cricket team , which became an associate member of the ICC in 1966. They continued playing amongst themselves, and were joined by Zambia in a quadrangular tournament played annually between 1966 and 1980. India toured East Africa in 1967 and played
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2814-487: The finals again being postponed to January 2012. Kenya lost their ODI status after 18 years when they finished outside the top 4 in the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier also failing to qualify for the 2015 Cricket World Cup . Further failures in the World Cricket League meant that Kenya couldn't regain their ODI status while being subsequently relegated to the new Challenge League . In April 2018,
2881-566: The first non-test nation to progress beyond the first round of the World Cup. In the Super Six stage, they lost to India and Australia, but beat Zimbabwe by seven wickets, qualifying for the semi-final, where they lost to India by 91 runs. Kenya's World Cup success was rewarded with a spot in a quadrangular tournament at the Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium against Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, but they lost all three of their games. Kenya's failure in
2948-534: The first opposition in 1998, touring Kenya in January. The three-day match ended in a draw, while England A won the only one-day match that wasn't abandoned due to the weather. After this was another spot in the quarter final of the Standard Bank Cup, this time losing to Gauteng by 8 wickets. Kenya visited India in May, playing a triangular ODI series against Bangladesh and India. In the final match of
3015-458: The first time in Test cricket. The match is infamous for the horrific collision between Steve Waugh and Jason Gillespie , which resulted in serious injuries to both players and necessitated their airlift to Colombo for medical treatment. (scorecard) Asgiriya has also played host to a memorable 1996 Cricket World Cup match between Sri Lanka and Kenya . In this encounter, Sri Lanka amassed
3082-607: The footsteps of the Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium . Before Asgiriya was built, Trinity College played its cricket matches at Bogambara Stadium . In 1904, when Rev. Alec Garden Fraser became Principal, he recognized the need for a suitable playing field and cricket pitch for the school. Fraser acquired an abandoned wasteland owned by the War Office , located in Asgiriya, just 270 meters from
3149-494: The full Zimbabwean side. Zimbabwe won the ODI series 2–0, with one match finishing in a no result, and Zimbabwe A won their series against Kenya 2–1. The 2003 Cricket World Cup was to be Kenya's finest moment in international cricket to date. The tournament was held in South Africa, with Kenya hosting their two matches against Sri Lanka and New Zealand. The tournament started with a defeat to South Africa, but Kenya bounced back with
3216-612: The governing body had dissolved internally and Kenyan cricket opportunities were limited and international cricket for them had virtually ceased. A rebuilding process began in 2005. The player strikes ceased, and Kenya again reached the semi-finals of the Intercontinental Cup. They warmed up for the semi-finals in Windhoek with a tour of Zimbabwe, to play two first-class and one one-day match against Zimbabwe A. They won all three of those games, and drew against Bermuda in
3283-702: The group of seven players who committed to Cricket Kenya, while equally disappointed with those who refused contracts. Accordingly, they were left out of the squad to face the UAE in the ICC Intercontinental Cup . Cricket Kenya offered contracts to more deserving young, talented players, such as opening batsman Runish Gudhka from Nairobi , the Australian-born all-rounder Duncan Allan , wicketkeeper Irfan Karim , and impressive fast bowlers such as Emmanuel Ringera , Ibrahim Akello, and Dominic Wesonga , who had performed exceedingly well in
3350-607: The island of Ceylon came under British rule . During the career of Christopher Reynolds as a Sinhalese lecturer at the School of African and Oriental Studies, University of London , he extensively researched the Sinhalese language and its pre-1815 literature. The Sri Lankan government awarded him the Sri Lanka Ranjana medal for his work. He wrote the 377-page An anthology of Sinhalese literature up to 1815 , selected by
3417-468: The one-day series 4–1. The 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy was played in Nairobi in October, with Kenya falling to India at the first hurdle. The first opponents for Kenya in 2001 were Sri Lanka A, who toured Kenya in January, playing two first-class matches and four one-day matches. Both first-class matches were drawn, and Sri Lanka A won the first two one-day games, with the final two being abandoned. The West Indies came in August for two first-class games and
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#17327974255783484-469: The regional NPCA and East African leagues. However, the eight players who had refused the contracts offered by the board, with former skipper Morris Ouma , Alfred Luseno and Nelson Odhiambo being late inclusions, asked their views to be heard, and despite the board granting them another chance, they finally took a firm stance against them. While Obanda, Shem and James Ngoche, Odhiambo, and Otieno were made renewed offers, while Ouma, Luseno, and Nelson had
3551-450: The school. The annual lease for this land was Rs. 30. In 1910, Trinity received permission to construct its own ground. Construction commenced in 1910 and was completed by 1915. Governor Sir Robert Chalmers officially opened the ground on 15 January 1915. The inaugural inter-school match was contested between Trinity and S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia , on 24 and 25 February of the same year. Prior to achieving Test status, Sri Lanka
3618-503: 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
3685-514: The semi-final of the 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup but lost to Ireland in the final, despite scoring 404/4 in their first innings. In early 2006, the Kenya Cricket Association was disbanded and replaced by Cricket Kenya . The rebuilding process was in full swing as Kenya began playing ODI cricket again. Their return to ODI cricket was a five match series against Zimbabwe, which was drawn 2–2 with one match abandoned. This
3752-549: The sixth one-day match and the three-day match were abandoned. Kenya then played in the ICC 6 Nations Challenge tournament in Windhoek , Namibia , playing against Canada , Namibia , the Netherlands, Sri Lanka A and Zimbabwe A. Kenya won the tournament, beating Sri Lanka A by 3 wickets in the final. In August/September, Kenya hosted an ODI triangular tournament against Australia and Pakistan, losing all four of their matches. This
3819-565: The stadium on 5 January 1982. The stadium's pavilion was also opened by the President that same year. Asgiriya Stadium hosted its first international cricket match against Australia in the 1982–83 season, becoming Sri Lanka's second Test venue after the Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium. (scorecard) The ground regularly hosted Test matches until the 2007-08 series against England . This Test match holds
3886-500: The tournament, the other being Sri Lanka . Kenya provided half of the fourteen-man squad for the tournament. 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. The World Cup was followed by a first-class match against Sri Lanka at the County Ground, Taunton . East Africa then took part in
3953-402: The tournament. They then hosted Division One of the World Cricket League at three grounds in Nairobi, playing against Bermuda, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands and Scotland. Kenya also won this event, beating Scotland in the final. This was followed by the 2007 World Cup , Kenya's fourth World Cup. Kenya beat Canada in the first round, but lost to England and New Zealand, thus missing out on
4020-947: The world by ESPNcricinfo . A distinctive feature of Asgiriya is its ownership and maintenance by Trinity College, Kandy, an elite private boys' school. This makes it the only Test-class cricket stadium globally managed by a secondary educational institution. The ground has served as a breeding ground for numerous Sri Lankan cricketers who went on to represent the country at the highest level. Notable alumni include Ranjan Madugalle , Ravi Ratnayeke , Nilantha Ratnayake , Kumar Sangakkara , Kaushalya Weeraratne , and Niroshan Dickwella . Source: ESPNcricinfo - Asgiriya Stadium Sinhala language Sinhala ( / ˈ s ɪ n h ə l ə , ˈ s ɪ ŋ ə l ə / SIN -hə-lə, SING -ə-lə ; Sinhala: සිංහල , siṁhala , [ˈsiŋɦələ] ), sometimes called Sinhalese ( / ˌ s ɪ n ( h ) ə ˈ l iː z , ˌ s ɪ ŋ ( ɡ ) ə ˈ l iː z / SIN -(h)ə- LEEZ , SING -(g)ə- LEEZ ),
4087-436: Was attracted was when during the 2011 ODI World Cup , there were reports of internal dissent between the team, as the team had a disastrous World Cup, losing all six of their games. Cricket Kenya announced that it would review the World Cup debacle after the tournament was over. This was the beginning of a series of reforms initiated by the board. Following the reviews, the board replaced the former Sahara Elite League with
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#17327974255784154-508: Was expected to be crushed by the full member sides in its group and this proved to be correct in most of their matches. But the highlights of their campaign was beating former World Champions the West Indies in a low-scoring affair. Following their World Cup performance, Kenya were given full ODI status by the ICC, and hosted a quadrangular tournament against Pakistan , South Africa and Sri Lanka in September/October 1996. The Netherlands toured in December, playing four one-day matches, with
4221-665: Was expected, the left-out players were quick to retort as Kamande said that "the board was selecting players who would be their puppets", while Odoyo opined that "it was malicious and not done in good faith". According to them, it was fast-tracking the death of Kenyan cricket. They were also supported by the Kenyan media. Among the 20 cricketers offered contracts, 13 of them were offered central contracts. To complicate things further, five players turned down those contracts: Alex Obanda , Shem Ngoche , James Ngoche , Nehemiah Odhiambo , and Elijah Otieno . Sears said that they were pleased with
4288-720: Was followed by a four match ODI series against Bangladesh, with Kenya losing all four matches in that series. Their 2006 ICC Intercontinental Cup campaign got off to a poor start with a draw against the Netherlands and a defeat to Canada, but they bounced right back with two ODI wins over Canada at the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club . Bangladesh toured Kenya in August, winning all three ODIs, before an Intercontinental Cup draw against Bermuda and three ODI wins over Bermuda. A triangular tournament in Mombasa against Canada and Scotland began Kenya's 2007 and Kenya won
4355-474: Was followed by a place in the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy , though Kenya lost to the West Indies and South Africa, failing to progress beyond the first round. Namibia toured Kenya in November, playing four one-day games. Kenya won the series 2–1, with one game being abandoned. Kenya then toured Zimbabwe to round off the year, playing three one-day matches against Zimbabwe A, and a three-match ODI series against
4422-555: Was mandated by the International Cricket Conference to enhance the infrastructure of its international cricket grounds. In response, Gamini Dissanayake , a former Trinity student and then Chairman of Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka , spearheaded a rapid transformation of Asgiriya Stadium into an international venue. This ambitious project was completed within a remarkably short span of 150 days. President J. R. Jayewardene officially inaugurated
4489-480: Was noted. They made only 208/8 in the first match and an even smaller 184/8 in the second match. Seren Waters and Collins Obuya (the national team captain) did, however, have notable performances – the former making 71 in the first match and the latter scoring 54 in the second match. For years, the Kenyan players had been the Associate nations' most pampered professionals. The first time Cricket Kenya 's notice
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