Kenya at the Men's T20 World Cup
Kenya national team performance at T20 World Cup
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The Kenya national cricket team is one of the associate members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), they are nicknamed as the Simbas. Kenya qualified for the inaugural edition of the T20 World Cup in 2007, after winning the 2007 World Cricket League Division One. In the only edition they participated in, they lost both the matches they played. The team has failed to make it to the tournament ever since.
T20 World Cup record
| ICC T20 World Cup record | Qualification record[a] | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Ab[b] | Captain | Pld | W | L | T | NR | |
 2007 | Group stage | 12/12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Tikolo | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
 2009 | Did not qualify | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
 2010 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
 2012 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
 2014 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
 2016 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
  2021 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
 2022 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
 2024 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 2026 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Total | 0 Titles | 1/10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/a | 103 | 60 | 38 | 0 | 5 | |
- WCL Division One served as the qualifier for the 2007 edition.
- Abandoned matches are not counted in the official records.
Record by opponents
| Opponent | M | W | L | T+W | T+L | NR | Ab | Win % | First played |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2007 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2007 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | - |
| Source:[1] Last Updated: 14 September 2007 | |||||||||
Tournament results
South Africa 2007
- Squad and kit
       2007 kit |
- Results
| Group stage (Group C) | Super 8 | Semifinal | Final | Overall Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | Opposition Result |
Rank | Opposition Result |
Opposition Result | |||||||
| New Zealand L by 9 wickets |
Sri Lanka L by 172 runs |
3 | Did not advance | Group stage | |||||||||
| Source: Cricinfo[2] | |||||||||||||
- Scorecards
Group stage (Group C) | ||||||||||||||
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Records and statistics
Team records
- Highest innings totals
| Score | Opponent | Venue | Season |
|---|---|---|---|
| 88 (19.3 overs) | Sri Lanka | Johannesburg | 2007 |
| 73 (16.5 overs) | New Zealand | Durban | 2007 |
| Last updated: 14 September 2007[3] | |||
Batting statistics
- Most runs
| Runs | Player | Mat | Inn | HS | Avg | 100s | 50s | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Alex Obanda | 2 | 2 | 21 | 12.50 | N/a | N/a | 2007–2007 |
| 20 | Collins Obuya | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10.00 | N/a | N/a | 2007–2007 |
| 18 | Thomas Odoyo | 2 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | N/a | N/a | 2007–2007 |
| Jimmy Kamande | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9.00 | N/a | N/a | 2007–2007 | |
| David Obuya | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9.00 | N/a | N/a | 2007–2007 | |
| Last updated: 14 September 2007[4] | ||||||||
Bowling statistics
- Most wickets
| Wickets | Player | Matches | Avg. | Econ. | BBI | 4W | 5W | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Jimmy Kamande | 2 | 16.00 | 12.00 | 3/48 | 0 | 0 | 2007–2007 |
| 2 | Thomas Odoyo | 2 | 18.66 | 6.00 | 1/14 | 0 | 0 | 2007–2007 |
| 1 | Nehemiah Odhiambo | 2 | 65.00 | 13.00 | 1/57 | 0 | 0 | 2007–2007 |
| Last updated: 14 September 2007[5] | ||||||||