List of Kenya national cricket captains

This is a list of all cricketers who have captained Kenya in an official international match. This includes the ICC Trophy, Under-19 games and One Day International. The tables are correct as of the 2007 Cricket World Cup.

Overall list

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A list of captains from when Kenya played its first match in 1951 until it was given ODI status in 1996.

Kenya Cricket Captains
No. Name Years
1 Denis Dawson 1951-1958
2 Chandrakant M. Patel 1958
3 T.M. Bell 1958
4 Ramanbhai Patel 1960-1964
5 Gursharan Singh 1964-1967
6 Derek Breed 1967
7 Virendra Desai 1968
8 Don Pringle 1968
9 Mehmood Quaraishy 1970
10 Jawahir Shah 1972-1976
11 Charanjive Sharma 1976-1979
12 Ramesh Patel 1980-1984
13 Zahoor Sheikh 1982
14 Tom Tikolo 1986-1994
15 Aasif Karim 1990
16 Maurice Odumbe 1995-1997

One Day Internationals

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Kenya played their first ODI on February 18, 1996.

Kenyan ODI Captains
Number Name Year Played Won Tied Lost No Result
1 Maurice Odumbe 1996–2001 20 1 - 18 1
2 Aasif Karim 1997–1999 21 6 - 15 -
3 Steve Tikolo 2001–2011 73 27 - 44 2
4 Thomas Odoyo 2002–2006 2 - - 1 1
5 Morris Ouma 2009–2010 17 2 - 14 1
7 Jimmy Kamande 2010/11 9 2 - 7 -
8 Collins Obuya 2011–2013 10 3 - 7 -
9 Rakep Patel 2014 2 1 - 1 -
Overall 154 42 0 107 5

T20 Internationals

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Kenya played their first T20I in September 2007.

Kenyan T20I Captains
Number Name Year Played Won Tied Lost No Result
1 Steve Tikolo 2007-2009 7 1 - 6 -
2 Thomas Odoyo 2007 1 - - 1 -
3 Morris Ouma 2010 4 3 - 1 -
4 Collins Obuya 2012-2013 17 6 - 11 -
Overall 29 10 - 19 -

ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier (ICC Trophy)

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Kenya debuted in the ICC Trophy in the 1982 tournament

Kenyan ICC Trophy (ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier) Captains
Number Name Year Played Won Tied Lost No Result
1 Ramesh Patel 1982 6 3 0 2 1
2 Tom Tikolo 1986-1993/94 22 13 0 9 0
3 Maurice Odumbe 1997 10 8 0 1 1
4 Steve Tikolo 2009 10 6 0 4 0
5 Rakep Patel 2014 7 3 0 4 0
Overall 55 33 0 20 2

Youth One-Day International captains

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This is a list of Kenyans who have captained their country in an Under-19's ODI.

Kenyan Under 19's Captains
Number Name Year Played Won Tied Lost No Result
1 Thomas Odoyo 1997-1998 6 3 0 3 0
2 Mohammad Sheikh 1999-2000 5 1 0 4 0
3 Ragheb Aga 2001-2002 6 1 0 5 0
Overall 17 5 0 12 0
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