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A view of the playing area of the Barabati stadium in Cuttack, India
Kenya played its first ODI against India at the Barabati Stadium (pictured), in the 1996 Cricket World Cup in India.

A One Day International (ODI) is an international cricket match between two representative teams, each having ODI status, as determined by the International Cricket Council (ICC).[1] An ODI differs from Test matches in that the number of overs per team is limited, and that each team has only one innings.[2] As of September 2016, 50 players have represented the Kenyan national team in ODIs, since its debut in 1996.[3]

Kenya gained ODI status in its own right following a strong performance in the the 1996 Cricket World Cup, a competition they qualified for by gaining a second-placed finish in the 1994 ICC Trophy.[4] The team's first ODI came against India in the 1996 Cricket World Cup, with the team then playing four further matches in the competition.[5][6] Kenya's first ODI win came in their fourth World Cup match against the West Indies.[5] The Kenyans won the game the game by 73 runs but ultimately finished last in group A.[5][7] Kenya has since qualified for four more Cricket World Cups.[4] They reached the group stage in 1999, 2007 and 2011.[8][9] At the 2003 Cricket World Cup, partly hosted in Kenya, the Kenyan team finished second in their group and in doing so qualified for the Super Sixes stage.[10] Kenya finished third in the Super Sixes stage and qualified for the semi-finals where they lost to India by 91 runs.[10][11] The Kenyan team has played 154 ODI games with the most recent coming in 2014.[5] In those 154 games, 50 individual players have represented Kenya.[3] Thomas Odoyo and Steve Tikolo have played the most ODIs for Kenya with 131 each.[12] Tikolo has scored the most runs with 3369 for the team while Odoyo has taken the most wickets with 141.[13][14]

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  2. ^ "Standard One-Day International Match Playing Conditions" (PDF). ICC. 1 October 2009. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Kenya Players by Caps". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Kenya". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  5. ^ a b c d "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Aggregate / Overall records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Willis World Cup / Matches". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Willis World Cup / Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  8. ^ "2009 ICC World Cup / Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  9. ^ "2007 ICC World Cup / Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  10. ^ a b "2003 ICC World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  11. ^ "2nd SF: India v Kenya at Durban, Mar 20, 2003". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  12. ^ "Records / Kenya / One-Day Internationals / Most matches". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  13. ^ "Records / Kenya / One-Day Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  14. ^ "Records / Kenya / One-Day Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2016.