The

Kenya Cricket Association Cricket Kenya is the official ICC recognised organisation chosen to represent Kenya in terms of cricket issues. They are in charge of overseeing the Kenyan Cricket Team. Cricket Kenya organizes two six team regional tournaments in the T20 and 50 ...

President's Cup was a three team ODI cricket tournament that was held in Kenya during the 1997–98 season.

Squads

Schedule

Points table

Group matches

1st match

2nd match

3rd match

4th match

5th match

6th match

Finals

1st Final

2nd Final

The finals took place between

Zimbabwe file:Zimbabwe, relief map.jpg, upright=1.22, Zimbabwe, relief map Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Bots ...

, who were unbeaten throughout the qualifying games, and

Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...

. The series was a best of three games and Zimbabwe lifted the trophy after winning the first two finals. It was Zimbabwe's first silverware since receiving Test status in 1992. In the first final, Alistair Campbell won the toss and sent Kenya into field. Openers Grant and

Andy Flower Andrew Flower (born 28 April 1968) is a Zimbabwean cricket coach and a former cricketer. As a cricketer, he captained the Zimbabwe national cricket team and is widely regarded as the greatest Zimbabwean cricketer ever and one of the greatest wi ...

put on 154 for the first wicket to help Zimbabwe to 281 for 8 from their 50 overs. Campbell chipped in with a half century and for Kenya Steve Tikolo took 3/41. Kenya could only manage 172 in reply despite 67 from

Maurice Odumbe Maurice Omondi Odumbe (born 15 June 1969) is a Kenyan former cricketer and a former ODI captain for the Kenya national cricket team. Odumbe was suspended from cricket in August 2004 for allegedly receiving money from bookmakers. He was appointe ...

in the middle order. Guy Whittall and Grant Flower took a couple of wickets each. Campbell won the toss in the second final and again decided to bat first. This time it was the 3rd wicket partnership that set up the Zimbabwean innings, with

Grant Flower Grant William Flower (born 20 December 1970) is a Zimbabwean cricket coach and former cricketer. He was the batting coach of the Sri Lanka cricket team, Pakistan cricket team, and Sussex. He is rated among the best Zimbabwean cricketers in histo ...

and

Gavin Rennie Gavin James Rennie (born 12 January 1976) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer who played in 23 Test matches and 40 One Day Internationals from 1996 to 2003. He was a left-hand top-order batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler although his bowling w ...

putting on 150 runs. Both scored 70s and Zimbabwe finished with 6 for 272. Kenya lost their first 3 wickets to Man of the Match

Andy Whittall Andrew Richard Whittall (born 19 March 1973) is a former Zimbabwean international cricketer who played in 10 Test matches and 63 One Day Internationals between 1996 and 2000. He made his Test and ODI debuts against Sri Lanka in September 1996. ...

and were never in the hunt. At one stage they were at 7/71 but

Aasif Karim Aasif Yusuf Karim (born 15 December 1963) is a Kenyan former cricketer who captained the Kenya national cricket team in One Day International (ODI) cricket. Karim made a reputation for himself as a useful lower-order batsman but predominantly as ...

scored his maiden ODI half century and put on a 100 run partnership with

Hitesh Modi Hitesh Subhash Modi (born 13 October 1971) is a former Kenyan cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. International career Having made his One Day International (ODI) debut in 1992, Modi became part of the middl ...

who also scored a 50. Kenya were eventually dismissed for 190 with

Paul Strang Paul Andrew Strang (born 28 July 1970) is a Zimbabwean cricket coach and former international player. A leg-spinning all-rounder, he played in 24 Test matches and 95 One Day Internationals for Zimbabwe between 1994 and 2001. He played Test crick ...

joining Whittall on 3 wickets.

External links

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