The Kenyan cricket team is the national cricket team of Kenya. The team can be considered as the largest non-test cricketing nation. They proved their skills by suprisingly proceeding up to the semi-final in the 2003 cricket World Cup, which led for calls to grant Kenya Test status. The team has been boosted over recent years with the batting of Steve Tikolo with the backup of other batsmen and bowlers, including spin bowler Aasif Karim, who holds the distinction of having captained his country both in international cricket and Davis Cup tennis.

Following the 2003 semi-final, Kenyan cricket was rocked by match-fixing allegations, which eventually resulted in a ban for former captain Maurice Odumbe . Tikolo and many other senior players also went on strike over contract payments, as the players had apparently not been paid performance bonuses for their feats in the World Cup, with the expected negative effects on team performance. The Kenyan Cricket Association was dissolved by the government in January 2005, with Cricket Kenya being formed to replace it in February.