New Zealand cricket team in Kenya in 1997–98

The New Zealand national cricket team toured Kenya In September 1997 and played three matches against Kenya en route to their tour of Zimbabwe.

Matches

4–6 September 1997 Scorecard

New Zealand	v	Kenya
280/6d (73 overs) Craig Spearman 103 (113) Brijal Patel 3/37 (11 overs)		250 (73.1 overs) Steve Tikolo 125 (111) Paul Wiseman 3/58 (14 overs)
244/4d (53.1 overs) Matt Horne 64 (90) Aasif Karim 2/60 (13 overs)		207/5 (70 overs) Alpesh Vadher 62 (152) Paul Wiseman 4/64 (19 overs)

Match drawn Aga Khan Sports Club Ground, Nairobi Umpires: Subhash Modi and V. Raval

• New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat

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7 September 1997 Scorecard

New Zealand 363/6 (50 overs)	v	Kenya 256/8 (50 overs)
Chris Cairns 157 David Tikolo 2/20 (2 overs)		Kennedy Otieno 105 Gavin Larsen 2/28 (8 overs)

New Zealand won by 117 runs Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi Umpires: Subhash Modi and Anil Sarkar

• New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat

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9 September 1997 Scorecard

Kenya 206/8 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 210/3 (38.2 overs)
Alpesh Vadher 75* Shayne O'Connor 2/22 (6 overs)		Blair Pocock 83* Aasif Karim 2/25 (10 overs)

New Zealand won by 7 wickets Nairobi Club Ground, Nairobi Umpires: Yuniz Cockar and Richard Tippy

• Kenya won the toss and decided to bat