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{{Short description|New Zealand national cricket team tour}}
The [[New Zealand national cricket team]] toured [[Kenya]] In September 1997 and played three matches against Kenya en route to [[New Zealand cricket team in Zimbabwe in 1997–98|their tour of Zimbabwe]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/3/New_Zealand_in_Kenya_and_Zimbabwe_1997-98.html |title=New Zealand in Kenya and Zimbabwe 1997/98 |website=[[CricketArchive]] |access-date=9 December 2022 }}</ref>
==Matches==
{{Test match
| date = 4–6 September 1997
| team1 = {{cr-rt|NZ}}
| team2 = {{cr|KEN}}
| score-team1-inns1 = 280/6d (73 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Craig Spearman]] 103 (113)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Brijal Patel]] 3/37 (11 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 250 (73.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Steve Tikolo]] 125 (111)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Paul Wiseman]] 3/58 (14 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 244/4d (53.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Matt Horne]] 64 (90)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Aasif Karim]] 2/60 (13 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 207/5 (70 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Alpesh Vadher]] 62 (152)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Paul Wiseman]] 4/64 (19 overs)
| result = Match drawn
| venue = [[Aga Khan Sports Club Ground]], [[Nairobi]]
| umpires = [[Subhash Modi]] and V. Raval
| motm =
| report = [http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/145/145696.html Scorecard]
| toss = New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat
| rain =
}}
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{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 7 September 1997
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|NZ}}
| team2 =  {{cr|KEN}}
| score1 = 363/6 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Chris Cairns]] 157
| wickets1 = [[David Tikolo]] 2/20 (2 overs)
| score2 = 256/8 (50 overs)
| runs2 = [[Kennedy Otieno]] 105
| wickets2 = [[Gavin Larsen]] 2/28 (8 overs)
| result = New Zealand won by 117 runs
| report = [http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/145/145697.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Gymkhana Club Ground]], [[Nairobi]]
| umpires = [[Subhash Modi]] and Anil Sarkar
| motm =
| toss = New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat
| rain =
| notes =
}}
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{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 9 September 1997
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|KEN}}
| team2 =  {{cr|NZ}}
| score1 = 206/8 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Alpesh Vadher]] 75*
| wickets1 = [[Shayne O'Connor]] 2/22 (6 overs)
| score2 = 210/3 (38.2 overs)
| runs2 = [[Blair Pocock]] 83*
| wickets2 = [[Aasif Karim]] 2/25 (10 overs)
| result = New Zealand won by 7 wickets
| report = [http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/145/145698.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Nairobi Club Ground]], [[Nairobi]]
| umpires = Yuniz Cockar and Richard Tippy
| motm =
| toss = Kenya won the toss and decided to bat
| rain =
| notes =
}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{International cricket tours of Kenya}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:New Zealand cricket team in Kenya in 1997-98}}
[[Category:1997 in New Zealand cricket|Kenya]]
[[Category:1997 in Kenyan cricket]]
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