# Sameer Cup 1996–97

The Kenya Cricket Association Centenary Tournament (also known as the Sameer Cup) was a four team ODI cricket tournament held in Kenya during the 1996–97 season.

## Squads

Squads :
| Kenya | Pakistan | South Africa | Sri Lanka |
| Maurice Odumbe (c) | Saeed Anwar (c) | Hansie Cronje (c) | Arjuna Ranatunga (c) |
| Rajab Ali | Azhar Mahmood | Derek Crookes | Upul Chandana |
| Dipak Chudasama | Ijaz Ahmed | Daryll Cullinan | Aravinda de Silva |
| Sandeep Gupta | Moin Khan (wk) | Fanie de Villiers | Sajeewa de Silva |
| Aasif Karim | Rameez Raja | Allan Donald | Kumar Dharmasena |
| Hitesh Modi | Saeed Azad | Herschelle Gibbs | Asanka Gurusinha |
| Thomas Odoyo | Saleem Elahi | Andrew Hudson | Sanath Jayasuriya |
| Tito Odumbe | Saleem Malik | Gary Kirsten | Romesh Kaluwitharana (wk) |
| Lameck Onyango | Saqlain Mushtaq | Brian McMillan | Roshan Mahanama |
| Kennedy Otieno (wk) | Shahid Afridi | Craig Matthews | Muttiah Muralitharan |
| Tony Suji | Shahid Nazir | Jonty Rhodes | Hashan Tillakaratne |
| Martin Suji | Waqar Younis | Dave Richardson (wk) | Chaminda Vaas |
| Steve Tikolo | Wasim Akram | Pat Symcox | |

## Points table

| Place | Team | Played | Won | Lost | Points | NetRR |
| 1 | South Africa | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1.518 |
| 2 | Pakistan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.498 |
| 3 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.496 |
| 4 | Kenya | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2.396 |

## Group matches
### 1st match

* 28 September 1996 Scorecard
| Kenya 188/9 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 190/3 (30.4 overs) |
| HS Modi 78* (105) M Muralitharan 4/18 (10 overs) | | RS Kaluwitharana 100* (89) EO Odumbe 2/29 (4 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi Umpires: ID Robinson (ZIM) and RB Tiffin (ZIM) Player of the match: M Muralitharan (SL)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
* SK Gupta (KEN) and KSC de Silva (SL) made their ODI debuts.

### 2nd match

* 29 September 1996 Scorecard
| South Africa 321/8 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan 259 (42.3 overs) |
| DJ Cullinan 124 (117) Saqlain Mushtaq 3/42 (10 overs) | | Ijaz Ahmed 88 (63) AA Donald 3/29 (8 overs) |
* South Africa won by 62 runs Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi Umpires: SK Bansal (IND) and RB Tiffin (ZIM) Player of the match: JN Rhodes (SA)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

### 3rd match

* 1 October 1996 Scorecard
| South Africa 169 (42 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 170/8 (40.4 overs) |
| DJ Cullinan 51 (73) M Muralitharan 4/35 (10 overs) | | ST Jayasuriya 45 (30) PL Symcox 2/20 (10 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 2 wickets Nairobi Club Ground, Nairobi Umpires: ID Robinson (ZIM) and RB Tiffin (ZIM) Player of the match: ST Jayasuriya (SL)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

### 4th match

* 2 October 1996 Scorecard
| Kenya 148 (47 overs) | v | Pakistan 149/6 (40.2 overs) |
| DN Chudasama 51 (135) Saqlain Mushtaq 3/27 (10 overs) | | Moin Khan 50* (72) TM Odoyo 3/25 (10 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 4 wickets Aga Khan Sports Club Ground, Nairobi Umpires: SK Bansal (IND) and ID Robinson (ZIM) Player of the match: TM Odoyo (KEN)
* Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
* AO Suji (KEN) and Shahid Afridi (PAK) made their ODI debuts.

### 5th match

* 3 October 1996 Scorecard
| South Africa 305/8 (50 overs) | v | Kenya 103 (25.1 overs) |
| G Kirsten 66 (73) AY Karim 2/44 (10 overs) | | DN Chudasama 29 (41) AA Donald 6/23 (9 overs) |
* South Africa won by 202 runs Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi Umpires: SK Bansal (IND) and RB Tiffin (ZIM) Player of the match: AA Donald (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
* HH Gibbs (SA) made his ODI debut.

### 6th match

* 4 October 1996 Scorecard
| Pakistan 371/9 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 289 (49.5 overs) |
| Saeed Anwar 115 (120) ST Jayasuriya 3/94 (10 overs) | | PA de Silva 122 (116) Waqar Younis 5/52 (8.5 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 82 runs Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi Umpires: ID Robinson (ZIM) and RB Tiffin (ZIM) Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (PAK)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
* Sri Lanka required 290 to make the final on net run rate.

## Final

* 6 October 1996 Scorecard
| Pakistan 203 (46.2 overs) | v | South Africa 204/3 (39.2 overs) |
| Ijaz Ahmed 47 (68) DN Crookes 3/30 (10 overs) | | G Kirsten 118* (127) Shahid Afridi 3/48 (10 overs) |
* South Africa won by 7 wickets Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi Umpires: SK Bansal (IND) and ID Robinson (ZIM) Player of the match: G Kirsten (SA)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
The final took place between South Africa and Pakistan at the Gymkhana Club Ground in Nairobi. Pakistan had qualified for the final by edging past Sri Lanka on net run rate, largely due to their first innings effort of 9 for 371 when the two teams met.
Saeed Anwar won the toss for Pakistan and elected to bat first. They were all out of 203 in the 46th over with Donald and Crookes taking 3 wickets each. Ijaz Ahmed top scored for Pakistan with 47. In reply the South Africans started off well, putting on 77 for the 1st wicket before Shahid Afridi took a couple of quick wickets. Gary Kirsten finished unbeaten on 118 off just 127 as his side reached their target in the 39th over. Kirsten was named as the Man of the Match.