# Irish cricket team in Kenya in 2011–12

The Ireland cricket team toured Kenya in February 2012. They played an Intercontinental Cup match, two Intercontinental Cup ODIs and two Twenty20 Internationals against Kenya.

## Background

In early January 2012, it was reported at Ireland's tour to Kenya was in doubt due to security concerns at their Mombasa venue. These concerns arose with Mombasa being just 150 miles from the volatile Somali border, where recent high-profile kidnappings and attacks have taken place. Cricket Ireland, liaising with the International Cricket Council, requested that the matches held at Mombasa be moved if their players security could not be guaranteed. However Cricket Kenya drew up sufficient security plans to allow the matches to take place at Mombasa.

## Squads

| Kenya | Ireland |
| Collins Obuya (c) Morris Ouma (wk) Duncan Allan Irfan Karim Tanmay Mishra Rakep Patel Ragheb Aga Nehemiah Odhiambo Nelson Odhiambo Hiren Varaiya Shem Ngoche Alex Obanda David Obuya Elijah Otieno Alfred Luseno | William Porterfield (c) Gary Wilson (wk) Alex Cusack George Dockrell Trent Johnston Nigel Jones Ed Joyce John Mooney Rory McCann Kevin O'Brien Andrew Poynter Boyd Rankin James Shannon Max Sorensen Paul Stirling Albert van der Merwe Andrew White |

## Intercontinental Cup Match

* 12–13 February 2012 Scorecard
* Ireland won by 10 runs Mombasa Sports Club Ground, Mombasa Umpires: David Odhiambo (Ken) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
* Ireland won the toss and elected to bat
* Points: Kenya 6; Ireland 14

## ODI Series
### 1st ODI

* 18 February Scorecard
| Ireland 200 (47.3 overs) | v | Kenya 201/3 (42.4 overs) |
| Paul Stirling 46 (44) Collins Obuya 3/24 (6 overs) | | Tanmay Mishra 70* (76) John Mooney 1/27 (7 overs) |
* Kenya won by 7 wickets Mombasa Sports Club Ground, Mombasa Umpires: David Odhiambo (Ken) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Tanmay Mishra (Ken)
* Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Kenya 2, Ireland 0.

### 2nd ODI

* 20 February Scorecard
| Ireland 237/9 (50 overs) | v | Kenya 120 (35.1 overs) |
| Ed Joyce 88 (125) Hiren Varaiya 3/46 (10 overs) | | Shem Ngoche 28 (37) Alex Cusack 2/13 (5 overs) |
* Ireland won by 117 runs Mombasa Sports Club Ground, Mombasa Umpires: Shaun George (RSA) & Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Ed Joyce (Ire)
* Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Ireland 2, Kenya 0.

## Twenty20 Series
### 1st T20I

* 22 February Scorecard
| Kenya 107 all out (20 overs) | v | Ireland 109/4 (15.3 overs) |
| Tanmay Mishra 34 (30) George Dockrell 3/15 (4 overs) | | Kevin O'Brien 30 (36) James Ngoche 1/7 (3 overs) |
* Ireland won by 6 wickets Mombasa Sports Club Ground, Mombasa Umpires: Shaun George (RSA) and David Odhiambo (Ken) Player of the match: George Dockrell (Ire)
* Ireland won the toss and elected to field.

### 2nd T20I

* 23 February Scorecard
| Kenya 131/7 (20 overs) | v | Ireland 132/2 (17.3 overs) |
| David Obuya 28 (25) Paul Stirling 2/21 (4 overs) | | Paul Stirling 65* (52) Ragheb Aga 1/10 (1 over) |
* Ireland won by 8 wickets Mombasa Sports Club Ground, Mombasa Umpires: Shaun George (RSA) and David Odhiambo (Ken) Player of the match: Paul Stirling (Ire)
* Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.

### 3rd T20I

* 24 February Scorecard
| Ireland 107/9 (20 overs) | v | Kenya 105/7 (20 overs) |
| Ed Joyce 38 (46) Shem Ngoche 4/14 (3 overs) | | Collins Obuya 42 (38) George Dockrell 2/13 (4 overs) |
* Ireland won by 2 runs Mombasa Sports Club Ground, Mombasa Umpires: Shaun George (RSA) and David Odhiambo (Ken) Player of the match: Shem Ngoche (Ken)
* Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.