{{Short description|International cricket tournament}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox cricket tournament | name = Sameer Cup | image = | imagesize = | caption = | administrator = | cricket format = [[One Day International]] | tournament format = [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] and Final | host = {{cr|Kenya}} | champions = {{cr|RSA}} | count = | participants = [[Kenya national cricket team|Kenya]]<br/>[[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]]<br/>[[South Africa national cricket team|South Africa]]<br/>[[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]] | matches = 28 September &ndash; <BR>6 October 1996 | attendance = | player of the series = {{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Allan Donald]] | most runs = [[Gary Kirsten]] (227) | most wickets = [[Allan Donald]] (14) }}

The '''Kenya Cricket Association Centenary Tournament''' (also known as the '''Sameer Cup''') was a four-team [[One Day International|ODI]] cricket tournament held in Kenya during the 1996–97 season.

==Squads== {| border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%; border-collapse:collapse; width:60%;" |- style="background:#C1D8FF;" ! colspan=4|Squads |- style="background:#efefe;" ! style="background:#ccffcc;" scope="row" | {{cr|KEN}}<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.cricinfo.com.pk/db/ARCHIVE/1996-97/OD_TOURNEYS/KCA-CT/KCA-CT_SEP-OCT1996_KENYA_SQUAD.html |title=KCA Centenary Tournament &ndash; Sep-Oct 1996 &ndash; Kenyan Squad |work=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |accessdate=12 April 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ! style="background:#ccffcc;" scope="row" | {{cr|PAK}}<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.cricinfo.com.pk/db/ARCHIVE/1996-97/OD_TOURNEYS/KCA-CT/KCA-CT_SEP-OCT1996_PAK_SQUAD.html |title=KCA Centenary Tournament &ndash; Sep-Oct 1996 &ndash; Pakistani Squad |work=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |accessdate=12 April 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ! style="background:#ccffcc;" scope="row" | {{cr|RSA}}<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.cricinfo.com.pk/db/ARCHIVE/1996-97/OD_TOURNEYS/KCA-CT/KCA-CT_SEP-OCT1996_RSA_SQUAD.html |title=KCA Centenary Tournament &ndash; Sep-Oct 1996 &ndash; South African Squad |work=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |accessdate=12 April 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ! style="background:#ccffcc;" scope="row" | {{cr|SRI}}<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.cricinfo.com.pk/db/ARCHIVE/1996-97/OD_TOURNEYS/KCA-CT/KCA-CT_SEP-OCT1996_SL_SQUAD.html |title=KCA Centenary Tournament &ndash; Sep-Oct 1996 &ndash; Sri Lankan Squad |work=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |accessdate=12 April 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |- valign="top" |- | [[Maurice Odumbe]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]]) | [[Saeed Anwar]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]]) | [[Hansie Cronje]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]]) | [[Arjuna Ranatunga]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]]) |- | [[Rajab Ali]] | [[Azhar Mahmood]] | [[Derek Crookes]] | [[Upul Chandana]] |- | [[Dipak Chudasama]] | [[Ijaz Ahmed (cricketer, born 1968)|Ijaz Ahmed]] | [[Daryll Cullinan]] | [[Aravinda de Silva]] |- | [[Sandeep Gupta]] | [[Moin Khan]] ([[wicket-keeper|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 (cricketer)|Andrew Hudson]] | [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] |- | [[Tito Odumbe]] | [[Saleem Malik]] | [[Gary Kirsten]] | [[Romesh Kaluwitharana]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]]) |- | [[Lameck Onyango]] | [[Saqlain Mushtaq]] | [[Brian McMillan]] | [[Roshan Mahanama]] |- | [[Kennedy Otieno]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]]) | [[Shahid Afridi]] | [[Craig Matthews]] | [[Muttiah Muralitharan]] |- | [[Tony Suji]] | [[Shahid Nazir]] |[[Jonty Rhodes]] | [[Hashan Tillakaratne]] |- | [[Martin Suji]] | [[Waqar Younis]] | [[David John Richardson|Dave Richardson]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]]) | [[Chaminda Vaas]] |- | [[Steve Tikolo]] | [[Wasim Akram]] | [[Pat Symcox]] | |- |}

==Points table== {| class="wikitable" ! Place !! Team !! Played !! Won !! Lost !! Points !! NetRR |- align="center" | 1 || align="left" | {{cr|RSA}} || 3 || 2 || 1 || '''4''' || 1.518 |- align="center" | 2 || align="left" | {{cr|PAK}} || 3 || 2 || 1 || '''4''' || 0.498 |- align="center" | 3 || align="left" | {{cr|SRI}} || 3 || 2 || 1 || '''4''' || 0.496 |- align="center" | 4 || align="left" | {{cr|KEN}} || 3 || 0 || 3 || '''0''' || -2.396 |}

==Group matches== ===1st match=== {{Limited overs matches | date = 28 September 1996 | time = | daynight = | team1 = {{cr-rt|KEN}} | team2 = {{cr|SRI}} | score1 = 188/9 (50 overs) | runs1 = [[Hitesh Modi|HS Modi]] 78[[not out|*]] (105) | wickets1 = [[Muttiah Muralitharan|M Muralitharan]] 4/18 (10 overs) | score2 = 190/3 (30.4 overs) | runs2 = [[Romesh Kaluwitharana|RS Kaluwitharana]] 100[[not out|*]] (89) | wickets2 = [[Edward Odumbe|EO Odumbe]] 2/29 (4 overs) | result = Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets | report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/62/62830.html Scorecard] | venue = [[Gymkhana Club Ground]], [[Nairobi]] | umpires = [[Ian Robinson (cricket umpire)|ID Robinson]] (ZIM) and [[Russell Tiffin|RB Tiffin]] (ZIM) | motm = [[Muttiah Muralitharan|M Muralitharan]] (SL) | toss = Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field. | rain = | notes = [[Sandip Gupta|SK Gupta]] (KEN) and [[Sajeewa de Silva|KSC de Silva]] (SL) made their ODI debuts. }}

===2nd match=== {{Limited overs matches | date = 29 September 1996 | time = | daynight = | team1 = {{cr-rt|RSA}} | team2 = {{cr|PAK}} | score1 = 321/8 (50 overs) | runs1 = [[Darryl Cullinan|DJ Cullinan]] 124 (117) | wickets1 = [[Saqlain Mushtaq]] 3/42 (10 overs) | score2 = 259 (42.3 overs) | runs2 = [[Ijaz Ahmed (cricketer, born 1968)|Ijaz Ahmed]] 88 (63) | wickets2 = [[Allan Donald|AA Donald]] 3/29 (8 overs) | result = South Africa won by 62 runs | report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/62/62832.html Scorecard] | venue = [[Gymkhana Club Ground]], [[Nairobi]] | umpires = [[S. K. Bansal|SK Bansal]] (IND) and [[Russell Tiffin|RB Tiffin]] (ZIM) | motm = [[Jonty Rhodes|JN Rhodes]] (SA) | toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to field. | rain = | notes = }}

===3rd match=== {{Limited overs matches | date = 1 October 1996 | time = | daynight = | team1 = {{cr-rt|RSA}} | team2 = {{cr|SRI}} | score1 = 169 (42 overs) | runs1 = [[Darryl Cullinan|DJ Cullinan]] 51 (73) | wickets1 = [[Muttiah Muralitharan|M Muralitharan]] 4/35 (10 overs) | score2 = 170/8 (40.4 overs) | runs2 = [[Sanath Jayasuriya|ST Jayasuriya]] 45 (30) | wickets2 = [[Pat Symcox|PL Symcox]] 2/20 (10 overs) | result = Sri Lanka won by 2 wickets | report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/62/62835.html Scorecard] | venue = [[Nairobi Club Ground]], [[Nairobi]] | umpires = [[Ian Robinson (cricket umpire)|ID Robinson]] (ZIM) and [[Russell Tiffin|RB Tiffin]] (ZIM) | motm = [[Sanath Jayasuriya|ST Jayasuriya]] (SL) | toss = South Africa won the toss and elected to bat. | rain = | notes = }}

===4th match=== {{Limited overs matches | date = 2 October 1996 | time = | daynight = | team1 = {{cr-rt|KEN}} | team2 = {{cr|PAK}} | score1 = 148 (47 overs) | runs1 = [[Dipak Chudasama|DN Chudasama]] 51 (135) | wickets1 = [[Saqlain Mushtaq]] 3/27 (10 overs) | score2 = 149/6 (40.2 overs) | runs2 = [[Moin Khan]] 50[[not out|*]] (72) | wickets2 = [[Thomas Odoyo|TM Odoyo]] 3/25 (10 overs) | result = Pakistan won by 4 wickets | report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/62/62836.html Scorecard] | venue = [[Aga Khan Sports Club Ground]], [[Nairobi]] | umpires = [[S. K. Bansal|SK Bansal]] (IND) and [[Ian Robinson (cricket umpire)|ID Robinson]] (ZIM) | motm = [[Thomas Odoyo|TM Odoyo]] (KEN) | toss = Kenya won the toss and elected to bat. | rain = | notes = [[Tony Suji|AO Suji]] (KEN) and [[Shahid Afridi]] (PAK) made their ODI debuts. }}

===5th match=== {{Limited overs matches | date = 3 October 1996 | time = | daynight = | team1 = {{cr-rt|RSA}} | team2 = {{cr|KEN}} | score1 = 305/8 (50 overs) | runs1 = [[Gary Kirsten|G Kirsten]] 66 (73) | wickets1 = [[Aasif Karim|AY Karim]] 2/44 (10 overs) | score2 = 103 (25.1 overs) | runs2 = [[Dipak Chudasama|DN Chudasama]] 29 (41) | wickets2 = [[Allan Donald|AA Donald]] 6/23 (9 overs) | result = South Africa won by 202 runs | report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/62/62838.html Scorecard] | venue = [[Gymkhana Club Ground]], [[Nairobi]] | umpires = [[S. K. Bansal|SK Bansal]] (IND) and [[Russell Tiffin|RB Tiffin]] (ZIM) | motm = [[Allan Donald|AA Donald]] (SA) | toss = South Africa won the toss and elected to bat. | rain = | notes = [[Herschelle Gibbs|HH Gibbs]] (SA) made his ODI debut. }}

===6th match=== {{Limited overs matches | date = 4 October 1996 | time = | daynight = | team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}} | team2 = {{cr|SRI}} | score1 = 371/9 (50 overs) | runs1 = [[Saeed Anwar]] 115 (120) | wickets1 = [[Sanath Jayasuriya|ST Jayasuriya]] 3/94 (10 overs) | score2 = 289 (49.5 overs) | runs2 = [[Aravinda de Silva|PA de Silva]] 122 (116) | wickets2 = [[Waqar Younis]] 5/52 (8.5 overs) | result = Pakistan won by 82 runs | report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/62/62844.html Scorecard] | venue = [[Gymkhana Club Ground]], [[Nairobi]] | umpires = [[Ian Robinson (cricket umpire)|ID Robinson]] (ZIM) and [[Russell Tiffin|RB Tiffin]] (ZIM) | motm = [[Shahid Afridi]] (PAK) | toss = Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field. | rain = | notes = Sri Lanka required 290 to make the final on net run rate. }}

==Final== {{Limited Overs Matches | date = 6 October 1996 | time = | daynight = | team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}} | team2 = {{cr|RSA}} | score1 = 203 (46.2 overs) | runs1 = [[Ijaz Ahmed (cricketer, born 1968)|Ijaz Ahmed]] 47 (68) | wickets1 = [[Derek Crookes|DN Crookes]] 3/30 (10 overs) | score2 = 204/3 (39.2 overs) | runs2 = [[Gary Kirsten|G Kirsten]] 118[[not out|*]] (127) | wickets2 = [[Shahid Afridi]] 3/48 (10 overs) | result = South Africa won by 7 wickets | report = [http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/62/62857.html Scorecard] | venue = [[Gymkhana Club Ground]], [[Nairobi]] | umpires = [[S. K. Bansal|SK Bansal]] (IND) and [[Ian Robinson (cricket umpire)|ID Robinson]] (ZIM) | motm = [[Gary Kirsten|G Kirsten]] (SA) | toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat. | rain = | notes = }}

The final took place between South Africa and Pakistan at the [[Nairobi Gymkhana Club|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 [[Allan Donald]] and [[Derek Crookes]] taking 3 wickets each. [[Ijaz Ahmed (cricketer, born 1968)|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 127 balls as his side reached their target in the 39th over. Kirsten was named the Man of the Match.

== References == {{reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/KENYA/1996-97_KENYA_Kenya_Cricket_Association_Centenary_Tournament_(Sameer_Cup)_1996-97.html Cricket Archive] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924134917/http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/KENYA/1996-97_KENYA_Kenya_Cricket_Association_Centenary_Tournament_(Sameer_Cup)_1996-97.html |date=24 September 2015 }}

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