Gymkhana Club Ground


Nairobi Gymkhana Club is a cricket ground and team in Nairobi, Kenya. It hosted two matches during the 2003 Cricket World Cup. The ground has a capacity of 7,000 people. It is located north of the central business district, but not far from it. The ground is the main cricket venue in the country and the only one which could in any way be described as a major ground.

Cricket

The ground is home to a cricket team of the same name, which is one of the oldest cricket clubs in Kenya. Earlier the ground was called Suleman Verjee Indian Gymkhana having been donated by the Suleman Verjee family at a time when no recreational facilities of scale were available to Indians in Kenya.
The ground is home to one of Kenya's oldest and most influential clubs, the Gymkhana has hosted colonial and other important matches since the early 1900s but it really began to develop as Kenya became a serious force in world cricket in the 1990s.
It has become the main cricket ground in Kenya and hosts International games for the National team. It was at this ground, that Shahid Afridi scored the fastest ODI century in 1997 from just 37 balls.
Investment in the ground accelerated with ICC grants which enabled it to host the 2000 ICC Champions Trophy although since then it has suffered from a lack on investment resulting from Kenya's internal problems. The ground itself is a mixture of grass banking and wooden stands, with a modern pavilion on one side and a new media centre, constructed for the 2000 tournament, at one end.
As with many such clubs in Kenya, the Gymkhana is home to a variety of other sports as well as providing comfortable accommodation. Situated almost 5,500 feet above sea level, it is one of the highest first-class grounds.

Facilities

The Gymkhana club also has an inside mini area where you have a badminton court and further in, you have an outside place where you have a swimming pool and a restaurant.

Transportation

Nairobi Gymkhana is situated a 20-minute taxi ride and is about 15 km from the airport. Parking near the ground is limited.

List of Centuries

One Day Internationals

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1100*Romesh Kaluwitharana89228 September 1996Won
2124Daryll Cullinan117129 September 1996Won
3121Jonty Rhodes114129 September 1996Won
4115Saeed Anwar12014 October 1996Won
5102Shahid Afridi4014 October 1996Won
6122Aravinda de Silva11624 October 1996Lost
7118*Gary Kirsten12726 October 1996Won
8122Dipak Chudasama113110 October 1997Won
9144Kennedy Otieno146110 October 1997Won
10101*Lance Klusener105228 September 1999Won
11139Sourav Ganguly14711 October 1999Won
12132Avishka Gunawardene14614 October 2000Won
13105*Saeed Anwar13428 October 2000Won
14104Saeed Anwar115111 October 2000Lost
15141*Sourav Ganguly142113 October 2000Won
16117Sourav Ganguly130115 October 2000Lost
17102*Chris Cairns113215 October 2000Won
18146Matthew Hayden128130 August 2002Won
19116Jeremy Bray136130 January 2007Lost
20100Neil McCallum92230 January 2007Won
21104Darron Reekers8215 February 2007Won
22111*Thomas Odoyo113218 October 2007Won
23102Steve Tikolo99119 October 2008Won
24109*Ryan ten Doeschate121116 February 2010Lost

List of five-wicket hauls

One Day Internationals

Twenty20 Internationals