 Chikwata cheCricket muKenya chakatanga mumakore ekuma1890 apo vagari vemuKenya vakatanga kutamba vachipesana muNairobi neMombasa nedzimwe nzvimbo dzakawanda. Mutambo wokutanga wakaitika muna 1899, uye muna 1910 mutambo wemazuva matatu pakati peVashandi neVagadziri wakatanga, uchiramba uri wepamusoro pakarenda yemumba kusvika muna 1964, pamwe chete neEuropeans v. Asians iyo yakatanga muna 1933. Muna 1966, Kenya yakava nhengo yeEast African Cricket Conference E.A.C.C. uye yakapinda mumutambo wayo wepagore weQuadrangular waisanganisira nyika nhatu dzeEast Africa neZambia. Makwikwi aya aitambwa munyika imwe neimwe achitenderera akaona Kenya ichikunda makwikwi mapfumbamwe pamakwikwi gumi nemashanu pakati pa1960 na1980. VaKenya vanoverengeka vakatora rutivi mu 1975 World Cupsechikamu cheboka reEast Africa, uye chikwata ichocho chakaoneka zvakare mumutambo wokutanga weICC Trophy muna 1979, asi pakazosvika 1982 Kenya yakanga ichitamba pasi pemureza wayo, pasi peKenya Cricket Association. Yaiva pasi pemutumbi uyu kuti Kenyan cricket yakasvika pakakwirira, pa2003 Cricket World Cup, iyo yakabatanidza uye yakasvika kumasemifinals. Mumakore akatevera, zvisinei, kukakavadzana kukuru pakati pebhodhi nevatambi kwakatungamira kune akateedzana ekuramwa mabasa, asi zvakanyanya kuremadza, KCA yakazviwana ichirwisana nevazhinji vevanobata nyika. Pakupera kwenyaya yacho muna 2005, kiriketi yokuKenya yakanga isisina kubudirira, yakanga isina vanotsigira, uye yakanga yakanyatsosiyana nedzimwe nyika. Gare gare mugore racho rakabviswa chinzvimbo charo cheODI neICC. 