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NAIROBI, Thursday (AFP) Kenya's World Cup team will spend the day at the Nairobi Gymkhana Club on Friday for their scheduled game against New Zealand - even if the Kiwis fail to show up.

"Technically, we would have turned up at the ground on the day for the match," Sharad Ghai, chairman of World cup organising committee in Kenya, told AFP.

"As far as we are concerned, we will be honouring the fixture as drawn up by the organising committee in South Africa," Ghai said.

Ghai said that if New Zealand goes ahead and boycotts the game, Kenya would demand its right to be awarded four points. The New Zealand team have insisted they will not play in Nairobi because of their fears over security and their appeal to have the game switched to South Africa will be heard by the International Cricket Council (ICC) later Thursday.

With the assistance of the South African government, Kenya has mounted one of the biggest security operations in its history for the two World cup matches in the country - Sri Lanka are due to play here on February 24.

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