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Kenya a mix of the old and the new
January 19, 2011
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Players/Officials:
Jimmy Kamande
| James Ngoche
| Shem Ngoche
| Alex Obanda
| Collins Obuya
| David Obuya
| Nehemiah Odhiambo
| Thomas Odoyo
| Peter Ongondo
| Elijah Otieno
| Morris Ouma
| Rakep Patel
| Steve Tikolo
| Seren Waters
Series/Tournaments:
ICC Cricket World Cup
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Kenya
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Kenya have announced their 15-man squad for next month's World Cup and it is a combination of youth and experience under newly-appointed captain Jimmy Kamande. The announcement was more of a rubber-stamping exercise than a surprise, given it is the same group who are currently preparing for the tournament with matches in India.
Steve Tikolo, the 41-year-old allrounder who led his country to the semi-finals in 2003, will be taking part in his fifth World Cup as will 32-year-old Thomas Odoyo. At the other end of the spectrum, nine of the squad will be making their World Cup debuts.
The warm-up matches in India suggest Kenya will struggle to make any impression in the main competition. Although their batsmen have been scoring well, their bowlers have been ineffective and all five matches against Baroda and Gujarat have been lost.
Their preparations will be slight disrupted as Seren Waters, the 20-year-old opening batsman, who has scored the only hundred on the India trip, has to return to his studies for a week at the insistence of Durham University.
Kenya squad Jimmy Kamande (capt), Seren Waters, Alex Obanda, David Obuya, Collins Obuya, Steve Tikolo, Tamnay Mishra, Rakep Patel, Maurice Ouma, Thomas Odoyo, Nehemiah Odhiambo, Elijah Otieno, Peter Ongondo, Shem Ngoche, James Ngoche.
Martin Williamson is executive editor of ESPNcricinfo and managing editor of ESPN Digital Media in Europe, the Middle East and Africa
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Executive editor Martin Williamson joined the Wisden website in its planning stages in 2001 after failing to make his millions in the internet boom when managing editor of Sportal. Before that he was in charge of Sky Sports Online and helped launch and run Sky News Online. With a preference for all things old (except his wife and children), he has recently confounded colleagues by displaying an uncharacteristic fondness for Twenty20 cricket. His enthusiasm for the game is sadly not matched by his ability, but he remains convinced that he might be a late developer and perseveres in the hope of an England call-up with his middle-order batting and non-spinning offbreaks. He is now managing editor of ESPN EMEA Digital Group as well as his Cricinfo responsibilities.
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Steve Tikolo 25/06/71 39years 208days. nothing wrong with the squad they just need to put the right 11 out there. 1.S.Tikolo 2.S.Waters 3.A.Obanda 4.M.Ouma 5.D.Obuya 6.C.Obuya 7.T.Odoyo 8.J.Kamande 9.P.Ongondo 10.N.Odhiambo 11.E.Otieno
Posted by StraightHit on (January 19 2011, 17:19 PM GMT)The saddest story of the upcoming WC, especially after their dream run in not so distant past 2003 WC. The only way from here on is up, for they have reached the rock bottom losing to lowly ranked domestic teams in India no less. This could be the last WC for Steve Tikolo, one of my favorite cricketers. I hope he goes out of the game with a bang!. I hope Kenya don't embarrass themselves which would be bad for the growth of the game in their country.
Posted by cricinme on (January 19 2011, 14:48 PM GMT)Where is Hiren Varaiya, by far the best spinner Kenya has produced.
Posted byNo Hiren Varaiya or Ragheb Aga then? Both seem like surprising omissions which would be worth a mention. Pretty sure that Steve Tikolo's 39 too.