Beyond the Test World
Bermuda thrashed...again
Kenya inflicted yet another thumping defeat on Bermuda , this time by eight wickets
Will Luke
25-Feb-2013
Kenya inflicted yet another thumping defeat on Bermuda, this time by eight wickets. Bermuda have won just a single match - against Uganda at the start of their tour of Kenya - and now travel to Sharjah to face UAE in another Intercontinental Cup match.
Where has their tour gone wrong? Leave your comments on their performance below.
Full postMan shot opponent during match
An argument between several Indian men during a match in Orlando, Florida, led to a shooting yesterday when one of the players, Francis Singh, was shot in the abdomen .
Will Luke
25-Feb-2013
An argument between several Indian men during a match in Orlando, Florida, led to a shooting yesterday when one of the players, Francis Singh, was shot in the abdomen.
"The shooter was defending himself from an attack with a cricket bat which is similar to a baseball bat but it's flat," Orange County sheriff's Sgt. Spike Hopkins said. "For this man to bring a firearm to a sporting event is odd but then again, he has the right to do so. He has a concealed weapons permit and if, in fact, he was protecting himself, he was authorized by law to do so."
Uganda call on Otieno
Uganda are increasing their preparations for Division Two of the World Cricket League with daily training sessions at the Lugogo Oval.
Will Luke
25-Feb-2013
Uganda are increasing their preparations for Division Two of the World Cricket League with daily training sessions at the Lugogo Oval.
According to the Monitor, they have acquired the services of Franco Otieno - the former Kenya Under-19 captain - who is assisted by Charles Lwanga and Sam Walusimbi.
Full postBangkok league victim of Thai power game
Thailand may be a cricketing backwater, but the game these has a decent foothold and it also attracts touring sides to the prestigious Chaing Mai Sixes.
Martin Williamson
25-Feb-2013
Thailand may be a cricketing backwater, but the game these has a decent foothold and it also attracts touring sides to the prestigious Chaing Mai Sixes.
However, the national board continues to attract much criticism and that is now spilling over into the country’s main competition, the Bangkok Cricket League, which is due to start its new season this month.
Full postOdumbe ban could be lifted
Maurice Odumbe, the former Kenya captain who was banned from cricket for five year for his involvement with bookmakers, could return to the game before his five-year suspension has been served
Will Luke
25-Feb-2013
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Maurice Odumbe, the former Kenya captain who was banned from cricket for five year for his involvement with bookmakers, could return to the game before his five-year suspension has been served.
A report in The Standard said that Cassim Sulliman, the ICC Regional development manager and CEO of the Africa Cricket Association, had indicated that Odumbe could be allowed to resume his career if Cricket Kenya (CK) appeals to the ICC.
Full postRwanda in need of equipment
AllAfrica.com has a revealing article on Rwandan cricket and the problems they are facing
Will Luke
25-Feb-2013
AllAfrica.com has a revealing article on Rwandan cricket and the problems they are facing. They may not have sufficient equipment, butt their ambitions remain undimmed:
Under the school program, the Association wants to introduce cricket in at least one new school every year; make available some sets of equipment to every school in the program every year; encourage schools to provide playing fields for cricket; conduct coaching clinics in all schools involved every year by using both local and foreign coaches; to provide overseas training in coaching for a school master or senior player every year so that local expertise to help develop the game; and encourage inter-school visits.
Lionel Cann sent home in disgrace
Bermuda batsman Lionel Cann has been sent home from the tour of Africa and the Middle East after the Bermuda Cricket Board chose to increase his suspension for showing dissent when he was given out lbw against Kenya on Saturday.
Martin Williamson
25-Feb-2013
Bermuda batsman Lionel Cann has been sent home from the tour of Africa and the Middle East after the Bermuda Cricket Board chose to increase his suspension for showing dissent when he was given out lbw against Kenya on Saturday.
Cann took his time leaving the crease after being given out for a golden duck then hit a trash can with his bat as he left the field. The ICC has already dealt with the offence - handing him a two-match suspension from one-day-internationals after finding him guilty of showing "serious dissent at an umpire's decision". That ruling had meant Cann would have been eligible for the two four-day Intercontinental Cup games against Kenya and the UAE.
But the BCB announced that they had upped his suspension. In a short statement the executive voard announced its decision that Cann should play no further part in the tour and revealed it was making arrangements for him to fly home as soon as possible.
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Full postGhai's shadow continues to hang over Kenyan cricket
The talk of Sharad Ghai’s comeback continues even though publicly he continues to deny such reports
Martin Williamson
25-Feb-2013
The talk of Sharad Ghai’s comeback continues even though publicly he continues to deny such reports. But, as Cricinfo’s Beyond The Test World has reported in the past, he has friends in the media who continue to snipe at the current regime.
Sports Monthly has been a regular critic of the Cricket Kenya board and it has had another go with some thinly-veilled attacks on Samir Inamdar, the CK chairman. What’s more it has quotes from Ghai who denies he has any ambitions to return to the national scene.
“It’s not true,” he said on allegations he wanted to take over the CK. “as of now there is absolutely no truth in those claims, but in case of anything I will call you.”
What is clear is that Ghai and Sukhbans Singh have been canvassing opinion among the Nairobi clubs with, Cricinfo learns, lukewarm results. Singh, a former schoolmate of Ghai, was for a time his sworn enemy and even went as far as being a witness in Ghai’s trial in 2005, although he was unfortunately out of the country when the time came to appear in court.
Full postMali to visit Kuwait
Ray Mali, the acting president of the ICC, is to visit Kuwait to watch the semi-finals and final of the inaugural Asian Cricket Council Twenty20 Cup
Will Luke
25-Feb-2013
Ray Mali, the acting president of the ICC, is to visit Kuwait to watch the semi-finals and final of the inaugural Asian Cricket Council Twenty20 Cup.
Other prominent figures in Asian cricket will be join Mali, including Jayantha Dharmadasa – ACC’s president - Dr. Nasim Ashraf, chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board and Major General Sina Ibn Jamali, president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board.
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