East Africa benefit from Kamanyi's experience

William Kamanyi, the former Uganda coach, has replaced Tom Tikolo as the new East African Development Officer, a role in which he will oversee cricket in Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and his home country Uganda.

"I received my ticket to South Africa yesterday but I cannot start the celebrations yet because I have not been given any official written documents," Kamanyi the Daily Monitor. "But I will reinstate all the regional tournaments soonest if this news is true."

Kamanyi's credentials for the job, which was advertised last year by the Africa Cricket Association (ACA), are impressive: a former cricketer, he also represented Uganda in the long-jump during the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. He has also been in sports administration for a number of years.