Kenya go to World Cup on professional footing (30 December 1998)
KENYA'S national team have won a sponsorship deal worth about £80,000 a year from Kenya Breweries, enabling them to turn professional before the World Cup in England next year, Kenyan officials said yesterday
30-Dec-1998
30 December 1998
Kenya go to World Cup on professional footing
Electronic Telegraph
KENYA'S national team have won a sponsorship deal worth about
£80,000 a year from Kenya Breweries, enabling them to turn
professional before the World Cup in England next year, Kenyan
officials said yesterday.
The Kenya Cricket Association said part of the money will be used
to pay salaries for the 21 players and the training staff,
including West Indian coach Alvin Kallicharan. "We shall expect
them to play without problems as we start our World Cup
build-up," said Jimmy Rayani, the association's chairman. He
explained that the team had previously relied on the financial
goodwill of companies and individuals to survive.
Kenya start their World Cup build-up with a tour of Bangladesh in
March.
Australian batsman Mark Waugh is seeking independent legal advice
before agreeing to appear before a Pakistan judicial inquiry into
match-fixing. But leg-spinner Shane Warne and former team manager
Alan Crompton said they are happy to give their evidence to the
inquiry in public in Melbourne on Jan 8.
The players were requested to provide evidence after admitting
taking money from an Indian bookmaker for providing information
on weather and pitch conditions during Australia's tour of Sri
Lanka in 1994.
Source :: Electronic Telegraph (https://www.telegraph.co.uk)