Kenyan officials backing team (30 March 1999)
Kenyan officials are backing their team for the World Cup despite a dismal showing in the tri-nation tournament in Bangladesh, according to Asif Padamshi, the selection committee chairman
30-Mar-1999
30 March 1999
Kenyan officials backing team
The Electronic Telegraph
Kenyan officials are backing their team for the World Cup despite a
dismal showing in the tri-nation tournament in Bangladesh, according
to Asif Padamshi, the selection committee chairman.
Kenya suffered a crushing 202-run defeat by Zimbabwe in the
tri-nation competition in Dhaka on Saturday, their eighth consecutive
loss to the African side in one-day international cricket since the
1996 World Cup.
Padamshi said Kenya would retain the same team to face Zimbabwe in
their opening Cricket World Cup match at Taunton on May 20.
He said: "As far as we are concerned, the team remains the same. The
coach only needs to sit down with his boys after arriving in Nairobi
and do a post-mortem on what happened against Zimbabwe in that
disastrous final."
The only injury worry in the squad is top batsman Steve Tikolo, who
suffered a hairline fracture of his finger while fielding against
Zimbabwe on Saturday. He is expected to be fit for the World Cup.
Source :: Electronic Telegraph (https://www.telegraph.co.uk)