Tanzania prepare for WCL Division Four
Tanzania have begun preparations for the World Cricket League Division Four tournament in Italy in August by playing six 50-over matches in Mombasa against various Kenyan selections.
Tony Munro
25-Feb-2013
Tanzania have begun preparations for the World Cricket League Division Four tournament in Italy in August by playing six 50-over matches in Mombasa against various Kenyan selections.
They notched their sole win of the brief tour in the first game against a Coast Cricket Association Select XI by 243 runs. The match was the first of a triangular, also featuring a Nairobi Select XI.
Former national Under-19 opener, Sefy Khalifa, showed promise in scoring two half-centuries, while Kassim Nasoro showed why he's a key member of the Tanzanian attack, taking 5 for 29 in the first of the three-match series against the Kenya Select XI. The home team won the series, which followed the triangular, 3-0.
Mombasa Triangular Series
Tanzania 297 for 8 (Khalifa 57, Seth 49, Nassoro 43, Kiseto 32, Amiri 50 not out; Patel 2 for 34, Thakar 2 for 62) beat
Coast CA Select XI 54 (Sulemanjee 12; Ramaiah 5 for 14, Kiseto 2 for 5) by 243 runs
Nairobi Select XI 138 for 8 (20ov.) (F Otieno 36, Kul 39; Ramaiya 2 for 19, Kiseto 2 for 29) beat Tanzania 129 for 7 (20ov.) (Khalifa 33, Kiseto 24; N Odhiambo 2 for 16, Shah 2 for 21) by nine runs
Nairobi Select XI 290 for 8 (Kituku 44, Thampy 50, Onyango 36*, Ngoche 32*; Sulemanjee 3 for 28; Kotecha 3 for 61) beat
Coast CA Select XI 151 for 7 (Sawjani 28, Sulemanjee 29; Patel 3 for 31) by 139 runs
Kenya Select XI v Tanzania
Kenya Select XI 192 (F Otieno 54, Wesonga 55; Nassoro 5 for 29, Mwita 3 for 33) beat Tanzania 145 (Khalifa 54, Kiseto 21, Amiri 26; Oluoch 4 for 16, Shikotra 2 for 21) by 47 runs
Kenya Select XI 247 for 6 (Kituku 89, Anjere 40, Odhiambo 35; Ramaiya 2 for 28) beat Tanzania 205 (Kikasi 45, Kiseto 22, Mwita 32; Odhiambo 3 for 37, Patel 2 for 15, Oluoch 2 for 38) by 42 runs
Kenya Select XI 240 for 9 (Kituku 82, Wesonga 48, Anjere 41 not out; Kiseto 2-44, Mwita 2 for 44) beat
Tanzania 156 (Kikasi 29, Nassoro 32; Thampy 3 for 31, Ngoche 2 for 19, Patel 2 for 21) by 84 runs