Payback Time

This cricinfo report by Martin Williamson on Kenya's history against Zimbabwe doesn't make particularly pleasant reading for a Kenya fan. He does I think miss two fairly important points. First was the tour at the end of last year to Zimbabwe before the finals of the Intercontinental Trophy. True it was officially Zimbabwe 'A' that Kenya played, but the team was almost entirely made up of players actually in Zimbabwe's Test or One Day team. It may not have been official, but can give us a bit of an idea of the directions the two teams are headed. In terms of results, Kenya blitzed all the matches, and will almost certainly use this as a confidence booster ahead of the coming series. They will be facing several of the same players again, and our training, from what I have heard has been more focussed and cohesive. That is not to say we should be complacent - far from it, but we know that if we play to our potential we should win. Second is the fact that Zimbabwe are a team on the demise. Kenya should be on the rise. Where Zimbabwe have lost the backbone of their team, Kenya have retained it, and been able to bolster it with some talented youngsters. History may have the record written as 13 - 1 in favour of Zimbabwe, but it is now time for payback.