I just received this in an email from a Coast fan:
"Hey Nick just read your article on Msc being the team to beat in mombasa, well I would like to say that MSC only put into the coastweek games that they do actually win. Will give you an example of a game over the summer where a Jaffery mix n match side beat MSC but sadly that didn't make the papers. Although Latif is a pretty decent bat and MSC are pretty much a good team nowadays. However cricket on the coast is on decline lets hope something gets done about it soon".
Any response from MSC or the CCA? I hope cricket in Mombasa is not on the slide. Kenya needs to build on its existing infastructure todevelope a truly National league. Bangladesh have done well in emulating Australia - 6 teams that play each other on a Home and Away basis in all forms of the game. Kenya could do worse than follow their example. At the moment, I would say, 3 teams from Nairobi, 2 from Mombasa, and 1 from the West. Over time this could be restructured or expanded toaccommodatee the spread of the game. One day, it would be great to see a 5 teams from different provinces, but that day I know is still a long way off.
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Hi, yeah i totally agree that MSC only gets into the paper when they win, but thats not the clubs fault, they seem to be the only ones who actually spend time to write into the coastweek. My club played the exact team the day before and we bowled them out for less runs, and scored our 133 target in 14 overs, and not a sniff of anything in the paper. But thats coz we never wrote in. A provincial set up would be great for Kenyan Cricket, but i think it all starts at school level.. Schools need to have nets and some sort of pitch to play on. Some top South African schools have more nets and cricket fields than the whole of Kenya!!! At least there are a few more boys being pushed for the Kenyan National side.... if only the money was better than working a 7 day week!!!
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