NPCA 45-Over Tournament Standings

Finally, there is some online reporting of domestic cricket in Kenya. THe basis of this post comes from Richard Mwangi's report of the weekend matches in the Sports section of the Nation. I would link direct, but the Nation requires passwords to access articles. He goes in to a little bit more detail on the two summarised matches.

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Summarised scores from the NPCA weekend matches:

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Sir Ali Muslim Club 194 for 10 in 44.2 overs (Abdul Rehman 47, Zafir Din 44, Shiraz Ali 19, Amit Shukla 4-19, Hari Vadani 2-41) beat
Ruaraka Sports Club 130 for 10 in 34.3 overs (Amit Shukla 36, Anilesh 27, Abdul Rehman 3-13, Sharaz Ali 2-14, Mujeesh Ashraf 2-6). by 64 runs.

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Kanbis 'A' 264 for 8 in 45 overs (Devshi Khetani 78, Arvind Halai 72, Ramesh Mepani 44, Rohit Vekaria 3-53, Pritesh Lalji 2-54). beat
Kanbis 'B' 95 for 10 in 25.3 overs (P. Jesani 20, H. Khetani 3-43, Rajesh Bhudia 2-17). by 169 runs.

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The standings so far have Sir Ali leading group 'A', though Swamibapa 'A', who are second have two matches in hand, as they have had games postponed due to players being absent on national duty.

Group B is headed by the two Kanbis teams, while in group C, Swamibapa 'B' trail Nairobi Jaffery who like the Swamis have matches in hand.

Group D springs a slight surprise with Nairobi Nookers leading from Aga Khan.

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While the Quarter finals are due to be played this coming weekend, they may be delayed to enable Jaffery and Swamibapa to complete their pool matches. Going off the current standings, the draw for the Quarters would be as follows:

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Swamibapa 'A' vs. Swamibapa 'B'. (assuming the 'A' team will win grp A).

Kanbis 'A' vs. Aga Khan.

Nairobi Jaffery vs. Sir Ali.

Nairobi Nookers vs. Kanbis 'B'.

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With the national squad back from Zimbabwe, and some places up for grabs for the Bangladesh tour, it should be a highly competetive couple of weeks cricket in Nairobi.