Swamibapa A , Kanbis A and Stray Lions A all safely through to semis

NPCA - BAGS AND BALERS LTD 40 OVERS KNOCK-OUT TOURNAMENT
GROUP A - QUARTER-FINALS
22nd.Nov
2009	TEAM	TEAM	VENUE	RESULTS
	Swamibapa 'A'	SCLYL 'A'	Premier	Swamibapa 'A' won
	273 / 8 Wkts	96 All Out		by 177 Runs
	Peter Ogondo - 101	V.Rabadia - 27
	Shem Obada - 45	N.Jaghani - 21
	N.Jagani - 2/17	Shem Obada - 6/27
	L.Valani - 2/38	Peter Ogondo - 2/13
	Swamibapa 'B'	Kanbis 'B'	Eastleigh	Kanbis 'B' won by
	165 All Out	178 All Out		13 Runs
	Stray Lions 'A'	Sir Ali 'A'	Peponi	Stray Lions 'A' won
	167 All Out	69 All Out		by 98 Runs
	Jimmy Kamande - 67	Majid - 13
	David Obuya - 55	Abdul - 12
	Shiraz Ali - 4/29	Jimmy Kamande - 4 W
		Andrew M - 3 W
	Nbi.Jafferys	Kanbis 'A'	Jafferys	Kanbis 'A' won
	126 All Out	127 /4 Wkts		by 6 Wkts
GROUP B - QUARTER- FINALS
22nd.Nov	Stray Lions 'B'	Aaryans	Simba Union	Stray Lions 'B'
2009	231 / 5 Wkts	230 / 8 Wkts		won by 5 Wkts
	Parklands	Aga Khan	Parklands	Aga Khan won
	SCLYL 'B'	Goan Inst 'A'	Pindolia	Goan Institute 'A'
	198 All Out	205 All Out		won by 7 Runs
	Sir Ali 'B'	Simba Union	Sir Ali	Simba Union won
	44 All Out	46 / 2 Wkts		by 8 Wkts
	Mohammed Ali - 13	Sunny Sehmi - 13*
	Gagandeep S - 5/13	Avtar Kundi - 13
	Tarandeep S - 2/4	Mohammed Ali - 1/8
NPCA - BAGS AND BALERS LTD 40 OVERS KNOCK-OUT TOURNAMENT
PLATE EVENT - GROUP 'A'
	TEAM	TEAM	VENUE	RESULTS
	Ruaraka	Nookers	Ruaraka	Nairobi Nookers
				won
	Gymkhana	Kongonis	Gymkhana	Nairobi Gymkhana
	143 / 1 Wkt	141 All Out		won by 9 Wkts
	Abdul Najmi - 63*	Paul Anjere - 35
	Vikram Thampy - 38*	Dola Abala - 20*
	Dominic W - 1/20	Vikram Thampy - 4/28
		Emmanuel Bundi - 2/23
	Premier	Bye
PLATE EVENT - GROUP 'B'		LOSERS 1 ST.ROUND
	TEAM	TEAM	VENUE	RESULTS
	Golden	Women	Highridge	Golden won by
	247 All Out	106 All Out		141 Runs
	Varghese - 80	Sarah - 20
	Kamlesh - 37	Jose - 14
	Jose - 3/37	Mitesh - 3/17
	Mary - 2/21	Varghese - 2/5

Kenya Ladies Juniors off to Tanzania

Cricket Kenya has named National Ladies Junior side for the inaugural Africa Junior Championships that was due to get underway on Sunday in Dar Salaam, Tanzania.

Emily Ruto will lead the 13 woman squad which also includes Ruth Mwihaki, Pearlyne Omamo and Maria Aimee all of whom have international experience.

The three alongside Ruto are members of the national senior team and are expected to offer experience in the side that is full of uncapped players.

The team leaves the country today for the tournament that will also include Rwanda, Uganda , Zambia and hosts Tanzania .

Kenya opens their campaign against Uganda in a 30 overs match at Anadil Burhani before taking on the hosts the following day.

On 24th November, the team will play Rwanda before winding up their campaign against Zambia two days later.

It will be the first time Zambia will be taking part an international tournament while Rwanda will be making their second appearance in international arena.

Ruto said she is confident the team will do well despite having a large number of inexperienced players in the side. “It will be a big tournament for and the other three experienced players in the side. We will have to ensure that we give our best so that the new players learn from us and get confidence,” she said.

Omamo who is currently enjoying a good form with the bat in the ongoing Nairobi Provincial Cricket Association (NPCA) league is expected to lead the team’s batting according to the captain.

“She is in a good form and I hope she will carry her form to Tanzania. If she does that then I am full of confidence we will emerge victorious. However Mwihaki and Aimee are also capable of doing well too and I also hope they do well,” she said.

Mwihaki is enjoying a good form too with 65 runs in two matches in the league.

The team has been training at Ruaraka Sports Club under Dun Okinyo and has held various trial matches which also involved players from Nakuru working under Cricket Kenya Development Programme.

Ruth Ambiyo who started playing cricket early this year in Nakuru has also been selected same to Mildred Sambu and Cecilia Ouko from St.Teresa’s Girls and Kenya High respectively.

Others in the team are Faith Kingi, Sylvia Wairimu, Evelyne Kavata, Honorina Wali, Eunice Nekesa and Evelyne Achieng.

Report taken from Cricket Kenya website. Great to see the development program in Nakuru bearing fruit. Good luck to the girls - hope they can upset Uganda and Tanzania and come back winners!