Stray Lions B into 40 over Group B final

Yesterday the second semifinal of the 40 over bags and bailers tournament Group B played between Straylions B and Agakhan at Sir Ali Muslim Club.

Straylions B won the toss and elected bat first and they scored 232/7 in 40 overs. Arun Balaraman top scored with 61 not out. The other main contributors with the bat are Ram 32, Anand Ranganathan 27, Chirag Sheth 26, Shezad 25 and Hiren Varaiya 21. The wiket taking bowlers for Agakhan are Keval 3-33, Harshit 1-46 and Sajjad 1-52.

In replya Agakhan managed to score 180 allout. The main run getters for Agakhan are Sajjad 52, Omondi 31, Karim 28, Bunty 27. The wicket takers for Starylions B are Hiren Varaiya 4-22, John Mayaka 2-33, Suresh 1-23, Thota Sreenivas 1-32 and Anand Ranganathan 1-33.

Straylions B will play with Goan Institute A in final of the tournament.

Thanks to Thota Sreenivas for the match report

U17 Leagues another step in the right direction

Cricket Kenya have come under criticism in the last couple of years for focussing exclusively on the national team at the expense of cricket development in the country. 2009 has seen a dramatic shift in that policy with development competitions being orgaqnised at all levels. The latest of these is the Cricket Kenya U17 leagues which will be held on a regional basis. Nairobi, not surprisingly has the greatest number of teams in their league with 12, but both Rift Valley (3 teams) and Coast (4 teams) will also be in action.

Below is the Cricket Kenya Press release including tournament rules. We will endeavour to bring you what results we can.

Starting this Saturday 5th December 2009 Cricket Kenya have organized cricket leagues in three provinces namely; Nairobi, Rift Valley and Coast Provinces.
Nairobi has twelve teams as listed below:
• Kanbis A
• Nairobi Jafferys
• Aga Khan
• Hillcrest
• Gymkhana
• Goan Institute
• Swamibapa
• Sir Ali
• Kongonis
• Kanbis B
• Sree Cutchi Leva Youth League
• Simba Union
Rift Valley has been split into three teams:
• Stars
• Flamingoes
• Craters
While Coast Province will feature four sides made up of the boys from schools and clubs:-
• Coast Tusks
• Kilindini
• Oceanic
• Nyali Stars
Rules for Nairobi and Coast Competitions:
1. The matches are of 30 overs duration.
2. Any one bowler is limited to 6 overs
3. Powerplay are 6 : 3 : 3: 12 overs in total
4. Other ICC One Day rules apply

Rules For Rift Valley Competition:
1. All the matches will be of 25 overs duration
2. Any one bowler can bowl a maximum of 5 overs
3. Power play overs 10 overs taken in bits of 5:3:2
4. Other ICC rules apply

Journalists gear up for Sunday's Media Challenge

Story Courtesy Dun Okinyo

Speaking after the pooling of the teams where both the men and women national team sides players were also informed of the media houses they will play for in the inaugural event, national team captain Maurice Ouma who will lead the Star team said the event promises to be entertaining and at the same time promised to lead his side to victory.

“I expect it to be an entertaining event if the enthusiasm we have seen in the teams is anything to go by. Teams have shown a lot o desire to play the game and we and so what is remaining is for them to turn up make it a success,” Ouma said.
However no team will have the services of former national team captain Steve Tikolo and vice captain Thomas Odoyo who are out of the country at the moment. The two are in Zimbabwe for a professional stint.

Pool A has Star, KBC Idhaa, People and Citizen while Pool B has East FM, KTN, KBC Channel One and K24. Pool C will have Nation, Jambo Radio and Standard.

Ouma will be joined by Africa record holder Sarah Bhakita in the Star team. Bhakita hit unbeaten 186 runs in Kenya thrashing of Rwanda last year in Nairobi.
National team vice Captain Jimmy Kamande and Pearlyne Omamo will lead Citizen TV’s quest for the title while Nation will boost of former Warwickshire star Collins Obuya and Marie Aimee.

Aimee an opening batsman and wicket keeper is just from leading Kenya to a third spot in the just concluded Africa Women Youth Championships in Tanzania while Obuya is from a one month High Performance Camp in South Africa.

“The grouping looks fine and I looking forward for the day so that we can see what the journalists have to offer,” Obuya said

In South Africa, Obuya alongside Rakep Patel, Alex Obanda and Ouma were taken through intensive batting coaching ahead of the 2011 World Cup in Asia.
East FM who are poised to give the other teams a run for their money will be joined by upcoming star Dominic Wesonga and Maureen Mutunga. KTN and Standard newspaper will boost of the services of Obanda, Margaret Banja, David Obuya and Emily Ruto respectively. Ruto is the captain of the national ladies team.

KBC two teams will have the services of Nehemiah Odhiambo, Belinda Maska, Alfred Luseno and Mercyline Odhiambo to bank on in the 11 team’s show that starts at 8am. Jambo FM will have national team opening bowler Peter Ongondo and Ruth Mwihaki while People Daily will have Patel and Mary Belle.
Sylvia Wairimu and Elijah Otieno will be expected to lead K24 with their bowling strengths.

NPCA Bags and Balers Semi Final Results

NPCA - BAGS AND BALERS LTD 40 OVERS KNOCK-OUT TOURNAMENT
GROUP A - SEMI-FINALS
29th.Nov
2009	TEAM	TEAM	VENUE	RESULTS
	Swamibapa 'A'	Kanbis 'B'	Ngara	Swamibapa 'A' won by
	70 / 6 Wkts	69 All Out		4 Wkts
	Stray Lions 'A'	Kanbis 'A'	Premier	Kanbis 'A' won by 65 Runs
	112 All Out	177 All Out
	Peter Kituku - 41	Ramesh Mepani - 36
	David Obuya - 28	Rakep Patel - 27
	Rohit Vekaria - 4/15	Josphat Ababu - 4/27
	Rajesh Bhudia - 2/20	Jimmy Kamande - 2/31
GROUP A - PLATE SEMI-FINALS
	Nairobi Gymkhana	Premier	Simba Union	Nairobi Gymkhana won
	195 All Out	92 All Out		by 103 Runs
	Vikram Thampy - 73	Jigar Patel - 16
	Karan Kaul - 29	Vijay Patel - 10
	Brijan Patel - 4/31	Lucas Olouch - 6/17
	Shaishav Patel - 2/29	Mahendra Asani - 3/19
GROUP B - QUARTER FINALS
29th.Nov	Aga Khan	Qutbis	Parklands	Aga Khan won
2009
GROUP B - SEMI-FINALS
	Goan Institute 'A'	Simba Union	Ruaraka	Goan Institute 'A' won by
	198 / 9 Wkts	166 All Out		32 Runs
GROUP B - PLATE SEMI - FINALS
	Goan Institute 'B'	Oshwal	Pindolia	Goan Institute 'B' won by
	145 / 7 Wkts	144 All Out		3 Wkts
	Golden XI	Parklands	Ngara	Parklands won

The teams that has qualified for the finals are as follows:

GROUP A MAIN Swamibapa ‘A’ vs Kanbis ‘A’

GROUP A PLATE Nairobi Nookers vs Nairobi Gymkhana

GROUP B MAIN Goan Institute ‘A’ vs Winners of Stray Lions ‘B’ and Aga Khan(this game to be played on 6^th.Dec)

GROUP B PLATE Goan Institute ‘B’ vs Parklands.