Saturday, March 20, 2010

NPCA Secondary Schools Finals this weekend

Early this year, the NPCA revived the secondary school’s league in the city, in pursuit of one of the NPCA’s primary goals i.e. spreading of the cricket game.

The league has been running since 23rd January 2010 and on Saturday, 20th March 2010 from 9.00 am it will reach its climax. 3 finals are set for: Simba Union Club for Pool C and Nairobi Gymkhana Sports Club for Pool A and B.

The Awards Ceremony will take place after the A & B finals at Nairobi Gymkhana, in the afternoon.

While it is great to see this initiative back up and running again, it also saddens me that it it yet another instance of poor PR by the administration. This is the first we have been told of this event. Had we had earlier notification we could have followed the fortunes of Kenya's up and coming cricketers throughout the tournament.

It is high time Kenyan cricket pulled itself out of the dark ages and started giving its players the coverage they deserve and that the game needs it if is to become anything further than a niche sport in the country. We have not even been informed which teams will be taking part.

None the less, good luck to all involved and we hope to see more of these players featuring in the leagues in the near future.

Monday, March 15, 2010

NPCA 20-20 week 5 Results

NPCA - Twenty/20 Tournament Scores.2010

Date

Group

Team

Team

Venue

Results

14-Mar

A

Swamibapa 'A'

SCLYL 'A'

Sir Ali

Swamibapa 'A' won

Modi

133 All Out

125 / 8 Wkts

by 8 Runs

Issac

Tony Suji - 56

Narendra- 50

Lameck O - 27

Ashwin - 27

Narendra - 3/30

Nehemiah - 3/24

Modi

A

Stray Lions 'A'

Kanbis 'A'

Sir Ali

Kanbis 'A' won by

Issac

128 / 9 Wkts

146 / 8 Wkts

18 Runs

Jimmy K - 58

Ramesh - 43

Rajesh - 4/21

Rikesh - 38

Ramesh - 2/16

Hiren - 3/23

Denis

A

Nbi Gymkhana 'A'

Kanbis 'B'

Nbi Gym

Kanbis 'B' won by

Ghosh

137 / 5 Wkts

142 / 7 Wkts

3 Wkts

Irfan K - 43*

Dhirendra - 43

Alex O - 22

Harshil - 37

Dhirendra - 1/21

Lucas - 2/15

Denis

A

Sir Ali 'A'

Simba Union

Nbi Gym

Sir Ali 'A' won by

Ghosh

126 / 7 Wkts

83 All Out

43 Runs

Mohammed - 47

Nadeem - 34

Mahjid - 35

Mujib - 3/10

Gagandeep - 2/16

Ali Raza - 2/14

Karuri

B

Nookers 'A'

Stray Lions 'B'

Eastleigh

Nookers 'A' Won

Pamba

89 / 2 Wkts

86 / 9 Wkts

by 8 Wkts

Kennedy O - 55*

Chirag - 38

Pranjal - 18

Joel - 4/13

Shezad - 1/22

Luseno - 2/7

Karuri

B

Swamibapa 'B'

Premier

Eastleigh

Premier Won by

Pamba

98 / 9 Wkts

99 / 3 Wkts

7 Wkts

Prakash - 27

Vijay - 40

Vijay - 4/18

Brijan - 13*

Shashav - 1/18

Narendra - 1/20

Shabbir

B

Kongonis Dev

Ruaraka

Jafferys

Kongonis Dev won

Trenck

166 / 7 Wkts

131 / 8 Wkts

by 35 Runs

Matthew R - 48

Ketan - 51

William R - 38

Matthew R - 2/17

Amit - 2/25

Rowan S - 2/30

Lalji

C

SCLYL 'B'

Ngara

Pindolia

Ngara won by

Kaushik

106 / 5 Wkts

145 / 7 Wkts

39 Runs

Hitesh - 36

Jay - 63

Manoj - 21*

Maulik - 27

Niket - 2/12

Jigar - 3/29

Date

Group

Team

Team

Venue

Results

14-Mar

C

Nbi Jafferys

Golden

Pindolia

Nbi.Jafferys won

Lalji

201

145 All Out

by 56 Runs

Kaushik

Shabbir

C

Goan Inst 'A'

Aga Khan

Jafferys

Match Tied

Trenck

148 / 5 Wkts

148 / 6 Wkts

Rahim - 80

Moez - 42

Quersh - 46

Brijal - 28

Keval - 4/19

Ritesh - 2/18

Moses

D

Sir Ali 'B'

Oshwal

Nbi.Club

Sir Ali 'B' won by

Karuri

102 All Out

58 All Out

44 Runs

Moses

D

Qutbis

Aaryans

Nbi.Club

Aaryans awarded

Karuri

the game.No Show

by Qutbis

Asghar

D

Parklands

Kongonis Colt

Simba

Parklands won by

Dave

104 / 3 Wkts

103 / 7 Wkts

7 Wkts

Cleophus

E

Nbi Gymkhana 'B'

Medics

Parklands

Medics won by

Elvis

126 / 5 Wkts

127 / 3 Wkts

7 Wkts

Hiraj - 74

V.P.Singh - 43

Deevesh - 37

Vipul - 43

Omar - 1/16

Sawan - 1/6

Cleophus

E

Nookers 'B'

Viking

Parklands

Nookers 'B' won

Elvis

143 / 8 Wkts

98 / 9 Wkts

by 45 Runs

Alfred - 33

Abid - 35

Arindham - 32

Gopi - 3/9

Jamil - 3/20

Manoj - 3/13

Asghar

E

Kenya Ladies

Goan Inst 'B'

Simba

Goan Inst 'B' won

Dave

121 / 6 Wkts

132 / 7 Wkts

by 11 Runs


The Groups B,C,D,and E have already completed the round robin and the Semi-Finals will be played this coming weekend – 21st.March 2010.

Group B – Premier vs Swamibapa ‘B’

Nookers ‘A’ vs Stray Lions ‘B’

Group C – Nairobi Jafferys vs Goan Institute ‘A’

Aga Khan vs Ngara

Group D – Parklands vs Sir Ali ‘B’

Kongonis Colt vs Aaryans

Group E – Medics vs Nairobi Gymkhana ‘B’

Goan Institute ‘B’ vs Nookers ‘B’

The Finals of the above group will be played on 28th.March 2010

Group A will complete the Round Robin on 3rd.April 2010 and complete the Semis and Finals on 4th and 5th.April 2010

The Knockout finals between Swamibapa ‘A’ vs Kanbis ‘A’ will be played on 11th.April 2010 which will mark the end of the season.