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.

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 – 21^st.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 28^th.March 2010

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

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