All Eyes On Nakuru

Cricketers from around Kenya converge on Nakuru today for what promises to be a fascinating weekend's cricket. As well as the usual Akshar League game that takes place at the NAC ground, there will be the Jagir Singh Memorial 6-a-side cricket festival at the Rift Valley Sports Club. As well as some of the Nairobi teams who have made the trip up for the event, there will be the local Nakuru sides, as well as some Rift Valley sides that we have not as yet seen in action this year. In all, there will be sixteen teams contesting the event - a great turnout for the organisers. Tournament favourites will be Kanbis A and Swamibapa A, who have been drawn at opposite ends of the draw, so should meet in tomorrow's final if all goes to plan for them. There will no doubt be stiff competition along the way for them though. First teams to take to the field this morning will be Greensteds and Turi at 9:00 am. Matches are scheduled to start every 45 minutes, with all of the first round and second round matches expected to be played today. Tomorrow will see the business end of the tournament with the semi-finals due to be played from 1:00pm. Umpires for the tournament will be the experienced trio of Subhash Modi, Lalji Bhudia and David Odhiambo.

For those that missed it before, here is the full draw:

.
Kanbis A.
vs.
Swamibapa B.
.
Kongonis.
vs.
Nairobi Gymkhana.
.
Simba Union.
vs.
Team ASL.
.
Kanbis B.
vs.
Nairobi Jafferys.
.
Swamibapa A.
vs.
Rift Valley Sports Club.
.
Greensteds.
vs.
Turi.
.
Diamond.
vs.
Ruaraka.
.
Crater.
Vs.
Sir Ali.