RVCA development news and program for coming months

FROM RIFT VALLEY CRICKET ASSOCATION

THE FOLLOWING DEVELOPMENT STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE AND FOLLOWING PROGRAMME TO BE FOLLOWED

SELECTION COMMITTEE

PARDEEP SINGH, HARSHIL , JOGESH , MARTIN AND SHAILESH (OTHERS TO BE CO-PTED LATER)

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3 local schools identified where Ck will help put in astro turf wickets. Other upcountry towns in pipleline are Kisumu, Kericho, Eldoret, Nyahururu, and Narok
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1. UNDER 15 - TRAINING TO BE ORGANISED AND SUPERVISED BY SARJU DESAI AND BOOKER OTIENO
UNDER 13-- ARFAN MUGHAL
UNDER 11- SAHEEL MUGHAL AND SARAH
OVERSEERS - MARTIN AND SHAILESH
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DEVELPOMENT OFFICER IS TO VISIT NAKURU TEACHERS TRAINING COLLEGE ON COMMING SATURUDAY- AND START TO COACH 10 TEACHERS
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NEXT THURSDAY - DEVELPOMENT OFFICER- VISITS KERICHO TEACHERS TRAINING COLLEGE- FOR A 3 DAY CAMP (THURSDAY- FRIDAY SATURDAY) TO TEACH OVER 90 NEW TEACHERS.
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DEVELPOMENT OFFICER AND SARJU AND HIS TEAM TO SET THREE MINI CRICKET TOURNAMENTS ON THE FOLLOWING DATES

3RD OCTOBER,
31ST OCTOBER AND
28TH NOVEMBER
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ON 29TH AND 30TH SEPT, NATIONAL DEV OFFICER TO VISIT NAKURU TO SET TWO DAYS CAMP TO TRAIN APPROX 30 TEACHERS AT LEVEL NOUGHT AND LEVEL ONE I.C.C. RECOGNISED TRAINING OF CRICKET
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6TH NOVEMBER TO 21ST NOVEMBER- CRICKET WITHOUT BOUNDARIES TO VISIT NAKURU - AIMS - TO VISIT NEW SCHOOLS TO INTRODUCE CRICKET FROM SCRATCH. VISIT KERICHO TEACHERS TRAINING COLLEGE - THOSE WHO DID LEVEL 1 TRAINING TO PROGRESS THEM TO LEVEL 2, AND NOUGHT TO LEVEL ONE - ETC

Cricket Kenya: Groundwork to continue

Despite the ICC's recent decision to strip Kenya of hosting rights to the 2010 Under 19 World Cup, Cricket Kenya has confirmed that the upgrade work to the grounds around the country will continue as planned. In an email to Kenya Cricket.com, Samir Inamdar (right) the Chairman of Cricket Kenya stated that:

"The grounds improvement programme across the country will continue unabated. This is important because we would like to see our infrastructure at clubs improve for the game to benefit"

Writing from London where he is conducting meetings related to formulating Cricket Kenya's formal response, Mr Inamdar also said that Cricket Kenya

"will be claiming our money spent in good faith to get our venues in order from the ICC"

and that

"The ICC's Chief Executives Committee has determined that in the event Canada (who are due to host this event in 2012) concede that they cannot hold it, CK will get the first opportunity to secure these rights."

It is good to hear from Cricket Kenya on this and especially that the upgrading of the grounds will continue. Even without hosting the U19 World Cup, this will at least benefit players in all three hubs who will get to play more games on higher quality pitches which can only improve the quality of Kenya's game overall.

It is also heartening to see Cricket Kenya gearing up for a fight to recoup some of their losses from the ICC. Given how the ICC has been forthcoming in reimbursing Test nations in similar situations, there is at least some hope that this will have a successful outcome.

That Kenya gets first bite at the cherry should Canada not be ready is bitter-sweet and at first glance smacks of the divide and rule mentality employed by the old British Empire. For Kenya to gain from this, another Associate must fail and that is something one would hate so see happen, even if it did benefit Kenya. There is also no guarantee that just because Kenya are to be given first opportunity to secure the rights that this will in fact happen. Going on recent events, it does not look about whether a country is capable of hosting, but capable of generating the ICC higher revenue. If for example, India decided they wanted to host, I wonder how long Kenya's application would even sit in the consideration tray.

Lastly, there is no word yet on the fate of Kenya's U19 team. This situation is not just about money, it is also about players. That they were sent under strength and under prepared to the regional qualifiers can only be blamed on Cricket Kenya, but for the team to finish so low also rests to an extent on the shoulders of the players selected. That said, they were using the event as a practice tournament. Should they not at least be given the opportunity to travel to the next stage of qualifying as an extra team and have a chance to fight to retain their spot on the playing field? If they fail again, there can be no excuses, but at least give them that chance rather than whisk the rug out from under their feet.

Photo from ICC files