As the news filtered through that Afghanistan had beaten Kenya in Sharjah to confirm their place in World Cup 2015 I sat on my UK sofa and punched the air. We are not particularly pre-programmed in the western world to celebrate Afghanistan achievements,
According to Aasif Karim, who was Kenya’s first captain after the team got ODI status in 1997, cricket in his country is now dead.
Australia’s coach Darren Lehmann expressed his desire to have met the former South African President Nelson Mandela, who died on Thursday, during the Ashes pre-Test dinner in Adelaide. But he is not the only cricketer disappointed never to have come face-to-face with the great man.
The father of Irfan Karim, the Kenyan wicketkeeper, is wondering why the Kenya captain, Collins Obuya, got away with only two-match suspension for slapping his 21-year-old son.
As 40-year-old Sachin Tendulkar prepares to retire from cricket, Kenya’s Steve Tikolo, now 42, has been recalled to his national team.
Gurdeep Singh debuted for Kenya in a One-Day International (ODI) on Friday against Afghanistan in Sharjah aged 15 years and 258 days to become the world’s second youngest ODI player.
Afghanistan have beaten Kenya to secure a place in the 2015 World Cup. They join Ireland as the second Associate team to take part in the event to be held in Australia and New Zealand.
Members of Kenya’s national cricket team will assemble in groups to donate blood for the terror-affected victims in Nairobi on Wednesday. This was revealed by team captain Collins Obuya.
