Kenya Nat Team thread

[Dravy]

A place to discuss tours, training or post questions about your players.

[Dravy]

Initial U19 squad has been selected for this season. I say initial, as the depth is not amazing, however there is an ok core groups who will likely play the majority of games depending on pitch choices, so the fringe players may get swapped around as the season rolls on.

[Dravy]

Congrats to Stellerman who has agreed to step in as assistant.

Looking forward to working with you mate

[DangerDave]

Good luck to you both....... hopefully our fairly mediocre bunch can out perform....


Dave

[Dravy]

First friendly of the campaign. And so begins 2 seasons of ME rants! Lol

Result: UAE U19 won by 3 runs

Kenya U19 UAE U19
Batting - Top Order 7,414 7,516
Batting - Middle Order 6,544 6,490
Batting - Tail 3,452 3,717
Bowling - Seam 7,248 (20) 7,660 (20)
Bowling - Spin 6,907 (30) 8,015 (30)
Fielding/Keeping 7,127 7,889
Overall 122,792 130,209

[Dravy]

Well done to the Seniors last week who put in almighty effort to remain in the top Division.

Hopefully we can repeat those efforts and put a strong showing in this week.

We’ve gone in with a spin heavy bowling attack given the pitch choices, let’s hope for some windy conditions (and not humid)

Game 1 of the YOD tour kicks off in a couple of hours and we are up against the Scotts.

[Dravy]

The start of this tour week didn’t begin as we’d hoped, 2 losses from 2 games and being the lowest rated team in the Division, it was shaping up to be a long week, and loooong season.

Fortunately, Stellerman applied his magic touch to game 3 and the week really turned around. 3 wins on trot against Bermuda, the Dutch and an upset win against England (which I’m really pleased about as I couldn’t never beat them in the Senior format) saw us finish in third place in Div 2 - which is a great result.

Best on tour for us;

Name Team Mat Inns No Runs HS Ave
Charles Atwoli Kenya U19 3 3 1 168 82 84.00
Peter Hassan Kenya U19 4 4 0 144 67 36.00
Chenzira KipkorirKenya U19 4 4 1 140 51 46.67

Simon wa Irungu - 10 wickets
Amin Obanda - 6 wickets
Cheikh arap Lang'at - 6 wickets

Well done to the team, looking forward to the T20 tour.

[TheWizard]

In keeping of the new code of conduct for national managers, I'd just like to inform all the loyal Kenyan supporters out there of our 18 man squad for the upcoming World Cup.

1)Charles arap Kipkorir
2) Bennedict arap Koech
3) Martin Eggleton
4) LeBron James
5) West Kanya
6) Honest Kosgey
7) Joyner Lucas
8 ) Romelu Lukaku
9) John Lukoye
10) Joram Mac Akumu
11) Nehemiah Mathea
12) Adroa Michieka
13) Dawit Moi
14) Daudi Mutua
15) Alain Prost
16) Desta Samoei
17) Jimiyu wa Kibunja
18) Jean-Paul wa Njoroge

Krismasi Njema na natumai nyinyi wote mmekuwa na likizo nzuri!

TheWizard

[Dravy]

Good luck lads, bring home some silverware

[Chepu]

Thank you guys for voting me in. Hopefully I can repay the trust over the next 2 seasons

[Chepu]

For everyone having Kenya players, below are the secondaries I am looking at-

Power (other than spinners)- Exceptional
Endurance- Preferably Exceptional but can be looked into on a case by case basis
Fielding for bats and spinners- Spectacular
Fielding for seamers- Preferably Spectacular but can be looked into on a case by case basis

[Chepu]

Messages sent to all the managers whose players are in contention but secondaries need improvement. Hoping for support from most if not all

[Dravy]

Thank you guys for voting me in. Hopefully I can repay the trust over the next 2 seasons

Congrats Chepu