Kenya v Zimbabwe, 1st ODI, Mombasa, Jan 27

Well, someone might care...

Yeah, I care. I'm interested in Kenya's development. This will be something of a reading in the lead up to the WCQ.

Kenya will be better than the Bangles and the Zimbots in 8 years time.

OP Tipping wrote:Yeah, I care. I'm interested in Kenya's development. This will be something of a reading in the lead up to the WCQ.

me too...it would be great to see cricket prosper and improve there

Last I heard, cricket in Kenya was on its knees.

They played a tri-nations in Nairobi last year, mostly rained out. Kenya was soundly beaten by Ireland, but then went on to trounce Zimbabwe.

Love the name 'Mombasa'. Sounds more like an African dance or melody.

Zimbabwe off, as they say, to a flyer.

Speaking of which:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/27/2475553.htm?section=justin

Tsvangirai to become Zimbabwe PM in February: SADC

Posted 1 hour 56 minutes ago
Updated 1 hour 57 minutes ago

Zimbabwe prime minister designate Morgan Tsvangirai should be sworn into office by February 11, regional leaders have resolved after marathon talks to break a unity government deadlock.

The emergency summit decided that "the prime minister and the deputy prime ministers should be sworn in by 11 February 2009," said Southern African Development Community (SADC) executive secretary, Tomaz Salomao.

"The ministers and deputy ministers should be sworn in on 13 February 2009, which will conclude the process of the formation of the inclusive government," he added, reading from a statement of resolutions.

The 15-member SADC bloc held 14 hours of talks Monday after negotiations in Harare last week failed to salvage a unity deal signed by Mr Tsvangirai and 84-year-old President Robert Mugabe last September.

When asked if the Zimbabwe parties had agreed to join a unity government, South African President Kgalema Motlanthe told reporters this morning: "Yes, of course".

"They will present themselves on the set date for the swearing in and then proceed to form the government," he said.

The unity pact has been stalled by disputes over the distribution of power with several regional interventions failing to break the stand-off between Mr Mugabe and Mr Tsvangirai.

Guns's figures, 1/15 off 8 overs.

I hope he makes it to the next WC.

The next WC...looks like it's wide open...

I'd say our unbeaten run in World Cup matches (Australia last lost a WC ODI in 1999) will end.

Ended with 2/32.


Zimbabwe kept wickets in hand and made good use of them.

Maybe more than 8 years then for Kenya ya ya. Zimbots racking up a massive 305. Wow!

So even tho the Zimmers are in disarray, they would still appear to be well above the best non-Test nation...

49th over...

JK Kamande comes on to bowl with figures of 5-0-16-1

48.1 Kamande to Dabengwa, FOUR, short ball on leg and pulled to deep square-leg

48.2 Kamande to Dabengwa, SIX, flighted on midddle and smashed over the leg-side sweeper

48.3 Kamande to Dabengwa, OUT, flatter on middle and he tries to find the deep mid wicket boundary with a slog but finds Odhiambo instead
KM Dabengwa c Odhiambo b Kamande 17 (5b 1x4 2x6) SR: 340.00

48.4 Kamande to Chigumbura, SIX, flighted on middle and he slogs that over the deepm square leg boundary

48.5 Kamande to Chigumbura, 5 wides, flatter and quick and and wide on the leg-side

48.5 Kamande to Chigumbura, 1 run, flatter on off and driven to mid wicket

48.6 Kamande to Price, FOUR, flatter on off and that is reverse-swept to third man

Kamande finishes with 6-0-42-2.

Kamande to Debangwa. Sounds like a Friday night at the barracks.

Debangwang.

Partnership broken...2 wickets in quick succession and Kenya's in some trouble.

It's amazing that the 2 most experienced players in the match are Kenyans.

Also, Tikolo is about to bring up his 3000 JAMODI runs. Ave of 31 and SR of 76 is pretty decent.

Oh FFS:


21.5 Cremer to Tikolo, OUT, flighted on leg and Tikolo gets a leading edge and skies that one for the keeper to collect one step away from him
SO Tikolo c Mutizwa b Cremer 37 (43b 4x4 0x6) SR: 86.04

Careful how you use that JGK

The force has a dark side.

JG - is that your babby? Cuteness!

(Showing my well-concealed feminine side here folks ...)