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CRICKET: Association to select new national coach team
Story by RICHARD MWANGI
Publication Date: 1/10/2008
The Cricket Kenya sub-committee charged with the responsibility of picking a new national team coach will meet in Nairobi on Saturday.
The association has been scouting for a new coach following the departure of Jamaican Roger Harper, who left last September.
The six members of the committee will each produce a short list of their preferred candidates for discussion. The top candidates will then be invited for interviews, the CK chief executive officer, Tom Tikolo, has said.
The committee comprises the CK chairman Samir Inamdar, CK treasurer Nasoor Verjee, Nairobi Provincial Cricket Association acting chairman Martin Bentley, CK selection sub-committee chairman Sukbans Singh, David Waters and Tikolo.
Although a former Indian coach, John Wright, had shown interest in coaching Kenya, he did not apply for the position. Tikolo said the majority of the applicants were English, though applications had been received from all over the world.
Tikolo also said South Africa coach, Andy Kirsten, who was assistant coach to Sandip Patil during the 2003 World Cup, had also shown interest on the job.
Also, the four-day International Cricket Council Intercontinental Cup match between Kenya and Namibia, set for Nairobi Gymkhana towards the end of the month, will now be held in Sharjah, Dubai, early next month.
Tikolo said the national team, which was supposed to leave for Dubai on Saturday, will now fly out on January 26 and play Namibia three days later.
He said ICC moved the tournament from Nairobi to Dubai for fear of insecurity engulfing the country because of the disputed presidential elections. Kenya will play UAE from February 4 to 7 instead of January 18.
Tikolo said Namibia will face UAE from January 23 to 26 and will have a two day break before meeting Kenya. He said: “All is not lost for Kenya as we will host Ireland in August.”
Source:
The Daily Nation
I am shocked/ pleasantly surprised that my Old headmaster where I did my A-levels is now the head of the Nairobi Cricket Board
On to serious matters being as loads of English persons applid for the job and it has attracted high profile coaches any idea who the lucky winner will be?