Intercontinental Cup, 2007

[andruid]

Tea anyone? Bermuda 152/5 but with more gumption in the field it would and should have been alot worse

 

[andruid]

14 off Tikolo's last over maybe he should bring ack another seamer seeing as the Odoyo is still holding his end up nicely

 

[andruid]

Kenya reach 46/1

Interesting that Leverock was given the ball only in the third over

 

[Efaz]

Tony Suji batting so high up !!!

 

[Chemosit]

Suji was brought into the game as a direct replacement for Obanda. Only the selectors know why!

What a huge difference in class there is between the two and I have a really nasty feeling we will see it on the scoreboard at the end of the day's play.

With both Obanda and Mishra missing, the rest of the team really needed to step up and so far only David Obuya has shown signs of that. Even he needed to convert his 50 into something bigger. Tikolo going cheaply was another big blow. Not a good afternoon session for Kenya at all.

 

[andruid]

Well The current partnership of Obuya and Odoyo are Kenya's last real hope of overhauling the Bermudan's score after that we will be on a hope and a prayer

 

[andruid]

Kenya Finish on 209/5 with Odoyo on 49 and Jimmy Kamande at the cease

 

[Perm]

Thomas Odoyo looking well poised, shame that David Hemp missed out on his century though.

 

[andruid]

http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=1372635

Odoyo missed out too getting out on 73 as Kenya's First innings finished on 302 all out.

Bermuda now 72/5 with Hemp and JJ Tucker at the crease

 

[Chemosit]

I have seen some bizarre captaincy, but only giving 8 overs to the seamers when Ongondo has figures of 6-2-9-2 seems utter lunacy.

How have Varaiya and Kamande been bowled for 43 overs between them (and counting) and Odhiambo and Luseno not even been given an over. I am utterly bamboozled and frankly disappointed. Tikolo should know better than this, even if the pitch is turning a mile he should still mix it up - you never know who is going to come good on the day until they have a crack.

 

[andruid]

Yeah that many overs bowling the same pair is a little absurd. Anyway varaiya caps a wonderful performance with the ball by getting his first 10 wicket haul and Kenya now need just over 150 to seal this game. On the flipside leverock is opening the Bowling for the Bermudans so this obsession ith spin bowlers is not just with Tikolo

 

[Chemosit]

Kenya go top of the table, for the moment at least.
Good results on home turf but stiffer tests to come next year.

Bermuda off to the UAE to try and salvage something from 2007.

 

[chaminda_00]

Should be an interesting contest between UAE and Bermuda. Looking at ACC Twenty20 results it seems UAE have fallen away. A lot has to do with the fact that Oman, Kuwait, Canada and Afghanistan (to an extent, they have fair bit of local talent) are taking a lot of ex-Pakistan club cricketers that used to all go to UAE.

Bermuda look like they got some decent youngsters coming through, so their future doesn't look as bleak. Still though I expect Leverock to dominate.

 

[andruid]

Digging up this old thread ....AGAIN!!! Anyway UAE lookin much stronger after a good World Cricket league and they get another opportunity to beat Namibia, also in action Kenya, looking to extend their lead at the head of the table

Fixtrues
United Arab Emirates v Namibia
Sharjah
23-26 Jan
Kenya v Namibia
Sharjah
29 Jan - 1 Feb
United Arab Emirates v Kenya
Sharjah
4-7 Feb

 

[andruid]

Digging up this old thread ....AGAIN!!! Anyway UAE lookin much stronger after a good World Cricket league and they get another opportunity to beat Namibia, also in action Kenya, looking to extend their lead at the head of the table

Fixtrues
United Arab Emirates v Namibia
Sharjah
23-26 Jan
Kenya v Namibia
Sharjah
29 Jan - 1 Feb
United Arab Emirates v Kenya
Sharjah
4-7 Feb

Still thread digging, maybe it should be made into s sticky, hmmmm

 

[chaminda_00]

Not enough people post about the matches to warrant it being stickied.

 

[andruid]

Yeah, thoiugh there are loads of posts concerning the Intercontinental cup outside this thread and I reckon its cause this thread can only really survive if the posters can find it easily, considering how sporadic the tournament is.

 

[chaminda_00]

Yeah thats way the Non Test Nations thread is where we should try and ge most of discussion, as there is more action for these countries outside the IC Cup. That thread is pretty active, making this thread reduntant.

 

[Perm]

Not enough people post about the matches to warrant it being stickied.

Nah, reckon it should be stickied, atleast while the tournament is going on. May have a word to James about it, see what he thinks.

 

[Perm]

Anyway, Thomas Odoyo gunning it with his second FC century, turning into a very good all-rounder this bloke. Also, Varaiya is another very fine bowler for Kenya, never noticed just how impressive his record was before now.