Beyond the Boundary!

Cricinfo reports that Kenya’s two ODI’s against South Africa are back on, but in November as opposed to the originally scheduled May and the rescheduled June.

Scotland have failed to continue their form after beating Lancashire on Monday and lost to Durham in Edinburgh today. Durham batted first and scored 181/9 from their 50 overs. A few batsmen got a start, but none went onto post a decent score.
John Blain bowled well to take 3/31 from his ten overs, whilst Scotland […]

The main tournament of the Under-15 International tournament in the West Indies started yesterday. Five associate teams are taking part in the eight team tournament - Ireland, Kenya, Malaysia, the Netherlands and a combined Americas team.
In yesterday’s matches Ireland beat Kenya by 7 wickets after bowling them out for 110, Malaysia beat the Americas XI […]

Dutch international Ryan ten Doeshcate wasn’t playing for the Netherlands as they beat Norfolk today, but has instead been knocking some Cambridge University students around the park with 146 from 147 balls before retiring.
This continues his form from the Netherlands Intercontinental Cup match against the UAE, where, in the second innings, he also scored 146. […]

It’s not often that you can credit a single player with a win all on their own, but we can thanks to Gerrie Snyman’s remarkable 230 out of 280. Had his innings not happened, Kenya would have only been chasing seven for victory. As it was, they lost by 101 runs, to put Namibia on […]

In terms of win percentage the top ODI team for 2007, ignoring the Asia XI, is none other than Kenya, with a 76.47% win record, as opposed to Australia’s 73.33%. Whilst obviously Kenya have not been playing the same opponents as Australia, it is still an impressive achievement.
The stats can be found here, and the […]

Kenya have beaten Bermuda by eight wickets in Nairobi to go top of the Intercontinental table with maximum points from their two games. Bermuda are left languishing at the foot of the table with precisely zero points from their three games.

Kenya have won the second ODI against Canada by four wickets to take the series 2-0. Eddie Norfolk has a full report at CricketEurope here.

With Kenya looking to be heading for defeat ion the first ODI against Canada, it needed a show of brilliance from someone to turn the game around. And they got exactly that from Thomas Odoyo, who clubbed 111 from 113 balls to help Kenya win by six wickets after being reduced to 49/5.
Nick has a […]

Nick Deverell reports over at CricketEurope that Kenya’s Jimmy Kamade was car-jacked and beaten up just two days before helping Kenya beat Canada in the Intercontinental Cup. Just shows why cricket is one of the greatest sports. A professional soccer player would probably gone home crying and taken 2 months off for emotional distress.