|| CCA news - Anouncement 03 2010 ||

Mombasa Boys shine in ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Namibia.

From Left Siddahant Taneja, Raj Shikotra, Bhavya Thaker and Vinit Shikotra

4 Mombasa players namely 1, Raj Shikotra ( Vice –Captain) 2, Bhavya Thaker 3, Vinit Shikotra 4, Siddahant Taneja played for Kenya U19 Team, which qualified for the next round ( ICC U19 CWC Global Qualifier ).Another player Rajiv Sutaria was selected as a reserve players.

Kenya’s under-19 cricket team lead by Kennedy Ochieng ( Captain) and assisted by Raj Shikotra ( Vice Captain) qualified for the global World Cup qualifiers after they beat Botswana by eight wickets in their last game of the African qualifiers in Windhoek, Namibia, on Sunday.

The win put Kenya in second place in the pool table with 10 points behind hosts Namibia who were unbeaten in all their outings.

In last game, batting first Botswana were routed for 138 runs with 10 overs in hand. Varun Vijayakumar top scored for Botswana with 44 runs while Raj Savala was their main destroyer with five wickets for 19 runs. He was abely supported by Harrison Angila (2/19), Bhavya Thaker (1/25), Vinit Shikotra (1/28) and Duncan Allan (1/34).

All four Mombasa boys shown their talent and dedication in all the games they played. Out of four boys Vinit Shikotra was fantastic in both bowling and batting department and become a local hero after getting second highest wicket for Kenya by taking 14 wickets in 58.1 Overs at Average of 11.64 runs per wicket and standing at No 7 in Batting by scoring 76 runs at average of 15.20 per game.

However, they still have one more hurdle to clear, the global World Cup qualifiers where 10 teams, two each from Africa, Americas, Europe, Asia and East Asia Pacific, will fight it out for the six slots reserved for non-Test playing countries in the 2012 age group World Cup of which venue will be announce later.

Best of luck for the future tournament.

Brief result of ICC U19 CWC Africa Qualifier.

Game 1	:	Kenya U 19 v/s Zambia U 19
Kenya U19 won by 68 runs
( Irfan Karim - 106 runs, Duncan Allan - 51 runs, Raj Shavla - 4 wickets for 37 and Vinit Shikotra 2 for 12 runs)

Game 2	:	Kenya U 19 v/s Sierra Leone U 19
Kenya U 19 won by 23 runs
( Joseph Ochieng - 51 runs, E. Ringera - 27 runs, Vinit Shikotra - 24 runs, Duncan Allan - 3 wickets for 21 and Vinit Shikotra 2 for 26 runs)

Game 3	:	Kenya U 19 v/s Tanzania U 19
Kenya U 19 won by 100 runs
( Duncan Allan - 82 runs, Irfan Karim - 25 runs, Raj Shikotra - 23 runs, Vinit Shikotra 3 for 18 runs, Raj Shikotra 2 for 17 runs and Siddant Taneja 2 for 25 runs)

Game 4	:	Kenya U 19 v/s Uganda U 19
Uganda U19 won by 5 wickets
( Duncan Allan - 33 runs, Irfan Karim - 33 runs, Kennedy Ochieng - 30 runs, Duncan Allan 3 for 22 runs and Raj Shavla 1 for 24 runs)

Game 5	:	Kenya U 19 v/s Namibia U 19
Namibia U19 won by 24 runs
( Duncan Allan - 37 runs, Irfan Karim - 33 runs, Raj Shavla 2 for 33 runs and H Angila, Raj Shikotra and Vinit Shikotra 1 wicket each)

Game 6	:	Kenya U 19 v/s Nigeria U 19
Kenya U19 won by 120 runs
( Harshvardha Patel - 35 runs, Duncan Allan - 28 runs, E Ringera 31 runs and Bhavya Thaker - 22 runs, Vinit Shikotra 5 for 24 , Joseph Ochieng 2 for 14 and Bhavya Thaker 2 for 17)

Game 7	:	Kenya U 19 v/s Botswana U 19
Kenya U19 won by 8 wickets
( Harshvardha Patel - 27 runs, Duncan Allan - 33 runs, Irfan Karim - 47 runs, Raj Shavla 5 for 19, H Angila 2 for 19 and Bhavya Thaker , Duncan Allan and Vinit Shikotra took 1 wicket each)