NPCA Bags and Balers Semi Final Results

NPCA - BAGS AND BALERS LTD 40 OVERS KNOCK-OUT TOURNAMENT
GROUP A - SEMI-FINALS
29th.Nov
2009	TEAM	TEAM	VENUE	RESULTS
	Swamibapa 'A'	Kanbis 'B'	Ngara	Swamibapa 'A' won by
	70 / 6 Wkts	69 All Out		4 Wkts
	Stray Lions 'A'	Kanbis 'A'	Premier	Kanbis 'A' won by 65 Runs
	112 All Out	177 All Out
	Peter Kituku - 41	Ramesh Mepani - 36
	David Obuya - 28	Rakep Patel - 27
	Rohit Vekaria - 4/15	Josphat Ababu - 4/27
	Rajesh Bhudia - 2/20	Jimmy Kamande - 2/31
GROUP A - PLATE SEMI-FINALS
	Nairobi Gymkhana	Premier	Simba Union	Nairobi Gymkhana won
	195 All Out	92 All Out		by 103 Runs
	Vikram Thampy - 73	Jigar Patel - 16
	Karan Kaul - 29	Vijay Patel - 10
	Brijan Patel - 4/31	Lucas Olouch - 6/17
	Shaishav Patel - 2/29	Mahendra Asani - 3/19
GROUP B - QUARTER FINALS
29th.Nov	Aga Khan	Qutbis	Parklands	Aga Khan won
2009
GROUP B - SEMI-FINALS
	Goan Institute 'A'	Simba Union	Ruaraka	Goan Institute 'A' won by
	198 / 9 Wkts	166 All Out		32 Runs
GROUP B - PLATE SEMI - FINALS
	Goan Institute 'B'	Oshwal	Pindolia	Goan Institute 'B' won by
	145 / 7 Wkts	144 All Out		3 Wkts
	Golden XI	Parklands	Ngara	Parklands won

The teams that has qualified for the finals are as follows:

GROUP A MAIN Swamibapa ‘A’ vs Kanbis ‘A’

GROUP A PLATE Nairobi Nookers vs Nairobi Gymkhana

GROUP B MAIN Goan Institute ‘A’ vs Winners of Stray Lions ‘B’ and Aga Khan(this game to be played on 6^th.Dec)

GROUP B PLATE Goan Institute ‘B’ vs Parklands.

Stray Lions to disband?

I hope that this is just a rumour and not reality.

Stray Lions' boss is reported to have disbanded the club after the A side's loss to Kanbis in the 40-over semis.

If it is true, it will be a huge blow to Kenyan cricket as this is a side that have built themselves up from nowhere to become a real force in the domestic game. The a side finished 3rd in the League and are on course to challenge for the title over the next couple of years. the B side continue to climb the leagues and provide depth to the squad.

'A team' captain Jimmy Kamande expressed the following sentiments regarding the news

"Thanks to you boss for giving us an opportunity to play this lovely game. I really feel honoured to have lead this team, for my former team mates, I can't do much but thank you for the support in each and every way. Good luck to us all in our cricket."

Fingers crossed this is just a rumour or knee jerk reaction to a bad day at the office and we will see this side continue to go from strength to strength in the future. The fate of much more than just a handful of players depend on it.

Swamibapa A , Kanbis A and Stray Lions A all safely through to semis

NPCA - BAGS AND BALERS LTD 40 OVERS KNOCK-OUT TOURNAMENT
GROUP A - QUARTER-FINALS
22nd.Nov
2009	TEAM	TEAM	VENUE	RESULTS
	Swamibapa 'A'	SCLYL 'A'	Premier	Swamibapa 'A' won
	273 / 8 Wkts	96 All Out		by 177 Runs
	Peter Ogondo - 101	V.Rabadia - 27
	Shem Obada - 45	N.Jaghani - 21
	N.Jagani - 2/17	Shem Obada - 6/27
	L.Valani - 2/38	Peter Ogondo - 2/13
	Swamibapa 'B'	Kanbis 'B'	Eastleigh	Kanbis 'B' won by
	165 All Out	178 All Out		13 Runs
	Stray Lions 'A'	Sir Ali 'A'	Peponi	Stray Lions 'A' won
	167 All Out	69 All Out		by 98 Runs
	Jimmy Kamande - 67	Majid - 13
	David Obuya - 55	Abdul - 12
	Shiraz Ali - 4/29	Jimmy Kamande - 4 W
		Andrew M - 3 W
	Nbi.Jafferys	Kanbis 'A'	Jafferys	Kanbis 'A' won
	126 All Out	127 /4 Wkts		by 6 Wkts
GROUP B - QUARTER- FINALS
22nd.Nov	Stray Lions 'B'	Aaryans	Simba Union	Stray Lions 'B'
2009	231 / 5 Wkts	230 / 8 Wkts		won by 5 Wkts
	Parklands	Aga Khan	Parklands	Aga Khan won
	SCLYL 'B'	Goan Inst 'A'	Pindolia	Goan Institute 'A'
	198 All Out	205 All Out		won by 7 Runs
	Sir Ali 'B'	Simba Union	Sir Ali	Simba Union won
	44 All Out	46 / 2 Wkts		by 8 Wkts
	Mohammed Ali - 13	Sunny Sehmi - 13*
	Gagandeep S - 5/13	Avtar Kundi - 13
	Tarandeep S - 2/4	Mohammed Ali - 1/8
NPCA - BAGS AND BALERS LTD 40 OVERS KNOCK-OUT TOURNAMENT
PLATE EVENT - GROUP 'A'
	TEAM	TEAM	VENUE	RESULTS
	Ruaraka	Nookers	Ruaraka	Nairobi Nookers
				won
	Gymkhana	Kongonis	Gymkhana	Nairobi Gymkhana
	143 / 1 Wkt	141 All Out		won by 9 Wkts
	Abdul Najmi - 63*	Paul Anjere - 35
	Vikram Thampy - 38*	Dola Abala - 20*
	Dominic W - 1/20	Vikram Thampy - 4/28
		Emmanuel Bundi - 2/23
	Premier	Bye
PLATE EVENT - GROUP 'B'		LOSERS 1 ST.ROUND
	TEAM	TEAM	VENUE	RESULTS
	Golden	Women	Highridge	Golden won by
	247 All Out	106 All Out		141 Runs
	Varghese - 80	Sarah - 20
	Kamlesh - 37	Jose - 14
	Jose - 3/37	Mitesh - 3/17
	Mary - 2/21	Varghese - 2/5

Kenya Ladies Juniors off to Tanzania

Cricket Kenya has named National Ladies Junior side for the inaugural Africa Junior Championships that was due to get underway on Sunday in Dar Salaam, Tanzania.

Emily Ruto will lead the 13 woman squad which also includes Ruth Mwihaki, Pearlyne Omamo and Maria Aimee all of whom have international experience.

The three alongside Ruto are members of the national senior team and are expected to offer experience in the side that is full of uncapped players.

The team leaves the country today for the tournament that will also include Rwanda, Uganda , Zambia and hosts Tanzania .

Kenya opens their campaign against Uganda in a 30 overs match at Anadil Burhani before taking on the hosts the following day.

On 24th November, the team will play Rwanda before winding up their campaign against Zambia two days later.

It will be the first time Zambia will be taking part an international tournament while Rwanda will be making their second appearance in international arena.

Ruto said she is confident the team will do well despite having a large number of inexperienced players in the side. “It will be a big tournament for and the other three experienced players in the side. We will have to ensure that we give our best so that the new players learn from us and get confidence,” she said.

Omamo who is currently enjoying a good form with the bat in the ongoing Nairobi Provincial Cricket Association (NPCA) league is expected to lead the team’s batting according to the captain.

“She is in a good form and I hope she will carry her form to Tanzania. If she does that then I am full of confidence we will emerge victorious. However Mwihaki and Aimee are also capable of doing well too and I also hope they do well,” she said.

Mwihaki is enjoying a good form too with 65 runs in two matches in the league.

The team has been training at Ruaraka Sports Club under Dun Okinyo and has held various trial matches which also involved players from Nakuru working under Cricket Kenya Development Programme.

Ruth Ambiyo who started playing cricket early this year in Nakuru has also been selected same to Mildred Sambu and Cecilia Ouko from St.Teresa’s Girls and Kenya High respectively.

Others in the team are Faith Kingi, Sylvia Wairimu, Evelyne Kavata, Honorina Wali, Eunice Nekesa and Evelyne Achieng.

Report taken from Cricket Kenya website. Great to see the development program in Nakuru bearing fruit. Good luck to the girls - hope they can upset Uganda and Tanzania and come back winners!

Close call for Sir Ali B in Group 2

while most games in Group 2 of the NPCA Bags and Balers 40 Over Knockout went as expected, Sir Ali B were run extremely close by a well drilled Ladies side that came ever so close to their second major scalp in as many competitions. In the end they scraped home by 1 wicket and will be relieved to get through to the quarters where they will face Simba Union who demolished the Golden XI.

Stray Lions B looked dominant against Goan Institute B and will take on Aaryans who accounted for Oshwal XI in their game.

SCLYL B and Goan Institute A byes in the first round and will meet each other for their first games in the Quarters.

Parklands match against Aga Khan due to be played at Nairobi Jafferys had to be postponed due to a wet pitch, so they will now play their first round match this weekend at Aga Khan.

In the Plate event Golden XI will need to raise their game to avoid an upset by the Women in a Quarter Final while Goan Institue B and Oshwal XI meet in a Semi Final

Full results below:

NPCA - BAGS AND BALERS LTD 40 OVERS KNOCK-OUT TOURNAMENT
GROUP B - ROUND 1
15th.Nov	TEAM	TEAM	VENUE	RESULTS
2009	Stray Lions 'B'	Goan Inst 'B'	Eastleigh	Stray Lions 'B' won
	120 / 3 Wkts	119 / 9 Wkts		by 7 wkts
	Suresh - 42*	Hardik Patel - 31
	Ram 30	Yassin - 26*
	Jatin - 2/16	Suresh - 2/17
	Aaryans	Oshwal XI	Nairobi School	Aaryans won
	199 All Out	149 All Out		by 50 Runs
	Kalpesh - 60	Josephat - 73
	Ken - 35	Ken - 4/24
	Josephat - 4/34	Gopinath - 2/6
	Niraj - 2/33
	Aga Khan	Parklands	Nbi.Jafferys	No Match wet
				wicket - To be played
				on 22/11/09 at
				Parklands
	Sir Ali 'B'	Women XI	Sir Ali	Sir Ali 'B' won by
	151 / 9 Wkts	150 / 7 Wkts		1 Wkt
	Ali - 51	Ruth Mwihaki - 30*
	Hamza - 26	Parlyne O - 29
	Dan O - 5/7	Mehmood - 2/17
	Belinda M - 2/21	Iqbal - 2/26
	Simba Union	Golden XI	Simba Union	Simba Union won
	326 / 6 Wkts	160 All Out		166 Runs
	Avtar Kundi - 85*	Shijas - 69
	Hitesh P - 67	Mitesh - 28
	Ankil - 2/62	Manpreet - 5/19
	Vinesh - 1/21	Hitesh P - 2/26