Kenya vs Malawi: Chasing the rain, hoping for points
Kenya will be praying to the rain gods to allow them an opportunity to play out their first match of the ICC Men's T0 World Cup Sub Regional Africa Qualifier A tournament as they take on Cricket Malawi this afternoon. Kenya will be back at the Gahanga Stadium where they were off to a flier yesterday afternoon, before the rains closed out the match at 0/48 with only four overs having been bowled.
Kenya shared points with St. Helena yesterday with Botswana and Seychelles sharing the spoils as well, despite the former's gallant effort to get to 2/115 before the heavens opened at the IPRC oval.
The squad remains unchanged, setting up Collins Obuya and Pushkar Sharma to extend their solid stand last evening and plug off the team’s top order collapses. The inform Irfan Karim completes the top order trio while the middle order will be beefed up by the services of Tanzeel Sheikh who is looking to cement his place in the team, Rakep Patel and skipper Sachin Bhudia.
Peter Koech and Lucas Ndandason will share the new ball if conditions allow but he newly minted skipper has an abundance of fortune as far as spin bowling is concerned while slotting in the pace himself. The twin left arm orthodox of Shem Ngoche and Vraj Patel has been fruitful with the option of Rakep Patel and the leg spin of Collins Obuya.
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