Maasai Cricket Warriors & CK Win ICC Development Award

The Maasai Cricket Warriors and Cricket Kenya were on Thursday, February 28th feted at the 2012 Pepsi ICC Development Programme Annual Awards.

The team was awarded with the Best Cricket Promotion and Marketing Programme for their activities in sensitization on HIV/AIDS and Female Genital Mutilation as well as promotion of the cricket sport.

Jackie Janmohamed elected Cricket Kenya Chairperson

Veteran international umpire Jackie Jan Mohamed of Sir Ali Club is the new chairperson of Cricket Kenya.

Jackie who was nominated unanimously as the Nairobi Provincial Cricket Association (NPCA) candidate for the post, was also elected unopposed to become the first woman to chair a national cricket board.

The accomplished lawyer will replace the outgoing chairperson Samir Inamdar; and has said that she will unite the cricket fraternity and work together with the management team to grow the sport in the country.  

Other officials who were elected on Sunday at the Ruaraka Sports Club include Anil Patel (vice-chairperson), Chidam Subramanian (treasurer), and Kalpesh Solanki (development director).

Batsman: Tom Jones Tikolo

Tikolo

Maasai warriors who turned down spears for bats
source: kenyasafaris.wordpress.com

The incredible Sachin Tendulkar of India rocked the entire world yesterday when he scored his 100^th international century in the Asian Cup. For those who are not into cricket a century is attained when a batsman scores 100 or more runs in an inning. As the world all over celebrated the Legend Sachin Tendulkar, here at Daily Kenya we were deep through a list of remarkable Kenyan cricketers and settled on one.

Tom Tikolo, the man from Kakamega who captained Kenya in 22 ICC Trophy (Now ICC World Cup Qualifier) games. The right-handed batman was instrumental in the buildup and success of the national team having led it to their first ICC trophy final in 1994. He will also be remembered for having scored 79 in a single inning and being the first black Kenyan to ever play for the national cricket team.

After retiring from his playing career, he got involved in developing cricket in the country. Later in 2005, he became the CEO of Cricket Kenya. His brother, Steve Ogonji Tikolo and David Tikolo are also great personalities in the world of cricket.

Kenyan cricket is not complete without the mention of Maurice Odumbe, another Kenyan whose name is inscribed in Cricket greats with the most runs (1173).