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6 minutes ago, Boo Khaki said:

WTH has happened to Kenyan cricket? Back in the early 90's they were probably the 2nd best African nation behind the Saffers, now they don't even appear at the qualifiers. Have they fallen out with the ICC or something?

They got to a world cup semi in 2003 albeit aided by a walkover when NZ refused to play in Kenya, they still knocked off Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka though. 

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1 minute ago, Fuctifano said:

They got to a world cup semi in 2003 albeit aided by a walkover when NZ refused to play in Kenya, they still knocked off Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka though. 

Aye. I'm just wondering why they have completely vanished off the scene since then. It can't be down to a total disintegration of talent, so I'm wondering if their association has been banned, they refuse to travel to quali tournaments or something. Seems like it would have a political explanation rather than just a fallow period, because they used to be one of the more consistent associate nations, then ..... nothing. 

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33 minutes ago, Boo Khaki said:

WTH has happened to Kenyan cricket? Back in the early 90's they were probably the 2nd best African nation behind the Saffers, now they don't even appear at the qualifiers. Have they fallen out with the ICC or something?

I had to search quite a bit to find where they stranded in the qualifying to get to this tournament. They finished 4th in the Challenge League, of which only the winners qualified for the World Cup Qualifying play-off, which was the stage before this tournament (where Scotland started their campaign). So from regular appearances at the world stage they've gone to not even getting close to making the qualifying tournament for the main qualifying tournament. Bizarre indeed.

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1 minute ago, Bully Wee Villa said:

Could do with breaking this partnership.

Given how innocuous the Scots bowling has looked outside of Sole, I'd be tempted to put on a bit of joke bowling, throw a couple up, and see if I could buy a wicket while they still have the runs to do it.

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2 minutes ago, Boo Khaki said:

Given how innocuous the Scots bowling has looked outside of Sole, I'd be tempted to put on a bit of joke bowling, throw a couple up, and see if I could buy a wicket while they still have the runs to do it.

I was just about to say it’s crying out for Greaves, as I see him warming up

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