Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) concluded a successful 12-day tour of Kenya, where they played against local clubs and Kenya U19/Kenya Select XI over a series of matches in different formats.
The tour had it’s difficulties as most of the Kenyan national squad members were on strike due to non-payment of their salaries from the current Interim committee management running the operations in the country. Most of the U19 players, who played in the ICC U19 World Cup in 2018, made up the numbers for the select XI team fielded for the games.
MCC tour members also took part in giving coaching lessons to youngsters during the visit and that part remains the best thing during MCC’s visits to various nations throughout the calendar year.
MCC touring side giving upcoming talents and future of cricket in Kenya advise Character education through cricket pic.twitter.com/qWoxAGHVTk
— Tonny Brian Ochieng (@TonnyBrian4) October 12, 2018
Brief Scores (Full Tour):
30-overs match: MCC 216 all out in 26 overs (Seren Waters 77, Jonty Jenner 33, Tom Lace 31, Adam Rouse 19, Eugene Ochiengo 4/46, Elijah Otieno 2/26, Martin Mworia 2/27, Shem Ngoche 2/57) beat Kenya Kongonis 198/8 in 30 overs (Alex Obanda 62, Shem Ngoche 56, Eugene Ochiengo 23, Johan Bakers 17, James Scott 3/16, Will Jones 2/32, Tom Coldman 2/33, Jack Williams 2/35) by 18 runs
39-overs match: League Select XI 257/9 in 39 overs (Sandeep Adole 84, Gardeep 71, Collins Obuya 28, Zahid 26, Adam Rouse 2/15, Callum Haggett 2/47, Will Phillips 1/34, Adam Riley 1/39, Miles Richardson 1/40) beat MCC 183 all out in 35 overs (Joe Barrett 66, Callum Haggett 55, Adam Riley 23, Jazrach Kundi 5/34, James Ngoche 3/40, Aveet Desai 1/18, Sachin 1/21) by 74 runs
@africancricket @DavidWaters57 @HomeOfCricket the Marylebone Cricket Club in Kenya. Opening win against @KenyaKongonis CC invitation. Day 2 a 40-overs match against #Kenya with the visitors coming 2nd. Now in #MasaiMara finest wildlife destination in the world. #sports #tours pic.twitter.com/Wsfo3DMm2h
— Harsita Waters (@harsitawaters) October 8, 2018
30-overs match: MCC 201/8 in 30 overs (James Scott 43, Jonty Jenner 28, Tom Lace 26, Will Phillips 22, Gopal Joshi 3/40, David Asiji 2/37, Sumit Kara 2/50) beat Rift Valley Sports Club 105 all out in 25.5 overs (Joe Morgan 40, Luke Nightingale 16, James Scott 4/28, Adam Rouse 2/4, Will Jones 1/7) by 96 runs
T20: Kenya U19 150/5 in 20 overs (Sachin Bhudia 69 n.o, Sukhdeep Singh 57, Will Phillips 3/22) lost to MCC 153/6 in 19.4 overs (Adam Rouse 66 n.o, Seren Waters 42, Jonty Jenner 12, Aveet Desai 2/25, Mikuny Patel 1/19, Jasraj Kundi 1/21, Sukhdeep Singh 1/24) by 4 wickets
2-day match: MCC 1st innings 305/9 in 52 overs (Adam Rouse 105, Tom Lace 57, Callum Haggett 53, Seren Waters 39, Martin Okoth 4/68, Abbas Zahid 3/35, James Ngoche 1/37) & 2nd innings 14 for no loss in 2 overs (Will Phillips 10 n.o) beat Kenya Select XI 1st innings 64/9 in 20 overs (James Ngoche 18 n.o, Thomas Ochieng 15, Callum Haggett 7/33, Adam Riley 1/1) & 2nd innings 254/9 in 75.2 overs (Collins Obuya 70, Abbas Zahid 47, Irfan Karim 39, Sandeep Desai 36, Will Phillips 5/37, Jack Williams 2/48, Tom Coldman 1/26) by 10 wickets
The MCC cricketers in action on the field and in the classroom @HomeOfCricket @africancricket at Kawangware Primary School in Nairobi, part of the East Africa Character Development Trust project. #cricket #sports #Kenya #givingback #lifeskills pic.twitter.com/kE1g6ZDBsi
— Harsita Waters (@harsitawaters) October 13, 2018
50-overs: MCC 246 all out in 48.3 overs (Callum Haggett 58, Seren Waters 54 n.o, James Scott 42, Joe Barrett 26, Tarandeep Singh 3/41, Aveet Desai 2/38, James Ngoche 2/41, Joseph Onyango 1/47) beat Kenya Select XI 197 all out in 43.4 overs (Irfan Karim 63, Sandeep Adole 53, Callum Haggett 4/35, Adam Riley 2/40, Tom Coldman 2/41, Will Jones 1/18) by 49 runs
T20: Kenya Select XI 183/5 in 20 overs (Collins Obuya 62, Abbas Zahid 36, Joseph Onyango 34 n.o, Gurdeep Singh 27, Adam Riley 2/27, Will Phillips 2/41, Miles Richardson 1/28) beat MCC 157 all out in 19.1 overs (Will Jones 59, Callum Haggett 36, Jack Williams 17, Tom Lace 16, Collins Obuya 3/20, Gardeep Singh 3/26, Abbas Zahid 2/22, James Ngoche 1/24) by 25 runs
