Kenya to tour Zimbabwe at the end of September

[zimfan1]

Baptiste appointed Kenya coach

Cricinfo staff

September 9, 2009
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Former West Indies allrounder Eldine Baptiste has been appointed the coach of Kenya and will be in charge of the team till June 2011.

"Eldine brings to the national team a wealth of cricketing experience having been a national player himself for West Indies and in recent years after retirement from international cricket has held several coaching positions," Cricket Kenya said in a statement.

Baptiste, 49, represented West Indies in 10 Tests and 43 ODIs in 1983-90. He was also the head coach of the Stanford Superstars, who went on to win US$20 million after beating England in the one-off Stanford 20/20 for 20 match last year. He held coaching positions in South Africa with the domestic side Dolphins, and as technical director for Fidentia in Port Elizabeth.

Kenya have a busy year-end calendar ahead - with a tour of Zimbabwe later this month followed by a tour of South Africa in November - and the board hoped that Baptiste would put the team "high on the international stage."

"The contract commences on September 15 and Baptiste's immediate role will be to prepare and train the Kenya national team by defining and setting out the performance programme for the team's training. He will be responsible for all direct coaching and management issues of the team," the board said.

http://www.cricinfo.com/kenya/content/c ... 24233.html

[Detective RDS]

It will be good for Zimbabwe to have an ODI series against Kenya before the start of the Bangladesh series. As long as they play international cricket matches, they will be surely going to improve in every aspect of the game through individual/team performance.

[zimfan1]

The tour will be part of the 4 day ICC trophy against the A side, but hopefully ZC can arrange a 3 match ODI series with the full strength Zimbabwe side as it will be good preparation for the Bangladesh tour

[Detective RDS]

Agree...

[Kopje]

The tour will be part of the 4 day ICC trophy against the A side, but hopefully ZC can arrange a 3 match ODI series with the full strength Zimbabwe side as it will be good preparation for the Bangladesh tour

yea that will be good

[maehara]

http://www.cricinfo.com/icccont2010/con ... 24854.html

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8-11 October 2009	 Zimbabwe XI v Kenya		   Kwekwe Sports Club
14 October 2009		Zimbabwe v Kenya: 1st ODI	Harare Sports Club
16 October 2009		Zimbabwe v Kenya: 2nd ODI	Harare Sports Club
18 October 2009		Zimbabwe v Kenya: 3rd ODI	Harare Sports Club

[Detective RDS]

That's a good fixture ahead of the Bangladesh tour.

The players will be given enough opportunity to proove their form by playing both for the 'A' and national side.

[maehara]

Tour to be extended to 5 ODIs:
http://www.cricinfo.com/zimbabwe/conten ... 25637.html

Given the small gap between the end of the current 3ODI tour and the trip to Bangladesh, I'm assuming this will mean the tour will start earlier than currently scheduled. No revised itinerary yet.

[zimfan1]

loving the wild coincidence that these 5 matches will wipe out Taibus ban in time for the Bangadesh tour

[maehara]

loving the wild coincidence that these 5 matches will wipe out Taibus ban in time for the Bangadesh tour

Well spotted. Coincidence? I think not..!