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List Of Kenyan First-class Cricketers
This is a list of Kenyan first-class cricketers. First-class cricket matches are those between international teams or the highest standard of domestic teams in which teams have two innings each. Generally, matches are eleven players a side but there have been exceptions. Today all matches must be scheduled to have at least three days' duration; historically, matches were played to a finish with no pre-defined timespan. This list is not limited to those who have played first-class cricket for Kenya and may include Kenyan players who played their first-class cricket elsewhere. The list is in alphabetical order. {, class="wikitable" width="100%" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name !! Career span !! Matches !! Teams , - , , Josephat Ababu , , 2001–2004 , , 4 , , Kenya , - , , Mohsin Ali , , 2000 , , 1 , , Kenya , - , , Zulfiqar Ali , , 1974–1975 , , 2 , , East Africa , - , , Joseph Angara , , 1998–2005 , , 7 , , Kenya , - , , Jadhavji Bhimji , , 2001–2004 , , 3 , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First-class Cricket
First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officially adjudged to be worthy of the status by virtue of the standard of the competing teams. Matches must allow for the teams to play two innings each, although in practice a team might play only one innings or none at all. The etymology of "first-class cricket" is unknown, but it was used loosely before it acquired official status in 1895, following a meeting of leading English clubs. At a meeting of the Imperial Cricket Conference (ICC) in 1947, it was formally defined on a global basis. A significant omission of the ICC ruling was any attempt to define first-class cricket retrospectively. That has left historians, and especially statisticians, with the problem of how to categorise earlier matches, especially those played in Great Britain be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandip Gupta
Sandip Gupta (also Sandeep Gupta; born 7 April 1967) is a former Kenyan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a fast bowler, who also a wicket-keeper. He took part in the 1999 Meril International Tournament, where he helped the Kenyan team to the final where they lost against Zimbabwe, mainly thanks to a century from man-of-the-match Grant Flower Grant William Flower (born 20 December 1970) is a Zimbabwean cricket coach and former cricketer. He is the current batting coach of Sri Lanka cricket team and Sussex. He is rated among the best Zimbabwean cricketers in history for his consistent .... He later took part in the 1999 World Cup, where Kenya lost all their five games and finished bottom of the Group A table. 1967 births Living people Kenyan cricketers Kenya One Day International cricketers Kenyan Hindus Cricketers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Cricketers at the 1999 Cricket World Cup Kenyan people of Indian descent Commonwealth Games competitors for Ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Luseno
Alfred Luseno Sorongo (born December 20, 1981) is a Kenyan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. International career Luseno played at the Under-19 World Cup in 2002 for his Kenyan team, where they reached Plate Group One, and soon received his first One Day International callup, against Sri Lanka in the Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup 2003. In this game, he scored a duck, batting at number eleven, and unable to stop a Sri Lankan onslaught spearheaded by centurion Kumar Sangakkara. He played one match during the Inter-Continental Cup of 2004, against Uganda, and also played in a Kenyan tour of Bangladesh in March 2006. In late 2007 he was recalled to the Kenya squad to face Bermuda and Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ... in b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anil Lakhani
Anil Lakhani (born 1938) is a Kenyan former first-class cricketer and medical doctor. Lakhani was born at Nairobi in 1938 and was educated at Eastleigh High School. He made a single appearance in first-class cricket for a combined East Africa cricket team against the touring Indians at Kampala in 1967. Opening the batting twice in the match alongside the Ugandan Virani Noordin Virani Noordin (date of birth not known) is a Ugandan former first-class cricketer. Noordin was born in Uganda Protectorate. A figure in Ugandan cricket since the 1960s, when he was considered the most prolific batsman in the country, Noordin ..., he was dismissed in the East Africa first innings by B. S. Chandrasekhar for 41 runs, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 58 runs by the same bowler. Lakhani later emigrated to the United Kingdom, where he studied medicine at the University of Glasgow Medical School, graduating in 1976. He subsequently moved to London in 1983 to take ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sibtain Kassamali
Sibtain Kassamali (24 March 1963 – 27 October 2018) was a Kenyan cricketer. He played in one first-class match for the Kenya cricket team in the 1986/87 season. Along with his first-class appearance, against a touring Pakistan side, Kassamali played in two editions of the ICC Trophy The ICC World Cup Qualifier (previously called the ICC Trophy and officially known as the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Qualifier) is a One-Day International (ODI) cricket tournament that serves as the culmination of the Cricket World Cup qualifi .... Kassamali also worked as a selector for the Kenyan men's and women's national teams, and helped set up a cricket academy in the country. References External links * 1963 births 2018 deaths Kenyan cricketers Place of birth missing {{Kenya-cricket-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aasif Karim
Aasif Yusuf Karim (born 15 December 1963) is a Kenyan former cricketer who captained the Kenya national cricket team in One Day International (ODI) cricket. Karim made a reputation for himself as a useful lower-order batsman but predominantly as a left-arm spinner. International career Karim also holds the unique distinction of having captained his country in both representative cricket and Davis Cup tennis. Cricket Karim retired from international cricket following the 1999 World Cup in England but was persuaded to return to add experience to Kenya's squad for the 2003 World Cup in South Africa where he helped Kenya become the first non-Test match playing nation reach the semi-finals of the World Cup. During the Super Sixes match against Australia, Karim gave the Australians a scare with figures Figure may refer to: General *A shape, drawing, depiction, or geometric configuration *Figure (wood), wood appearance *Figure (music), distinguished from musical motif *Noise figu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sagar Karia
Sagar Rohit Karia (born 3 June 1988) is a Kenyan former first-class cricketer. Karia was born at Mombasa in June 1988. He made what would be his only appearance in first-class cricket for Kenya Select against Zimbabwe A at Harare in 2007. Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 11 runs in the Kenyan first innings by Keith Dabengwa, while in their second innings he was dismissed for the same score by Timycen Maruma. He played his club cricket for Mombasa Sports Club, making a century for the club in 2017. His brother, Ashish Ashish or Aashish is a male given name. This name is most common in India and Nepal. It literally means blessing from the elderly or from God or Aashirwaad (blessing) in Hindi. Notable people with name 《Aashish/Ashish》 * Aashish Rana, Nepali si ..., also played first-class cricket. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Karia, Sagar 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Mombasa Kenyan cricketers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashish Karia
Ashish Vinod Karia (born 4 June 1986) is a Kenyan former first-class cricketer. Karia was born at Mombasa in June 1986. He was part of the Kenya national under-19 cricket team squad that took in the 2002 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, playing in two Youth One Day Internationals during the tournament against the West Indies and Papua New Guinea under-19 cricket teams. He later made what would be his only appearance in first-class cricket for Kenya against the Netherlands in the 2006–07 Intercontinental Cup at Nairobi. In the Netherlands first innings, he took the wickets of Ryan ten Doeschate and Daan van Bunge Daan Lodewijk Samuel van Bunge (born 19 October 1982), commonly as Daan van Bunge, is a Dutch cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm leg break bowler. He is the currently Director of Cricket at Haileybury in the UK. He also w ..., while in their second innings he took the wicket of Tim de Leede to finish with match figures of 3 for 61. Batting onc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muslim Kanji
Muslim Kanji (date of birth unknown – 7 March 2010) was a Demographics of Kenya, Kenyan first-class cricketer. Kanji represented Kenya national cricket team, Kenya in two editions of the ICC Trophy in 1982 ICC Trophy, 1982 and 1990 ICC Trophy, 1990, making seven appearances. He also made one appearance in first-class cricket for Kenya against the touring Pakistan Starlets cricket team, Pakistan Starlets at Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi in 1986. Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 2 runs in each of Kenya's two innings, both times by Sajjad Akbar. Kanji died in London in March 2010. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kanji, Muslim Date of birth unknown 2010 deaths Kenyan Muslims Kenyan cricketers Kenyan people of Indian descent Sportspeople of Indian descent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Kamande
James Kabatha Kamande (born 12 December 1978) is a former Kenyan cricketer and former limited over captain. He is a right-handed batsman and an off break bowler. International career Kamande made his One Day International debut for Kenya in the 1999 World Cup in England. In the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, Kamande captained the Kenyan Cricket Team for the first time in a World Cup. But poor performance in the series involved to sack him from captaincy. According to Graeme Pollock and other notable cricketers of African region (including South Africa and Zimbabwe) Jimmy was one of the best cricketer produced by Kenya, better than Steve Tikolo. Coaching career Kamande coached the Kenya national under-19 cricket team at the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand. Kamande was appointed coach of the Tanzania national cricket team The Tanzania national cricket team is the men's team that represents Tanzania in international cricket. Cricket has been played in what is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abeed Janmohamed
Abeed Mahmud Tajdin Janmohamed (born 10 December 1978, in Mombasa) is a Kenyan former cricketer. A right-handed batsman he usually took on the role of wicket-keeper. Janmohamed represented his country at Under-19 level at the 1998 Cricket World Cup, scoring 219 runs at the tournament. He would play for the senior team twice during the 2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup following a boycott by several players, his late call-up meant he only flew into Nairobi from London on the morning of the match against Namibia. Educated at Cranleigh School in Surrey, Janmohamed also played first-class cricket for Oxford Universities, featuring in three matches against county teams in 2000. Janmohamed graduated from Oxford Brookes University in 2002 with a degree in business management, before going on to work in commercial roles at Cricinfo and ESPN. He joined the Trustee board of the Lord's Taverners The Lord's Taverners is the UK's leading youth cricket and disability sports charity. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Pearce (cricketer)
Thomas Neill Pearce OBE (3 November 1905 – 11 April 1994) was an English cricketer and Rugby Union official. He was primarily a batsman for Essex and was captain for nearly 20 years. He also acted as secretary, chairman and president of Essex, and was also a Test selector for England. Cricket career Pearce made his first-class debut against Sussex at Leyton in 1929. He opened the batting, however number 6 was to become his usual position in the batting order. His selection was based on his high scoring in club cricket, at a time when Essex relied greatly on amateurs. During his first few years as an Essex player, he worked as a banker, however after two seasons he gave it up and started work in the wine trade. His first season as captain in 1933; a role he shared until 1938 with Denys Wilcox, saw Essex rise from 13th to 4th in the County Championship. The '' Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'' of 1934 reported that "Pearce captained with tactical judgment and enjoyed no lit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |