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INTERNATIONAL CRICKET COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM – AFRICA
AFRICA CRICKET ASSOCIATION
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www.africacricket.org
BOTSWANA
The Umpires training course was been done at Crescent School in Lobatse on the 30th and 31st of
July 2011. The course was been conducted by Ravi Angara as follows.
Saturday 30th July 2011
Morning Session 1 – Discuss about the Laws of Cricket (Law 1 to Law 6)
Morning Session 2 – Physical interpretation and demonstration of Law 7 to Law 9, Foot Fault and
other No ball calls, how to judge a wide and Square leg umpire duties.
Afternoon Session – Law 18 to Law 29
Sunday 31st July 2011
Morning Session 1 – Interactive sessions, any doubts to discuss from previous days sessions.
Morning Session 2 – Law 29 till Law 42
Afternoon Session – Law 43 and quick review of the course with an interactive session.
10 candidates attended the course from both Lobatse and Kanye. There was an active
participation from all the attendees whom were very keen to know the Laws of Cricket. The Pdf
document of the recent version of the Laws of Cricket were given to the attendees to go through,
and at a convenient date a revision of the laws can be done followed by an exam to grade the
attendees.
GAMBIA
The 2011 GCA primary school league which started a month ago and comprised of all the primary
schools in Banjul came to an end on Friday 15th July at the July 22nd square in Banjul. Methodist
Preparative and St. Mary’s Lower basic school were the two schools who manage to make it up to
the final. The day started with the two school team captains of each team taken the toss which
was won by the captain of St. Mary’s lower basic school and set his opponent to field with his side
batting comfortably without any pressure putting up a score of 57runs for 7 wickets
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Modou Jallow batted for his school and
score 8 runs the highest run scorer and
also took 5 wickets in his overs bowled
for his school which secure his School
and average of 8.14 In the second
innings Methodist batted and scored 58
runs with 17 wickets Samsudeen Coker
batted and score 12 runs the highest run
scorer for his school Pa Modou Jagne
bowled and took 3 wickets which
makes an average of 3.41 for Methodist Prep.
School after an average check St. Mary’s lower basic school becomes the 2011 primary school
winner.
For the primary school cricket, the Bakers Mini Cricket rules with 8 player per team which is more
fun and gives every player a chance to bowl 12 balls and bat 12 balls each and also help the
players to be and all rounder instead of specializing in one are of the game to know the score
made by the team you take the total number of runs made by the team and divide it by the
number of wickets on the team which gives u an average figure as the final score for each team.
The President of the Association presented the winning Trophy to the winning school the runners up
Trophy to Methodist Preparative School. Peter Campbell the coordinator assign by the Association
to run the Primary school league presented the man of the series trophy goes to Pa Kebba Jeng of
Methodist Preparative. REPORTS BY: Wilfred Remileku Riley - Administrative Secretary
KENYA
An Introductory Umpires Course was held in Kenyatta Stadium, Kisumu– Kenya from the 30th of June
to the 01st of July 2011. 17 participants attended the course which was conducted by David
Odhiambo.
New kids on the block in cricket development in Kenya, Kisumu County is where the latest umpiring
course to be conducted by Cricket Kenya was held on Thursday and Friday at the Kenyatta
grounds. They had 17 entrants who turned up to bring themselves up to speed with the latest
techniques in officiating cricket.
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Kisumu town continues to benefit immensely on the programmes conducted by the National body
and previously had two-introductory to cricket courses as well as the successful inaugural six-a-side
cricket tournament for the secondary schools in the municipality.
Having completed those processes, of course new challenges emerged with the hosting of the
inaugural six-a-side event, where officiating revolved around the chosen few, while the rest could
only sit and watch events unfold. An enormous task for just a few hands to handle a whole day’s
event and there surfaced a necessity to hold an introductory course on umpiring, though initially
planned but then it beckoned that more people needed the basic knowledge to perform official
duties in matches involving their schools.
The introductory syllabus covered a good 27 laws of the game that are necessary for beginners on
law enforcement in cricket. Umpiring video clips were employed in a bid to assist the participants
with a better understanding to the interpretations of the laws.
Commendable was the active participation of this group throughout the learning process that
made sure those discussions were helpful in their efforts to up-skill in the adjudication side of the
game. The group took the opportunity to laud the National body for the efforts it’s making in
uplifting the standards of the game and especially the chance being accorded to them.
-----------------------------------------------------------The cricket administrators program on Finance was held on the 02nd of July 2011 by David
Odhiambo and brought together a total of 17 participants mostly from the teaching fraternity
within Nakuru town and its environs.
Covered in details were the uses of different cash recording systems including receipts, petty cash
and cashbooks and explanation provided on their importance in relation to accountability
processes. The participants were taken through the processes of budget preparation and were
reminded to ensure that those budgets are then linked to their strategic plans.
The course covered basic book keeping strategies to assist cricket administrators to develop skills
relating to budgeting and financial reporting.
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The position of the treasurer was identified as one that requires good organisation, honest and
trustworthy individuals due to the sensitivity of their job. The attendees also learnt and discussed in
details the different sources of income for different entities and the expenditure areas. Achieving a
balanced budget where expenditure is funded by income is the best way to keep afloat and
ensure sustainability.
-----------------------------------------------------------A Level A Introductory Course for Umpires was held in Kenya from the 08th – 09th July 2011. 10
participants attended the course.
Umpiring courses have been coming thick and fast during this period across the country but that is
due to the fact that the cricket session has just commenced or is just about to commence in most
of the regions that run their usual cricket leagues in Kenya and this one in Mombasa brought
together 10 participants from the teaching and cricketing fraternity.
Participants went through the umpire introductory phase and were using this gathering as an
opportunity to step up their knowledge on the game with the remainder of the laws and make the
crucial jump to a more recognizable level.
Much of the challenge still lies ahead in the field, but this lot of novice umpires can stake claim that
they have been armed with the necessary information to begin their aspirations on the umpiring
front.
Umpiring decisions carry significant effects on matches and henceforth have to be well thought of
before they are executed and therefore the needs to have an in depth look at each and every
one of them. There is nothing certain in the occurrences on the field of play, and the new recruits
were well instructed to ensure that each and every delivery received their full attention to ensure
that they make sound judgment based on facts before them.
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Kutub Gulamabbas – a member of the Associates and Affiliates umpires’ panel for Africa, took the
time to make a valuable 90-minute presentation on his specialty ‘the D/L method’. He covered
both the standard and professional editions of the system and answered relevant questions while
giving examples from previous matches. Ultimately, the attendees took a test on the laws where
they performed slightly above average.
-----------------------------------------------------------The Coast province cricket tournament for primary schools was successfully completed at Coast
Gymkhana on Friday 29th July, 2011 in Mombasa, Kenya. After four days of intense competition
amongst a quartet of top state schools from the coastal city, Ronald Ngala primary school
emerged champions after beating Ziwani Boys by 9 runs via a super-over decider after the best of
three finals ended in a stalemate.
(Winning Team of Ronald Ngala Primary School)
Challenging the victors for the prestigious title was the trio of Serani primary, Ziwani Boys and a
combined Fahari/Sparki schools outfit.
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The first of these finals went right to the wire, when after 15 overs of tough competition, Ziwani boys
and Ronald Ngala settled for 32 runs apiece. It meant that honours were shared as the second
final beckoned; Ronald Ngala ceased the initiative to take the next step towards the title by
outsmarting opponents Ziwani Boys 50 runs to 30 runs to beat their arch-rivals by 20.
The best of three finals had now been shared one to one and it needed the delightful influence of
the ‘super-over’ to separate the two protagonists. But defending champions Ronald Ngala were
not going to be denied their place at the podium; they began the final hurdle event every bit like
title holders, taking the early initiative to score 9 runs of the single over eliminator before keeping it
so tight to deny neighbors Ziwani Boys an opportunity to register any score on the board from all six
deliveries.
The best bowler’s award went to A. Swaleh who registered 82 runs off 9 innings and M. Bakari’s
effort of 26 wickets conceding only 39 runs in 12 overs bowled, earned the youngster, the
accolade of being crowned the best bowler in public institutions at the coast.
(R.Ngala Primary School Team Captain Ayub Mohamed receiving Winners Trophy from Coast Gymkhana Manager Mr. Mehshek, seen
together with them Coast Development Officer Joseph Owino and Best Bowler Bakari Mwauda.)
-----------------------------------------------------------Cricket Kenya has announced Collins Obuya as the new captain of the National team.
The 29-year-old, who has signed a new one year contract with Cricket Kenya, has played 92 oneday internationals for his country and was Kenya’s outstanding performer at the World Cup earlier
this year where he featured in the tournament’s top 10 batsmen. He will first lead the side against
the United Arab Emirates in the Intercontinental Cup and two 50 over matches next week.
Chief Executive Tom Sears said: ‘Collins is a model professional and his hard work and dedication
are an example to other players. He is now an extremely experienced and accomplished player
who can set the standards on and off the field for others to aspire to.
-----------------------------------------------------------New Zealander Mike Hesson has been appointed as the new coach of the Kenyan national team.
The 36-year-old is widely regarded as one of the best young coaches in the game and has been
involved in coaching New Zealand “A” and “Emerging Players” sides since 2005 as well as assisting
the New Zealand national team as a specialist batting coach. He joins Cricket Kenya from New
Zealand provincial side Otago where he enjoyed a highly successful six year spell. During his time in
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charge of Otago he won two domestic titles and took the team to the Champions League
Twenty20 tournament. Hesson has also spent time with English County side Gloucestershire as an
assistant coach.
The former top order batsman will join on an initial two year contract and will arrive in Nairobi in
time for the upcoming Intercontinental Cup match against the United Arab Emirates.
Mike Hesson said: ‘Being appointed the Kenyan National Coach is a real honour. Having spoken
with Cricket Kenya key stakeholders during the selection process I was stimulated by the passion
shown to drive Cricket Kenya forward. I am very much looking forward to this exciting new
coaching opportunity and working with the undoubted talent there is within Kenya.”
-----------------------------------------------------------Former Kenya international Kennedy Obuya has become a National Selector to complete the
newly constituted Cricket Kenya National Selection panel.
The 39-year-old former wicket keeper batsmen, who played 90 one day internationals for Kenya,
joins Chairman of Selectors and former team mate Alpesh Vadher and new National Coach Mike
Hesson on the panel. They will be advised by National captain Collins Obuya and Cricket Kenya’s
panel of elite coaches.
RWANDA
This year’s T20 League Tournament was sponsored by robotics solutions sarl with 1.5 million which
will be used in this league, and this league is composed of nine teams classified in two groups A
&B.
On 3rd July 2011 the Robotics T20 league commenced in Kagarama ss where in group A KCC vs.
VICTORY CC opened the tournament .victory winning the toss they chose to bat and they put on
113 runs on board with 21 runs of audifax and siboniyo as they opened batting for their team
,KCC chassed the score with the loss of eight wicket kcc with the contribution of opening
batsman Nadeem 44 runs and Mahesh 23 runs helped a lot kcc to win their first game. KCC won
by 8 wickets.
In the afternoon in group B, Indorwa cc vs strikers cc played the second match, strikers opened
with bowling and they took Indorwa on 117 runs all out, mihir Bhatt with 37 runs on board and
Rizwanj managed to take 06 wickets .in the 2nd innings strikers chassed the score the partnership of
captain Subhasis and Bhargan with 50 runs not out led strikers to their victory. Now strikers is
acceded number one in their group B. The league started on 3rd July and it will end in august 07th.
-----------------------------------------------------------A visiting team of the United Kingdom Conservatives under their social action project, known as
“Umubano”, pledged to help build a modern cricket facility in Kigali, Rwanda.
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The pledge was made after a team of the Conservatives won a friendly cricket match against
Rwanda Old Timers “Abakambwe” by six wickets. The match that took place at Kicukiro cricket
field was part of the group’s ongoing series of sports activities.
Charles Haba, the President of Rwanda Cricket Association, commended the Conservatives for
their visit, the pledge and the cricket match. “It’s part of their traditional annual visit to have a
cricket match with us but this time they have taken it to a much higher level because they have
donated a lot of playing equipment to the association,” he said. “They are going to assist us in
building a modern cricket facility in Kigali that can host international matches.”
Haba added that the Project Umubano has pledged to work with them to take cricket to another
level. During the game, the Old Timers batted first and set 114 runs but Umubano team scored 115
runs for four and emerged victors.
Speaking after the match, Alan Sendorek, Umubano Captain said that it was a wonderful
experience to play with Rwanda Old Timers. “We are very happy to have won the game but most
important we got to know each other and shared experiences,” he said.
SEYCHELLES
The Seychelles Cricket Association Junior Cricket Tournament finals took place on the 08th of July
2011 in Mahe, Seychelles
Praslin Pinch Hitters blasted away the Mahe Master Blasters by two runs in Sunday’s final at
Freedom Square to take home the Junior league title.
The Master Blasters won the toss and elected to bowl first. The Pinch Hitters lost Dylan (2 runs),
Sudharsen (8 runs) and Anthony (10 runs) in the first 4 overs. Things were brought back on track by
Milind and Stephane, who put on 55 runs for the 4th wicket. Milind was dropped 4 times in his 21
runs with 1 six, while Stephane made 18 runs. After their dismissal, Hessel finished strongly, smashing
19 runs with 3 fours and 1 six.
At the end of the 1st innings, the Pinch Hitters made 111 for 6 in 15 overs. For the Master Blasters,
Dharmesh picked up 1 for 26 in 4 overs and Ricky picked up 3 wickets for 33 runs in 4 overs despite
an expensive 14 runs last over.
In pursuit of 112 runs, the Master Blasters lost Ashay (1 run) and Dharmesh (2 runs) early. However, a
massive 80-run stand between Byron and Rangan for the 3rd wicket brought the contest alive,
raising the Master Blasters’ hope. Both batsmen batted smartly and kept the required run rate. The
turning point of the game came in the 12th over when Rangan was dismissed after scoring 30 runs
with 3 fours.
The game went down to the wire with Master Blasters requiring 11 runs off the last over as the
equation changed to 3 runs required off the last ball.
Unfortunately for the Master Blasters, Ritesh could not get them past the finish line as the Pinch
Hitters won a close contest by just 2 runs to win the tournament.
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Mahe Master Blasters made 109 for 3 in 15 runs – 3 runs short of what they needed, with Byron
remaining not out on 41 runs with 3 fours after a splendid partnership with Rangan.
For the Pinch Hitters, co-captains Milind and Anthony picked up 1 wicket each for 24 runs. The
presentation ceremony was held immediately after the match.
The Silhouette Seamers and La Digue Dashers teams received silver medals for coming out third
and fourth respectively. As for finalists Mahe Master Blasters and Praslin Pinch Hitters, received gold
medals.
The other award winners were as follows:
Men of the match in the final: Byron Paul (Mahe Master Blasters) and Milind Patel (Praslin Pinch
Hitters)
Batsmen of the series: Anthony Hayman (Praslin Pinch Hitters)
Bowler of the series: Travis Mills
Player of the series: Anthony Hayman (Praslin Pinch Hitters)
Most Improved Player: Ashwin Venkateshwaralu (Silhouette Seamers)
Fair Play Award: La Digue Dashers team
Most Promising Girl: Gopi Bhudia (Praslin Pinch Hitters)
DLF Maximum Sixes: Jaydip Raghvani
Catch of the Tournament: Manisha Kapoor (Mahe Master Blasters)
La Digue
Praslin Pinch Hitters
Mahe SM
Silhoutte Seamers Sm
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UGANDA
Uganda hosted the Pepsi ICC Africa Division One T20 Qualifiers Tournament from the 9th - 15th July
2011.
Five (5) teams participated in this 7 day tournament namely Uganda, Kenya, Namibia, Ghana and
Nigeria, the two West African teams that had qualified from the Division 2 Qualifiers held in South
Africa.
Two grounds were used for the tournament namely Lugogo and Kyambogo Cricket Ovals which
were prepared to perfection. Tremendous skills were displayed by the players in the tournament,
which were blessed with very good weather.
There was one winner at the end of the tournament with Uganda having the best of Namibia in
the final held at Lugogo. Fans turned up in large numbers anticipating a lot of runs on the properly
prepared pitches and they were not disappointed as several games had scores above the 200
mark.
Below is the pictorial of the tournament
L-R: Kenyan and Namibian players take the attack to the bowlers.
L: Namibian players attempt to save a boundary R: Laurence Sematimba of Uganda gets creative against Ghana
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L: Charles Waiswa attempts a run out against Namibia: R: The Nigerian Keeper drops a catch.
Above: The Ugandan team celebrates victories over Namibia
Above: Part of the spectators that turned up for the final at
Lugogo Cricket Oval which amounted to 5500 spectators
FINAL POSITIONS AFTER THE PLAY OFFS
1st Place Uganda National Team
2nd Place Namibia National Team
3rd Place Kenya National Team
4th Place Nigeria National Team
5th Place Namibia National Team
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The Match Referee commented that the tournament was highly successful and very well
organized by Uganda Cricket Association under the banners of ICC Africa.
OFFICIALS & UMPIRES OF PEPSI ICC AFRICA APL 20/20 TOURNAMENT IN UGANDA
The photograph shows: Standing: Left to Right: Isaac Oyieko(Kenya), Rockie D' Mello(Kenya)
Patrick Makumbi(Uganda), Lalji Bhudia(Kenya) A.W. Louw(Namibia)
Sitting: Left to Right: Jeffrey Luck(Namibia), Justine Ligyalingi(CEO Uganda Cricket Association), Graham McMillan(Tournament Director)
and Subhash Modi(Tournament Match Referee)
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The Uganda Cricket Association Schools Cricket Week Qualifiers took place in the Central, Eastern
and Western Regions. The Annual Schools Cricket Week attracts 12 schools every year to Kampala
and is scheduled to kick off on August 13th. Teams from the 3 regions have to compete for the 12
available slots. The competitions in Eastern and Western Regions as well as the Central Region
were completed in July 2011.
-----------------------------------------------------------The Regional qualifiers for the MTN/Stanbic Mini-Cricket Development programme were held as
follows in Uganda: Nile Region Jinja SSS Cricket Oval 11th June 2011
 Western Region Kakyeka Ground 23rd July 2011
 Central Region Luwero Sports Ground 23rd July 2011
 Kampala Region Lugogo Cricket Oval 23rd July 2011
 Eastern Region Mbale Stadium 22nd July 2011
The best teams in the four categories of Under 11 girls, Under 11 boys, Under 14 girls and Under 14
boys qualified for the National Competitions. The National Competitions shall take place on 25th
September 2011 at Lugogo and Kyambogo Cricket Ovals.
Above: Action at Lugogo Cricket Oval
L: A player lets one loose. R: A player dispatches one for a couple.
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ZIMBABWE
The ICC-Africa Regional Office in conjunction with the Africa
Cricket Association wish to congratulate the Zimbabwean
National Team and officials on their outstanding
performance and victory during the test match against
Bangladesh.
You have certainly done Africa, your Country as well as the
Zimbabwe Cricket Association Proud! Well done to the
Players, Coach, Management and officials of the Zimbabwe
Cricket National Team that made this win possible
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REMINDERS
CAP COURSE MODULE 3 – (July) & MODULE 4 (October)
Kindly send in all reports on these CAP Module courses held within your respective countries.
We have to date still not received some of the countries Module 1 & 2 Reports – this will work against your
countries compliance therefore kindly send them in most urgently
CRICKET WEEK
Cricket Week to be held within your respective countries and this should be hosted in the first week of
September 2011. Kindly send in your report of the events held in celebration of the cricket week
AIDS DAY CELEBRATION
The Annual Aids Day celebration will take place within your respective countries on the 01st of December
2011. Kindly send in your reports of the days events
SENIOR WOMENS ELITE CAMP
14 – 17 October 2011
2 candidates per country. Participating countries: Sierra Leone; Nigeria; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Rwanda;
Namibia; Botswana; Mozambique
CEO’S CONFERENCE
28 – 31 October 2011
Confirmation of countries / delegates to be advised
UMPIRES CONFERENCE
25 – 27 November 2011
Confirmation of countries / delegates to be advised
U17 REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS
09 – 11 December 2011
South and Central - Johannesburg, South Africa; North-West – TBA & East – Tanzania
SENIOR WOMANS TOURNAMENT
16 – 20 December 2011 - Uganda
Participating countries: Uganda; Namibia; Kenya; Tanzania; Nigeria and Botswana
CONTACT US
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT MANAGER - CASSIM SULIMAN
Mobile: 0027 83 212 7420 - Email: [email protected]
REGIONAL PROJECTS OFFICER – ZURAIDA BADAT
Email: [email protected]
SENIOR DEVELOPMENT CO-ORDINATOR – GRAHAM MCMILLAN
Mobile: 0027 83 267 2962 – Email: [email protected]
MEMBER SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE OFFICER – GOODLOVE POSWA
Mobile: 0027 78 180 2330 – Email: [email protected] or
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