NAIROBI, Kenya, April 17- Kenya will get a chance to gauge its preparedness ahead of the ICC Intercontinental Cup tournament when it competes at the International Twenty20 Quadrangular Series in Windhoek, Namibia on Saturday.
Head Coach Robin Brown is not relenting on his development path as he guides the national team from United Arab Emirates with good performances against Canada in the Intercontinental Cup.
“Kenya has potential and we need to continue on our recent winning ways,” Brown said on Tuesday in Nairobi.
“Despite the absence Duncan Allan and Irfan Karim, we expect positive results in Namibia. The team has improved over the last couple of months.”
Cricket Kenya has retained experienced Collins Obuya as the team captain in naming its 14-member team, which departed for Windhoek on Tuesday.
The Twenty20 Quadrangular Series will be held between April 19-25 with South Africa and Netherlands joining Kenya and the hosts as participants.
South Africa, a dominant force in the world game will however, send a development side to the tournament.
The two back-to-back Twenty20 matches against Netherlands on April 19-20 will be classified as T20 Internationals since the Dutch side is an ODI country.
The Quadrangular Series will be competed on a round robin format with the top two making the finals and a third place play- off for the two other sides.
“After our good show in Dubai, it looks like avenues are opening up and we are getting good matches. Our tour of Namibia has come at the right time, just a few months before we play our Intercontinental Cup matches between June and October,” said the Captain.
Kenya will meet Scotland in the Intercontinental Cup, an ODI tournament, in July and later take on Afghanistan in Dubai in September.
“All the Kenyan players are in good shape and ready to play to the best of their ability,” said Obuya.
Kenya has been training in Nairobi for the last one month and the coach is satisfied with the level of sharpness and skills displayed by the side.
SQUAD
Collins Obuya (Captain), Ragheb Aga, Alex Obanda, Elijah Otieno,Tanmay Mishra, Rakep Patel, Morris Ouma, Nelson Odhiambo, Nehemiah Odhiambo, Lucas Oluoch, Hiren Varaiya, Emmanuel Bundi, Shem Ngoche, James Ngoche.