Kenya's Squad Heads to South Africa Ahead of Cricket Tournament

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Kenya cricket coach avid Obuya selected a 14-man squad ahead of their matches in the Africa Cricket Association (ACA) Twenty20 (T20) Cup Final 

Kenya will be featuring in the ACA T20 Cup Final that kicks off on Thursday, September 15, in Johannesburg, South Africa. 

The Kenyan team is expected to depart for South Africa on Tuesday evening, September 13 for the one-week tournament. 

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Kenya is in Group B alongside Nigeria, Malawi and Cameroon. 

According to the coach, the team will not underrate any of their opponents. He noted that as a team their goal was to add more wins so as to improve their ranking in the men’s International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 ranking. 

Kenya is ranked 28th with 2360 points, with India topping with 13,136 points. Only the top two teams in each group will progress to the next stage of the competition. 

Other countries that will be participating in the tournament include ACA associate members Cameroon, Botswana, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria and Uganda will be participating in this tournament. 

ACA T20 Cup Final Fixtures: 

Group A: Uganda, Botswana, Ghana and Mozambique 

Group B: Kenya, Nigeria, Malawi and Cameroon 

September 15 

Botswana vs Uganda, Kenya vs Nigeria  

September 16 

Ghana vs Mozambique, Malawi vs Kenya 

September 17  

Nigeria vs Cameroon, Uganda vs Ghana  

September 18 

Cameroon vs Malawi, Uganda vs Mozambique 

September 19 

Mozambique vs Botswana, Nigeria vs Malawi 

September 20 

Kenya vs Cameroon, Botswana vs Ghana

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