Cricket skipper of Kenya, Steve Tikolo, will be vice-captain to the South
African captain Graeme Smith in the Africa team for the second Afro-Asian
cricket tournament to be held in India in June.
According to the sources, Tikolo was one of four Kenyans in
the squad that also feature players from Zimbabwe.
The Afro-Asia tournament, which has been accorded official
ODI status by the International Cricket Council, will be played in Bangalore
and Chennai between June 6 and June 10.
The Asian team, winners of the inaugural tournament in South
Africa in 2005, will comprise players from Bangladesh, India,
Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
The winner will earn 25,000 dollars with each participating player being paid
5,000 dollars each.
Africa squad is as following:
Graeme Smith (RSA/Captain), Steve Tikolo (Ken/Vice-Captain), Johan Botha (RSA),
Mark Boucher (RSA), Elton Chigumbura (Zim), AB de Villiers (RSA), Herchelle
Gibbs (RSA), Andrew Hall (RSA), Jacques Kallis (RSA), Makhaya Ntini (RSA), Thomas
Odoyo (Ken), Peter Ongondo (Ken), Shaun Pollock (RSA), Vusi Sibanda (Zim) and
Hiren Varaiya (Ken).
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