Kenyan cricket selectors on Tuesday named two teenagers in the 15-man squad for the Twenty20 World Championship.
All-rounder Alex Obanda and batsman Elijah Otieno earned their first caps while long-serving skipper Steve Tikolo who suffered a calf injury during the series retains his place with Thomas Odoyo as his deputy.
Kenya Squad: Steve Tikolo (capt), Thomas Odoyo (vice-capt), Morris Ouma, David Obuya, Tanmay Mishra, Collins Obuya, Alex Obanda, Jimmy Kamande, Hiren Varaiya, Peter Ongondo, Elijah Otieno, Nehemiah Odhiambo, Rajesh Bhudia, Tony Suji, Lameck Onyango.
Records before the start of World Twenty20 2007:
The 2009 ICC World Twenty20 is a Twenty20 cricket tournament scheduled to take place in England in June of 2009. It will be the second World Twenty20 and will consist of 12 teams, contested by all Test-playing nations plus qualifiers (Ireland, Netherlands and Scotland)
The Champions Twenty20 League, formed with the official sanction of ICC will kick off in October 2008. Eight domestic teams from four nations will participate. Cricket Australia will partner the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket South Africa (CSA). The champion team in the Champions Twenty20 league will get US $5 million, which is the highest ever prize money for a cricket event.
