Kenya: Npca to Honour Tikolo Tomorrow

Nairobi Star (Nairobi)

Dun Okinyo

22 July 2011

Nairobi Provincial Cricket Association (NPCA) will tomorrow honour former national cricket captain Steve Tikolo for his services in Kenya and provincial cricket for the two decades.

This will be second time in a month Tikolo will be honored after his current club Stray Lions gave him to a similar at Simba Union. NPCA will also use the occasion to award winners of 2010-11 season. “Tikolo is no stranger to Kenya cricket and his achievements are there to see. He has done so much for this country and we feel we need to honour him.

We want to thank him in person for his services and dedication to cricket,” said NPCA secretary John Moyi. In a career spanning two decades, Tikolo has made an outstanding and widely recognised contribution to the game of cricket. He has also set new standards for cricket excellence and has shown exemplary conduct as a humanitarian off the field.

Tikolo is the only batsman in associate’s nations history to break the record for the highest individual score twice.

At the local level, Tikolo commonly known as “Guns” by the virtue of his batting style, has set countless records. He has been a prolific scorer and is considered to be one of the better known players to have come out of Kenya.

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