{"id":450089,"date":"2011-06-29T10:50:19","date_gmt":"2011-06-29T10:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/29\/kenya-need-to-revive-cricket\/"},"modified":"2011-06-29T10:50:19","modified_gmt":"2011-06-29T10:50:19","slug":"kenya-need-to-revive-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/29\/kenya-need-to-revive-cricket\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya: Need to Revive Cricket"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"26.9968695652\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nation.co.ke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/nation180.jpg\" alt=\"The Nation (Nairobi)\" title=\"Visit The Nation (Nairobi)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>28 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>editorial<\/p>\n<p>Nairobi \u2014 For the past few weeks, Cricket Kenya has embarked on changes it says will help uplift the game.<\/p>\n<p>The changes came in the wake of the national team&#8217;s poor performance at the Cricket World Cup, and were praised by many as a starting point in restoring the glory of Kenyan cricket.<\/p>\n<p>The standards of the local sport have plummeted in the past seven years, with the national sides registering no meaningful wins home and away.<\/p>\n<p>But before many of the proposed changes could be effected, the CK Board and players had a fallout over new contracts, which the latter refused to sign, forcing the Board to come up with the kind of contracts the players had demanded.<\/p>\n<p>However, the exclusion of four senior players from the national team caused an even bigger problem bringing to the fore the bad blood between the Board and the players.<\/p>\n<p>No one wants to cede any ground; but unless the stand-off is resolved, the proposed changes will remain just that &#8212; proposals.<\/p>\n<p>It is at times of uncertainty like this that the Ministry of Sports needs to flex its muscle.<\/p>\n<p>Waiting for someone else to solve the problem is tantamount to admitting that it has failed.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Visit site:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106290660.html\" title=\"Kenya: Need to Revive Cricket\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kenya: Need to Revive Cricket<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 28 June 2011 editorial Nairobi \u2014 For the past few weeks, Cricket Kenya has embarked on changes it says will help uplift the game. 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