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Richard Mwangi<\/p>\n

27 July 2011<\/p>\n

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Kenya open their campaign for the International Cricket Council Intercontinental Cup against the United Arab Emirates at the Nairobi Gymkhana on Thursday with a makeshift side.<\/p>\n

The disagreement between Cricket Kenya and players who represented the country in this year’s World Cup in Asia culminated in a majority of local players who had been offered contracts declining to accept the offer.<\/p>\n

Members of World Cup squad<\/strong><\/p>\n

Team skipper Collins Obuya, Rakep Patel and Tanmay Mishra are the only members of the World Cup squad left in the team.<\/p>\n

That left the CK with seven contracted players. Seren Waters and Ragheb Aga, both who are based in England, were part of the seven but not available for the event, leaving the CK with five contracted players at their disposal.<\/p>\n

The CK was forced to turn to Kanbis, one of the top teams in the Nairobi Provincial Cricket Association league for players who formed the bulk of the team to face the UAE on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Rakep Patel will spearhead batting attack with the support of Runish Gudhka and captain Obuya who has struggled with the bat in the two one-day games against the UAE. Tanmay Mishra, Rajesh Varsani and Ramesh Mepani are also expected to play a leading role.<\/p>\n

The bowling attack will be led by Rajesh Bhudia who enjoyed a short spell with the national squad. He will be supported by either Dominic Wesonga or Lucas Oluoch. Amit Shukla is the other medium pacer in the side.<\/p>\n

Rakep to spearhead batting<\/strong><\/p>\n

Spinners in the side are Gudhka (off break) and Hiren Varaiya (left arm). It is hoped that once the game is over, CK will resolve problems facing the team and put together a formidable side before they head to the Netherlands in September for their second game.<\/p>\n

Other teams taking part in the expanded event include defending champions Afghanistan, Ireland, Canada, Scotland and Namibia.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, Geoffrey Boycott has said India’s defeat by England in the first Test at Lord’s marked the “beginning of the end” of their time as the world’s number one Test team.<\/p>\n

England, who won the first Test by 196 runs, will replace India at the top of the ICC’s Test Championship table if they win the ongoing four-match series by a margin of at least two Tests.<\/p>\n

And former South Africa fast bowler Allan Donald believes Andrew Strauss’s side “deserve” to be at the summit of Test cricket.<\/p>\n

The second Test starts at Trent Bridge on Friday and Boycott, writing in the London Daily Telegraph, said the tourists’ bowling was “not good enough to worry England”.<\/p>\n

Additional reporting by AFP<\/em><\/p>\n

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