Cricket Kenya deploys coach to scout for expertise in Kisumu Central

Cricket Kenya deploys coach to scout for expertise in Kisumu Central

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Cricket Kenya (CK) will subsequent week deploy a coach to supervise youth cricket coaching periods in additional than 5 academies established by the affiliation as they search to scout for expertise in faculties inside Kisumu Sub-County.

In an interview with People Sport yesterday, Kisumu Central Sub-County-based, St. Paul’s Kanyakwar major faculty cricket head coach Samuel Mariga, stated CK will deploy an total coach to begin overseeing the coaching of college pupils, within the recreation.

 “CK will deploy an experienced overall coach George Otieno, next week, once schools reopen after the long Christmas 2024 and New Year 2025 festive season, who will oversee youth cricket training sessions in academies of more than five schools, located within the largely urban Kisumu Central sub-county,” Mariga stated.

He stated the CK total coach can even construct on the youth coaching basis, as an example, St. Paul’s Kanyakwar major faculty cricket coaches led by head tactician Mariga, together with Bill Clinton and Benjamin Danga, undertook throughout a just-completed two-week youth teaching programme on the faculty, over the past December 2024 vacation.

 “During last December schools holiday, at St.Paul’s Kanyakwar primary school, we had 48 pupils, comprising an equal 24 boys and girls in camp, undertaking cricket training. And, Kanyakwar Headteacher Sister Mary Millicent, supported the training with a meal feeding programme,” Mariga stated.

And, Mariga disclosed that after faculties reopen subsequent week, the CK’s total coach will oversee cricket coaching at St. Paul’s Kanyakwar, Highway Comprehensive School, Kisumu Senior School, Kisumu Junior School, Lake Comprehensive School and MM Shah Primary School.

He stated the teaching periods would happen, twice per week, concentrating on pupils and college students on the recognized faculties the place cricket academies have been lately established, and would entail taking the youth by way of studying the fundamentals of cricket.

“The school youth will be taken through learning cricket basis such as bowling, batting the ball, catching the ball, scoring runs and winning during the game,” Mariga defined.

Cricket academies have been lately established on the greater than 5 faculties throughout the Kisumu sub-county by United Kingdom-based Cricket Without Boundaries (CBW) volunteers, who visited Kenya, educated youth and donated cricket stumps, bats and balls to a number of studying establishments in Western Kenya areas of Kisumu Central sub-county, Siaya County, Kakamega County.

In a separate interview with People Sport, CK’s Development coach Nick Oluoch, who accompanied the CWB volunteer coaches led by Mark Campbell, together with Anil Karia, Dylan Swanepoel, Ed Lamb, Gemma Manvel, Marilyn Smith, Sorcha Breslin and Verity Turner, throughout cricket youth teaching session that lined components of central areas Nakuru, Thika and Muranga, stated the UK-based trainers additionally established youth academies in these areas.

“In addition to cricket coaching concentrating on youth in recognized faculties in Western Kenya, Rift Valley and Central areas, the CWB trainers additionally donated cricket taking part in tools and donated sanitary pads in faculties like St. Mark Nyabera and Kisian major faculties in Kisumu Central sub-county, “Oluoch recalled.

Oluoch stated the deployment by CK of an total cricket coach to Kisumu Central sub-county is a follow-up to the youth cricket coaching basis lately established by CWB and a part of an elaborate programme by CK in partnership with CWB to popularise and nurture the sport of cricket amongst Kenyan youth and create a feeder pool of expertise for the nation’s nationwide groups {and professional} cricket golf equipment.