Steve Tikolo

When Swaminarayan sect went to Kenya and wanted to blend with the local community, it was cricket that built bridges between people there.But that what was in 1975.

Tikolo brothers were once the toast of Kenyan cricket with Tom and Steve Tikolo being their star players in the 1996 World Cup held in the sub-continent.

Five Indians, including Sachin Tendulkar, were on Friday named in the 14-member Asian One-day cricket team for the Afro-Asian Cup to be held in India in June.

With two matches left before the quarter-finals, the Kenyan team is hoping for a miracle, after their less than satisfactory performance.

Parthiv Patel plundered a quick hundred on Sunday to give the visiting India A side a comfortable lead of 108 runs over Kenya in the opening three-day match.

With the T20 taking the cricket by storm, a concerned ICC has convened a two-day meeting to discuss ways to protect and promote Test cricket.

Down 0-1 in the three-match ODI series, the African XI are keen to level it as they take on the Asian XI in the second Afro-Asia Cup tie at the MA Chidambaram stadium on Saturday.

AHMEDABAD: When India plays Kenya on Saturday at the ICC Champions Trophy in London, many in Gujarat may experience a unique feeling.

Zimbabwe all-rounder Elton Chigumbura scored 79 and claimed two wickets to lead his team to a 109-run win over Kenya in the first of a five-match limited-overs series.

The long list for the ICC awards included Zaheer Khan and Anil Kumble in the Test category, while Yuvraj Singh made it to the ODI list none of them could make it to the final list.

Ireland became the first team to qualify for next year's World Twenty20 Championships in England after labouring to a four-wicket win over Kenya in the first semi-final of the qualifying tournament at Stormont.

Dhoni's record sixth-wicket stand with Jayawardene helped the side to beat Africa XI by 13 runs and complete a whitewash in their third and final tie of the Afro-Asia Cup.

Umpiring in cricket is all set for a major revamp with the ICC cricket committee recommending a referral system in Tests.

According to some experts, Gujarati migrants of the 19th century are credited with transforming East Africa’s barter society into a money economy.

The Asian XI will be hoping for an unassailable 2-0 lead to pocket the Afro-Asia Cup title when they cross sword with their African counterparts in the 2nd ODI in Chennai.

The slum-dwelling schoolboys batting in the nets in Nairobi are at the heart of an effort to rescue Kenyan cricket from a seemingly endless slump, dogged by poor performances, governance issues and political wrangles.

Cricket's biggest championship has had its share of the shocking and the scandalous.

Shaun Pollock slammed his maiden ODI hundred but could not prevent Asia XI crush Africa XI by 34 runs in the opening tie of the Afro-Asia Cup at Chinnaswamy Stadium.

TimesofIndia.com takes a look at the record of most number of half-centuries scored by batsmen in cricket’s biggest showpiece event across all eleven editions played so far.