Showed a bit of ticker in the 50-over World Cup last year if I remember correctly. Collins Obuya is also a solid no.3 (98no against Australia) but probably not a T20 player.
Would love to be seeing some of these matches, lucky you.
Afghanistan look like qualifying with no worries, but will it be Namibia or Ireland from Pool B... Ireland had trouble with Scotland and barely limped past Italy, maybe they're missing Niall O'Brien more than they thought they would.
DiVenuto failed again today I see. Pretty embarrassing for a guy with the FC record he has.
Yeah, Collins is quite a handy all rounder. With the talent Kenya have you'd think they'd certainly be WT20 quality, but it might be tough for them to make it from here. The the gradual improvement though of Ireland, Nambia, Holland and Scotland and the emergence of Afghanistan it looks as though we've got a strong set of associate teams these days.
I am very lucky. I live five minutes away from the stadium, and it's free admission.
In Ireland's defense, they were beaten (?) by a red hot Namibia team and the Italian side I saw the other day against Kenya are no easy-beats. I'm sure they'll find their form in the preliminary stages later on. Italy put away a Ugandan side that's actually been pretty good (outplayed Nambia for 80% of the match the other day), so it's great to see a big improvement in Italian cricket. DiVenuto may be failing with the bat (agreed, that's quite embarrassing) but perhaps his professional presence is having an impact on the squad.
Shame I won't get to see the rest of the games, there are no matches beyond tomorrow in Abu Dhabi and I'll be out of town for the next couple days. Has been great fun to watch so far though.