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| | Wednesday, 3 July, 2002, 10:57 GMT 11:57 UK Kenya must wait for Tests Kenya beat West Indies during the 1996 World Cup Kenya's bid for Test match status has been put on hold for at least a year by the International Cricket Council. The game's world governing body will not grant the African country full member status until its domestic cricket structure has been strengthened. Kenya currently takes part in one-day internationals against the major Test-playing nations and staged the ICC Knockout tournament in Nairobi two years ago. But the ICC believes that until Kenyan cricketers begin playing four-day games, the step up to five-day Test matches will be too great. "They only have a club structure at the moment but are working to put in place a provincial system, which should enable them to play four-day games," said ICC Development Manager Andrew Eade. Bangladesh have found the transition extremely difficult since they became full members in August 2000, with the national side losing 10 of the 11 Tests they have played so far.
"With Bangladesh, it was a slightly different situation in that they had a much bigger base for cricket and were already playing the longer version of the game," Eade added. "Cricket is still not a hugely popular grass roots sport in Kenya." The Kenya Cricket Association believes they are stronger than Zimbabwe were when they received Test status in 1982, the last African country to do so. "However, we are not arguing with the ICC's ruling and we will comply with everything that has been asked of us," KCA chairman Jimmy Rayani told the Bloomberg news agency. Kenya can make a fresh application for full member status in June 2003. The ICC recently agreed to continue recognising the KCA despite the Kenyan government's attempts to disband the country's football and cricket authorities amid allegations of financial mismanagement. The High Court in Nairobi overturned the Sports Minister's original decision on the grounds that only the Registrar of Societies had the power to disband either body. | | See also:  03 Jul 02 | Cricket 24 Jun 02 | Cricket 21 Jun 02 | Cricket 30 May 02 | Cricket 27 Sep 00 | Cricket 02 Aug 00 | Cricket Internet links: The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites Top Cricket stories now: Links to more Cricket stories are at the foot of the page. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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