{"id":33,"date":"2019-09-20T16:31:27","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T16:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/kenya2019\/?p=33"},"modified":"2019-09-23T04:56:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T04:56:00","slug":"introducing-team-kenya-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/kenya2019\/2019\/09\/20\/introducing-team-kenya-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"INTRODUCING TEAM KENYA 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Team Kenya 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opening the batting is our esteemed leader Tanya Boardman<\/strong>,\nwho demonstrated a Brearley-like unflappability in answering our most inane\nquestions in the teams What\u2019s App group. Also distinctly Brearley-like is her self-professed\nlow to medium cricketing ability. Her \u2018portfolio\u2019 career (she does, like, loads\nof different things) gives her the diverse skillset required to head up this\nmotley crew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tanya\u2019s opening partner is Huddersfield\u2019s own Lee Booth<\/strong>. An experienced cricket coach, podcaster, and digital media specialist, CWB stalwart Lee manages all the charity\u2019s relationships with in-country partners and Ambassador coaches. Lee\u2019s extensive konwledge of Africa, his dry sense of humour, and awareness of where his off stump is, are all vital ingredients for a successful project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At first drop we have Rachel Krieger<\/strong>, our Canadian\nKolpak signing. After mistaking Old Trafford\u2019s watery outfield for a swimming\npool, she decided to her water polo background was clearly transferable to\ncricket, and is now desperately hoping September is rainy season in Kenya. Her\nnursing skills will surely come in handy, may even help ensure Lee takes the\nmalaria pills he still has left over from three trips ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coming in at 4 is the indefatigable Sian Williams. <\/strong>Usually\nfound jumping up and down a lot, she gets very, very excited. By everything.\nAll the time. She volunteers with Park Run and is keen to find more ways to\nhelp others out while promoting the positive ideas of equality and inclusivity.\nWhile she may be a cricketing novice, her energy, enthusiasm and willingness to\nlearn make her an invaluable asset to the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the middle order \u2018engine room\u2019 we have Philip\nMakatrewicz. <\/strong>A failed musician and woeful cricket tragique, he is returning\nto Kenya twenty years after teaching there in his gap year in a bid to assess\nwhere it all went wrong. Having been burned by the fierce Coventry sun on the\ntraining weekend, he is sure his Polish skin will be absolutely fine in Kenya\u2019s\nfamously mild climate. He will be editing these blogs and trying to get some\ngood pictures for his Tinder profile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New ball bowler, night watchman, and general green shoots of\nyouth is Nicholas \u2018Nick on a Sunday\u2019 Withers. <\/strong>A 22 year-old student of\nhuman geography at Sheffield Hallam, he brings those famously youthful\nqualities of nibbly military medium bowling and placing a high value on his\nwicket (even if his batting average of 9.52 suggests he places less value on\nthe actual scoring of runs). He fell in love with cricket as a seven year old watching\nthe \u201905 Ashes, and hopes this trip will cap his ultimate cricketing summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steaming in from the Kirkstall Lane End is the raw, Trumanesque pace of Dan \u2018Fitzy\u2019 Fitzpatrick<\/strong>. Variously described in absentia<\/em> at the training weekend as \u2018a professional Northerner\u2019 and \u2018the biggest cricket badger you\u2019ll meet\u2019, Dan is returning for his second tour of duty, having been to Uganda with CWB as recently as March. He\u2019s a practical joker and all-round entertainer with a love of deep conversations, so if you\u2019re not prepared to talk, do be prepared to listen!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last not least, holding up an end with some wily off-spin is\nPaul Maggs<\/strong>. Not one to shirk a challenge, this 41-year-old father of two\nis using our trip as a springboard to taking up boxing and running an\nultra-marathon, because \u2018how hard can it be?\u2019 (Answers on a postcard c\/o The\nGreat North Resort, Muranga, Kenya.) Paul also brings a history of competitive Subbuteo\nto the table, boasting a one-time national ranking of 40(!), which could be\nuseful if rain stops play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Team Kenya 2019 Opening the batting is our esteemed leader Tanya Boardman, who demonstrated a…<\/p>\n

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