Coast Cricket Association XI
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Coast Cricket Association XI is a cricket
team representing the Coast Cricket Association in Kenya
.
Coast Cricket Association XI first appeared as a representative side in 1957 against Sunder Cricket Club, and it later played a first-class
match in 1964 against Pakistan International Airlines
at Mombasa Sports Club
, with their only appearance in first-class cricket ending in an innings and 82 run defeat, with the Coast Cricket Association XI making 125 and 105 in its two innings. Since then the team has occasionally played minor matches, the last of which came in 2007 when it played Denmark.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
team representing the Coast Cricket Association in Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
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Coast Cricket Association XI first appeared as a representative side in 1957 against Sunder Cricket Club, and it later played a first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
match in 1964 against Pakistan International Airlines
Pakistan International Airlines cricket team
Pakistan International Airlines cricket team are a first-class cricket side based in Karachi, Pakistan. They have won the Qaid-i-Azam Trophy more times than anyone else...
at Mombasa Sports Club
Mombasa Sports Club
Mombasa Sports Club is multi-sport club based in Mombasa, Kenya. It also owns sporting facilities. The club was established in 1896, and it is among the oldest sporting clubs in Kenya.- Cricket :...
, with their only appearance in first-class cricket ending in an innings and 82 run defeat, with the Coast Cricket Association XI making 125 and 105 in its two innings. Since then the team has occasionally played minor matches, the last of which came in 2007 when it played Denmark.
External links
- Coast Cricket Association
- Coast Cricket Association XI at CricketArchiveCricketArchiveCricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...