From Dominating World Cups To Losing ODI Status - The Downfall Of Kenya Cricket

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[@4whomittolz846]

Great video! excellent content where there isn't usually much for cricket, it's great to see! Quick unrelated question: I've noticed in a few of your videos about Australia that you referred to them as the "Kangaroos", and I was just wondering where you got that nickname from? Australia cricket's never really been known by any nickname, asides the "Baggy greens" rarely, in reference to their famous caps.

[@officialsportica]

I know about the baggy greens. I always heard "Kangaroos" to resonate with Australian sports. Didn't know it's not related to cricket. Mistake from my end!@@4whomittolz846

[@IsaacWinchcomb]

This was my first time watching you and I have already subscribed, you are amazing 🤩

[@officialsportica]

Thanks man! Means a lot 💖@@IsaacWinchcomb

[@LFCxSID_14]

New Zealand pls

[@mk_annan22]

Finally, a cricket 🏏 documentary about Kenya 🇰🇪. Here's a fact, I read on CricInfo that Cricket Kenya proposed for ICC Full membership status by 2005.

[@officialsportica]

Unfortunate really how they disappear from the scene!

[@DanielHoughton-s3i]

Wow, they really could be playing test cricket against the likes of India, England, Australia, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.

[@RR_theproahole]

​@@DanielHoughton-s3iyes they would be playing as many test matches as Ireland and Zimbabwe play against these countries.

[@THECRICNUFFY]

@@RR_theproahole which is pretty much never

[@abdullahsafikuddinahmed4062]

It is a matter of truth.

[@Lizzzzman42069]

always heard kenya went to Semis in WC. always wondered what happened to Kenya. Thanks sportica for bringing this topic

[@officialsportica]

Always appreciate you brother 💖🙏

[@Mustafa70116]

Heard? It actually happened in 2003 😂

[@Hehebroty]

So you are living in a loop of 2003 ? 😂

[@Lizzzzman42069]

@@Mustafa70116 i know it happened. Never get to know why their cricket go through such a downfall

[@Mustafa70116]

@@Lizzzzman42069 yeah we were expecting them to become a Test nation since then. But it never happened. Glad this video came. The video also forgot to mention the Sharjah cup of 2003.

[@gauravjha8938]

The gap between the top nations & associate nations is glaringly vast. The ICC hasn’t done enough to promote cricket as a sport in multiple nations. World Cup is played between only a handful of countries & even then there are 2-3 minnows in the event.

[@officialsportica]

You are right!

[@punittiwari212]

If they will promote they'll Loose their monopoly over ICC

[@thepronoob1529]

Maurice's Odumbe's older brother, Tito Odumbe, is my coach currently. He told me a lot about what happened with Kenya's downfall and it is sad to hear. Thanks for posting this video

[@AbhishekMSTE]

Seeing is believing

[@swagatathevagabond1323]

Bangladesh casually chilling at the bottom of every list in every cricket video.

[@ahnaftahmidshoccho9567]

As always.....Tigers become Cats

[@Sports_Shorts_21]

Good to see the rise of Uganda 🇺🇬 Cricket who recently qualified for T20 WC 2024

[@officialsportica]

Uganda 🇺🇬

[@akanshsrivastav8269]

Only because the pool was increased

[@SteveIrunguJermaine]

A humiliating defeat

[@Direct_Dil_Se15]

As an Indian I wish for the Upliftment of Kenyan Cricket 🏏 🏟️ 🇰🇪

[@RR_theproahole]

But we all know which board is against the globalization of cricket and wants to concentrate all the power in one country.

[@officialsportica]

They need support 🙌🏻

[@marvelanddcfan1101]

​@@RR_theproahole lol just because bcci ..afganistan and nepal grow in cricket

[@werewolf1803]

Lol, BCCI rules cricket and does nothing for emerging nations.

[@himanshupal6083]

Fvck Kenya

[@abdul-rehmanbutt1348]

🎯 Key points for quick navigation: 00:27 *🔥 Kenya Cricket went from reaching a World Cup semi-final to losing ODI status in just 11 years.* 02:52 *🏏 Kenya defeated West Indies in 1996 which boosted their confidence in cricket.* 04:57 *🏆 Kenya made it to the semi-finals of the 2003 World Cup, becoming the only associate member to do so.* 06:32 *⚠️ Kenya cricket faced issues with Squad depth, quality, leadership, and board mismanagement.* 10:53 *💰 Lack of funding, mismanagement, corruption, and loss of support are hindering Kenya Cricket's progress.* Made with HARPA AI

[@thesmashingsizzler]

Finally someone made on Kenya's Cricket History. Good video, must've been hella time researching this.

[@officialsportica]

Appreciate you brother 🙌💖

[@daveiddvaid]

Great video mate, one of your best yet. Keep it up i'm loving the cricket content

[@officialsportica]

Thanks man 💖🙌 Appreciate you!

[@officialsportica]

Definitely!@priyanshukumar4523

[@OddlyHistorical]

Small teams cant reach semis nowadays because ICC changed the format. You know why? Cause india knocket out of group stage in 2007 WC. No india means no business. Thats why.

[@officialsportica]

Right

[@4whomittolz846]

This is a bit obscure, but could you please do a video about the K.A. Auty cup, and the state of North American Cricket in general? What with the US and Canada's qualification to the upcoming T20 world cup, This is an excellent time to talk about them both!

[@officialsportica]

Great suggestions! I will definitely research on these topics 💖

[@pawzillasmash]

Steve Tikolo was a top tier Batsmen. Sad that Kenya cricket went nowhere, including his career.

[@officialsportica]

Yeah really sad! 🙏

[@kitcarsonscout7737]

The real truth is management. WhenKenyan Asians were managing the cricket affairs in Kenya, Kenya was flying high. When the ethnic Africans took over the helm, it signaled the demise of the Kenyan team

[@nathankerr9824]

Both NZ, and the West Indies teams boycotted their Kenya matches due to safety fears - allowing Kenya into the semi's

[@bombayboys100]

Just a correction. It was only NZ that boycotted Kenya. West Indies played their last league match against Kenya in the 2003 world cup. The other team that lost its point was England who did not go to Zimbabwe citing security reasons.

[@VijRaghavan]

As an Indian, we would love to see Kenyan cricket prosper... one of my best teams of 2003... ❤❤ Steve Tikolo, Colins Obuya, Maurice Odumbe...were my best.. ❤️❤️👌👌

[@officialsportica]

Hope they bounce back!

[@nishusaif6085]

Do you think you can create a video on the downfall of Zimbabwean National Cricket Team?

[@officialsportica]

I will cover it soon 💖

[@aakashsuresh2566]

It's not a downfall you can call it humiliation coz of their embarrassing defeat against Uganda and they failed to qualify to 2023 worldcup too that's the reason

[@Will5353_]

@@aakashsuresh2566year before they beat Pakistan who went on to be the runners up of that World Cup

[@michaelgpartridge2384]

Nice to hear a fellow American delivering some great cricket history, awesome work! And an obscure chapter at that! BTW, it’s Anil “KOOM-blay”, not “Come-bull”, cheers, man

[@Thacarshee]

Kenya's brilliant all-rounder Tomas Odoyo was really a legend in this game. Miss you Kenya

[@officialsportica]

You are right 🐐

[@AsadMalik-qi9gx]

Sportica, what if Kenya Team still play cricket, would've been them a world champions like once Sri Lanka were & what went wrong that their not playing cricket, please let me know.

[@AZ-pg8vd]

Kenya would have won the WC 2003 semis, India were 30-3 and 90-4 but Indian Captain Sourav Ganguly scored a century and took the match away from Kenya and thus Kenya was defeated

[@PradhanmantriBruhh]

I would love to see Kenya back 🇮🇳🤝🏽🇰🇪

[@officialsportica]

Definitely!

[@AsheshPoudel1]

Awesome video bro!! Is it possible to share how you make videos and audio? I could learn a lot from it!! Thank you for producing this awesome video.

[@officialsportica]

Appreciate you bro! I will try ❤️🙌🏻

[@manisekhar]

Also, you can do a video on Slow Rise of Uganda.

[@jhkblr2600]

Sandeep Patil was the coach of Kenyan Team in 2003 when they qualified for Semi Finals

[@abdunnafi249]

Again great video ❤ now I request to make a video about Ben Stokes' career

[@officialsportica]

Appreciate you man! I will try to cover it soon! 💖🙌

[@aamir8257]

Good work Kenya was a mufasa Lion king reference Good youtuber

[@officialsportica]

💖💖💖

[@aamir8257]

@@officialsportica yes good youtuber

[@frxxseazsn]

Great video, where is my Faf du Plessis video?

[@officialsportica]

Appreciate you brother! I already listed it down. But there's a lot more suggestions to cover first as they asked for it earlier 💖🙏

[@abking07]

What app do you use for editing because you make the best cricket videos, and who is your inspiration. Appreciate your hard work.

[@officialsportica]

Appreciate you brother 💖🙌 I use premiere pro. I learned editing watching Wendover Productions and James Jani 🙏

[@abking07]

@@officialsportica thanks

[@Amanpickachu7Real]

Nice Video Bro, I'm expecting the next one to be on Pakistan right?

[@officialsportica]

Yeah! Pakistan coming this week 💖🙌

[@Amanpickachu7Real]

ty. You are also soo close To 10k. Also, how do you make such good videos? Because i want to make similar type videos

[@officialsportica]

Premiere pro and After Effects

[@hassamali8887]

Rich boards like ACB,ECB and the Richest board BCCI should financially support Kenya cricket...

[@officialsportica]

Yeah it's high time!

[@professorgaming6894]

BCCI Is dng look at afghanistan nd Neapl...epal is alloted 2 Home grounga in Indian Delhi arun ajitley stadium nd Lucknow Ekana stadium will Host Nepal Home amtches also they are getting Academy training at grassroot level by BCCI in Kathmandu and support staff is entirely provided by BCCI...same thing was given to AFG way back in 2016 itself..nd low look at them they were on the verge of qualifying for WC 23..Beating ENG,PAK,SL and NED one sidedly...also they stunned AUS but only to wait for MAXWELL UNBELIVABLE INNINS

[@Neela_Madhaba_Panda_07]

Countries like Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Bangladesh proved their worth by not just qualifying into the ICC Tournaments but also being into Super 8s and Super 4s of their respective tournaments 🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@Certified_Commenter]

9:29 Yeah, they can't provide much funds to a single nation, only test nations being the exception, majorly India

[@AmitBiswas0142]

Woah, unexpected topic, but great story-telling... Wonder what the next topic would be?

[@officialsportica]

Appreciate you brother ❤️ next topic is Pakistan Cricket

[@sujanmanandhar5771]

Love ur video editing style 💕 love from Nepal 🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵

[@officialsportica]

Thanks man 💖🙏 Appreciate the support!

[@michaelcooper4986]

Such a pity after 2003 it was a case of what could have been

[@officialsportica]

Sadly yes 🙌

[@stat8053]

Kenya 2003 and Zimbabwe 1999 were one of the deadliest odi sides

[@officialsportica]

True!

[@smartbuys3118]

Unfortunately as of 2024 Bangladesh is on its way to join Kenya, but good thing is growth of Afghanistan and Nepal, Afghanistan has become a test playing nation which is awesome, but at the same time its Astonishing to see downfall of World Cup winners - Sri Lanka, they have the talent and infrastructure but i don't know what has struck them, for Bangladesh there is a bigger reason to worry as fresh young talents are not coming up, outside Bangladesh their performance in miserable and once they loose their dominance at their home pitches, they might loose the test status

[@algo_breaker255]

Can u talk about downfall of west indies (where they cant able to come to 2023 world cup)

[@officialsportica]

Already working on it! Probably coming February first week 💖

[@muhammadirfan.s2498]

Bro made video for downfall of Zimbabwe cricket

[@RandomRahil]

Hi mate one of your early subscribers

[@officialsportica]

Appreciate the support brother 💖🙌

[@Akash_Akshay]

I really don't understand why ICC ...just never promotes cricket or add up more teams for the WC or t20 wc i feel its just india pak Bangladesh ...who are crazy for cricket....even Though Australia won the WC ...it feels Australians dont watch Cricket anymore..

[@officialsportica]

Valid points! They really should take initiatives

[@Sports_Shorts_21]

Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 needs to work on their Cricket 🏏 Standards otherwise it will lose it's Test Status soon They are playing a 4-Day Test Match against England in 2025 Season

[@officialsportica]

Right!

[@BinukaDasanayake]

The best cricket channel on yt❤

[@officialsportica]

Appreciate you 💖🙌

[@MrPrandhir]

Kenya should have got test status in 2004 - 05

[@KashemTS]

Nice video! Would love to see a downfall on west indies cricket team since they missed out the last world cup and aren't really doing that good.

[@officialsportica]

Thanks for the idea! Definitely do it soon 💖🙌

[@spedwest5380]

it's a shame to see, maybe you could do a video on namibia? they're u19's despite finishing bottom of their group put up an impressive fight against the aussies and sri lanka and put in some great bowling performances, it seems cricket is taking off there.

[@officialsportica]

I will do my research!

[@asadfarraj]

Just wanted to point out that at 3:11, Anil Kumble's name is not pronounced like that, at least as far as I'm aware. It goes more like "ku"-"m"-"ble" ("ku" as in "COO"l, but with a shorter "u" sound rather than a long "oo" sound; then "m" as in m"EM"bers' and then "ble" as in "BLA"ze)

[@michaelgpartridge2384]

Yes. I came here to say this. It’s pronounced “KOOM-blay” Cheers

[@lionelmessi91274]

Kenya was undone by Ganguly's big hitting in the semis. That Kenya team was ridiculously good.

[@binay8848]

Next video about Nepal cricket 🏏 brother ❤

[@officialsportica]

Soon brother!

[@AnkushJana-fb8uc]

Nice video man. Btw what about a video on the unlucky South African team

[@godspeed_1020]

They’re a full member not an associate

[@AnkushJana-fb8uc]

@@godspeed_1020 ahh.. so? i am just suggesting a video idea there is nothing to do with associate and non associate members

[@dwaynebenjamin4206]

Compare Kenya after 2003 vs Ireland after 2007. I believe for racist reasons, the powers that be did not want an African nation with test status (you get the point, technically speaking). Steve Tikolo remains the greatest batsman that never played a Test Match. Ireland was treated like the chosen one after 2007, given bilateral ODI series opportunities. What did Kenya get after a 2003 Semi Final spot?

[@PradhanmantriBruhh]

I agree. An associate nation reaching the semi finals should be a very good enough reason to allocate funds to nurture talent😢😢

[@officialsportica]

The system is corrupted in so many ways!

[@HasinaAkter-q5x]

Hope they will come back again🔥

[@officialsportica]

Let’s hope for the best 🙌🏻

[@abhishekdhayal3380]

Someday Kenya bounce back

[@officialsportica]

❤️❤️❤️

[@ledgeplayz7640]

Need a video on nepali cricket 🇳🇵🇳🇵

[@officialsportica]

Sure man!

[@aieeee4380]

I think Kenya will come back. As nations get more industrialized and more money, they will more and more be able to compete in sporting events. We saw this in the FIFA World Cup. In 1930, most countries were either from South America or Europe. Today, Morocco, an African nation, made the Semis and I predict they could make the finals in 2026. In this year's Women's World Cup, the reason the USWNT lost is because everyone caught up to them, the same reason a lot of European countries aside from the Western ones don't perform as good as they used to. Hungary, the Czech Republic and Sweden used to be really good, but today, only Sweden stands and the reason Czech Republic and Hungary fell off is 1. Czechoslovakia split up and 2. everyone else (i.e. Brazil, Argentina, and other nations) got better. Europe used to dominate but now they have to share with South America and possibly Africa in the future. England and the West Indies used to be perennial contenders when the WC first started, but they did poorly this year, with West Indies not even qualifying, and this is starting to happen to Pakistan. The point is that, we'll see more and more poorer nations qualify for the World Cup. Kenya will be back, and but it will take a while and I also smell a Uganda WC qualification several years down the road.

[@nkraramparambil7819]

Cricket is dead in Kenya

[@ratheshtgopi8875]

Once I believed Kenya will be the next test nation before Bangladesh but Kenya lost their ODI status too. You have to strengthen your domestic cricket.now Uganda over turn Kenya.

[@officialsportica]

Hope they comeback someday!

[@SMARTGUYSJOY]

Can You make a video on the downfall of west indies and why they didn't qualify for the 2023 icc world cup

[@officialsportica]

Soon!

[@KirtanMgYt66]

Please talk about uganda who qualified for t20 world cup in 2024

[@officialsportica]

Definitely!

[@somethingsomeone8101]

I think it's safe to assume that Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe manifested itself into the team of South africa

[@officialsportica]

🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@zakirabbastalukdar2888]

Just asking Why didn't Kenya got Test Status after 2003 WC????? And why Teams Like Bangladesh and Afghanistan got Test Status so fast??

[@officialsportica]

They are definitely struggling with financing!

[@jatinderchatha1438]

First comment ❤❤❤

[@officialsportica]

Appreciate you bro 💖🙌

[@SteveIrunguJermaine]

From semifinalists in 2003 to playing village cricket i know it is controversial that,s the bitter truth by Steve Irungu Jermaine

[@nkraramparambil7819]

Local people don't care about the game young generation don't even know there is a game called cricket

[@officialsportica]

Very sad!

[@secretsuperstar2359]

Hi bro can you make a video on india for not winning an icc cup for 10 years and about bcci I am big fan of your videos I'm your early subscriber

[@officialsportica]

Soon bro!

[@abdullahsafikuddinahmed4062]

The International 🏏 Council is also responsible for damaging Kenyan 🏏 culture directly and indirectly.

[@officialsportica]

You are right!

[@abdullahsafikuddinahmed4062]

@@officialsporticaBesides, they don't arrange 🥉place 🏏 match between 2 semi-finalists {Loser team} in the ICC global event{Men's category & Women's category}.

[@gajendrapradhan]

Which country are you from? By the like your analyze ❤️

[@officialsportica]

Appreciate you bro!

[@Rajesh-qx2yv]

Can you say your country name

[@indrajeetsaha7095]

Please make a vidoe on downfall of Zimbabwe cricket

[@officialsportica]

Definitely!

[@anandadahal8707]

Please make a video on Nepal cricket 🏏

[@officialsportica]

Sure!

[@SteveIrunguJermaine]

That,s the reason why i stopped playing for my country of birth Kenya ie Cricket by Steve Irungu Jermaine

[@Sandeshsubedi_]

Made video about nepali cricket team also bro❤❤

[@nishquest]

Kenyans in 2003 are not better than Afghanistan performance in 2023. Kenya gain points because newzealand, England, Australia didn't want to travel to their country play due to security reasons.

[@officialsportica]

But they had huge potential!

[@nishquest]

They defeat India in 2001 tri series and scored 275 in semifinal too. But Afghanistan's performance in 2023 didn't get same credit as them. Afghanistan defeated England, Pakistan, srilanka and almost Australia. But Kenya won only one big game which is srilanka. In group stage. They won only srilanka. Bangladesh and Canada are easy to win. Newzealand didn't want to play with them. So with 16 points (4 songs) they qualified to super six. In super six, they defeat only zimbabwe and qualified to semi final. Since srilanka and newzealand were other two teams qualified from group B, Kenya gets two extra winning points as they already have it over in group stage. So Kenny's semi final is a luck. They made only one upset with srilanka which could be match fixing too. But Afghanistan's performance is the best in worldcup since India in 1983 and srilanka in 1996

[@professorgaming6894]

U r right...Kenya was never the best...there were lots of problems at that time..and u highlighted very well...I will still consider AFG performnance upper than KEN

[@Water_is_life_for_us]

Kenya played semifinal cuz they won match with England by walk-over. England disagreed to visit stadium to play with Kenya for security issue. If it didn’t happen, England would play semi

[@SteveIrunguJermaine]

Cricket in Kenya died a sabbatical death due to poor mismanagement nepotism etc by Steve Irungu Jermaine

[@Akgaming123yt]

1st! edit- (pls pin and heart thx :D)

[@officialsportica]

Appreciate you bro 💖🙌

[@successkhatiwoda2557]

Make video for Rise of Nepal cricket 🎉❤ 🇳🇵🇳🇵

[@officialsportica]

Sure

[@almighty1268]

I need a vedio about new zealand cricket I am big fan of them

[@officialsportica]

Sure!

[@khuret1773]

ICC is at the mercy of BCCI Thats why there is wealth gap among cricketing nations

[@officialsportica]

Sad reality!

[@Prashob2198]

Plz make a video about 🇿🇼 cricket team

[@officialsportica]

Soon!

[@BengaliNationalist-u7l]

What video is next 🎉

[@officialsportica]

Pakistan!

[@THECRICNUFFY]

Well, I guess we have Uganda to look at now form east Africa

[@officialsportica]

Exactly! 🙌🏻

[@THECRICNUFFY]

I’m hoping they do well, they certainly have the kit, and if they can beat Zimbabwe I’m hoping they can knock over a couple of teams in the world cup

[@streamerfutv6717]

Good video but ur facts on the current best players or batsman is totally wrong

[@officialsportica]

Appreciate the feedback!

[@intelligentdude7108]

Kenya humiliated India twice in cricket.

[@officialsportica]

True!

[@Will5353_]

Which World Cup did they dominate??

[@1Minute_Math]

This is ai voice or not?

[@officialsportica]

Nope not AI

[@rohanmudvari]

waiting for video on Nepal cricket team.

[@officialsportica]

Soon!

[@PandeyJeetPKMKB]

India would lost to Kenya in 2003 wc semis if Sourav Ganguly didn't hit the century

[@Jake_Fms08]

3:11 Kambal 💀

[@pawansigdel6718]

videos on nepal cricket plz

[@officialsportica]

Soon!

[@SteveIrunguJermaine]

I will never play for my country of birth Kenya ie Cricket because of poor mismanagement nepotism etc by Steve Irungu Jermaine

[@zeeshanmalik7957]

Nz and kenya having same number of points and nz with better NRR then why krnya is at 2 ?

[@adityaaima3302]

They were a few families from a neighbourhood

[@SteveIrunguJermaine]

It is due to poor mismanagement nepotism that,s the reason why i dont want to play for my country of birth Kenya ie Cricket for obvious reasons by Steve Irungu Jermaine

[@SteveIrunguJermaine]

I will never play for my country of birth Kenya ie Cricket by Steve Irungu Jermaine

[@gauravpimpale3260]

Qualifying is difficult in cricket😂😂😂😂😂 bro only 12 team play this game ...of which half of them r worst team

[@x2vl0ee51]

Half knowledge is dangerous. A lot of teams compete to qualify for world cup.

[@Barshat_02]

Make one video for nepali team❤

[@officialsportica]

Soon man!

[@SteveIrunguJermaine]

Cricket in Kenya went to the dogs period by Steve Irungu Jermaine

[@nischalr446]

Its not q world cup, if only handful nations are playing the game

[@officialsportica]

True!