Twenty-eight applicants in the frame

Kenya on the hunt for a coach

Cricinfo staff

November 8, 2005

Kenya are hoping to be able to appoint a new coach within the next six to eight weeks, according to Samir Inamdar, the Kenya Cricket Association chairman.

Kenya have been without a full-time coach since Andy Moles quit in February, but Inamdar revealed that they had received 28 applications from across the globe. He said the KCA had set up a committee which will shortlist six applicants.

"The interview will be conducted by me, or in my absence the vice-chairman, Shamji Patel, together with Nasoor Verjee, David Waters, Sukhbans Singh, Tom Tikolo and the ICC high performance manager, Richard Done," Inamdar told the Nation newspaper. "After the interview the names will be whittled down further to possibly two for face-to-face interviews possibly before the end of the year."

Mudassar Nazar, the former cricket academy manager who has been coaching the national team on an interim basis, is one of the applicants. Others are thought to include at least one former coach of a major national side.

The hiring of a national coach is expected to result in the formation of a Kenya A and Under-19 squads to act as feeders to the national team.

Kanbis A retained their NPCA Super League title, while Kanbis B retained the Division One crown.

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Mudassar Nazar

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