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Failed expectations and shattered dreams for women cricket players

Stray Impala’s wicketkeeper Sharon Juma waits for a delivery missed by Margaret Banja during the Nairobi Provincial Cricket Association T20 League 2015/2016 season at Premiere Cricket Club in January 24, 2016. [Jonah Onyango]

It has been two decades since Kenyan girls took to the crease to test their batting and bowling abilities, yet they still cry for support.

Growing up at a time when Kenya had created its place on the cricket world map and was a global powerhouse in the game of bat and ball, the girls were full of expectations.

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