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CRICKET TEAM FETED: Triumphant girls talk of how they won Women’s Cup in UAE

Seated from left- Senior Deputy Secretary Ministry of Sport, Culture and the Arts Saima Ondimu, Captain Women Cricket Kenya team Daisy Njoroge display and Jackie Jan Mohamed Chairperson Cricket Kenya with trophy Kenya won during the UAE International Women T20 Cup 2016. Dec 21, 2016. [PHOTO: JONAH ONYANGO/STANDARD]

The desire to change women’s cricket inspired the national team to victory at the just-concluded International Twenty20 Women’s Cup in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

The Kenyan girls beat their hosts by five wickets to win their first ever international tournament outside the continent.

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