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RAY OF HOPE FOR CRICKET: National women’s team ends 2016 season on a high

CRICKET WOMEN KENYA TEAM Women Cricket Kenya team display trophy they won during the UAE International Women T20 Cup 2016. Dec 21, 2016. [PHOTO: JONAH ONYANGO/STANDARD]

Just like the national women’s football team, Harambee Starlets, breathed some life into the otherwise dull Kenyan football, their sisters in cricket brought a twinkle of hope following their historic T20 conquest away in United Arab Emirates.

The Kenyan girls defeated their hosts by five wickets to win their maiden international trophy and revive Kenya’s hopes of reclaiming its lost glory in cricket.

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