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Family ties and role models inspired good performance by national team and Kenya reached World Cup semis in 2003

Kenya's Team cricket ponder next move during quadrangular international cricket match tournament against Qatar on Saturday, Sept 29, 2016 at Nairobi Gymkana club. [PHOTO: JONAH ONYANGO/STANDARD]

The story is told of Kenya, a promising East African nation that beat all odds to establish itself as a cricket powerhouse globally.

The 2003 International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup is incomplete without the mention of Kenya’s historic semi-final clash against India.

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