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Only way for national team is up: Kenya can’t drop more catches

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Captain Team Kenya Rakep Patel dive to save ball during Wold Cup Qualifiers match against Hongkong at Nairobi Gymkana on Friday, Nov 18, 2016. [PHOTO: JONAH ONYANGO/STANDARD]

Buoyed by their juniors’ prowess, the senior team is targeting the 2019 World Cup.

Once considered a cricket powerhouse and now a pale shadow of its former self, Kenya have been battling to reclaim lost glory.

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