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

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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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