Club fumes at NPCA punishment

On the same day that Cricinfo reports of the chaos inside Nairobi's largest and most influential province - the Nairobi Provincial Cricket Association - it emerges that one side - Swamibapa - has threatened to pull out of the NPCA's Super League.

Swamibapa are reported to be considering the action after being docked 80 points by NPCA officials for not fulfilling their fixtures. The club maintains that it did not do so because seven of their players - including national captain Steve Tikolo - were on international duty at the ICC World Twenty20 in South Africa.

The club felt aggrieved with the league's decision as they had written to the NCPA fixtures secretary, Miq Assaria, requesting the postponement of their matches since they could not raise a team.

"We have been penalised 80 points so far and it would not make much difference to us if we play the remaining matches or not because there is no way we are going to recover," Peter Ongondo, one of the seven and Swamibapa's captain, told The Nation.

The newspaper reported that senior NPCA officials, including acting chairman Sukhbans Singh, claimed to be unaware of the matter. Sadly, this is a typical response from those running the NPCA, and Cricinfo's attempts to find out what is happening within the NPCA have been equally fruitless.

The NPCA Super League appears to be a two-horse race between Kanbis, the defending champions who are on 149 points, and Stray Lions one point behind. Swamibapa are fourth with 68 points.