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Kenya go to World Cup on professional footing

Electronic Telegraph
30 December 1998


KENYA'S national team have won a sponsorship deal worth about £80,000 a year from Kenya Breweries, enabling them to turn professional before the World Cup in England next year, Kenyan officials said yesterday.

The Kenya Cricket Association said part of the money will be used to pay salaries for the 21 players and the training staff, including West Indian coach Alvin Kallicharan. ``We shall expect them to play without problems as we start our World Cup build-up,'' said Jimmy Rayani, the association's chairman. He explained that the team had previously relied on the financial goodwill of companies and individuals to survive.

Kenya start their World Cup build-up with a tour of Bangladesh in March.

Australian batsman Mark Waugh is seeking independent legal advice before agreeing to appear before a Pakistan judicial inquiry into match-fixing. But leg-spinner Shane Warne and former team manager Alan Crompton said they are happy to give their evidence to the inquiry in public in Melbourne on Jan 8.

The players were requested to provide evidence after admitting taking money from an Indian bookmaker for providing information on weather and pitch conditions during Australia's tour of Sri Lanka in 1994.

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