At MCA Cricket
Stadium in Pune, Mayank Agarwal brought up his maiden triple century in 490
balls to take Karnataka to a massive total of 628/5 declared to give his side a
huge 383 run lead in the ongoing Ranji match.
This is the third triple century this Ranji Trophy season and the 43rd in
the history of the domestic tournament. He became the third Karnataka player to score 300 runs
in Ranji after KL Rahul and Karun Nair.
In the 1st
T20 against visiting Kiwis, Shreyas Iyer debuted, did make a couple of good
saves but did not get to bat; Ashish Nehra has now retired from international
cricket, there is one spot up for grabs in Rajkot. India might consider handing
a debut to Hyderabad quick Mohammed Siraj or beef up their middle order by
including Manish Pandey or Dinesh Karthik.
If you are yet to
figure out, that stadium is in Rwanda, a
sovereign state in Central and East Africa and one of the smallest countries on
the African mainland. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is
bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Rwanda is dominated by mountains. Its principal language is Kinyarwanda, spoken by
most Rwandans, with English and French serving as official languages. Rwanda’s president
is Paul Kagame of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), who took office in 2000.
The Kingdom of
Rwanda dominated from the mid-18th century, with the Tutsi kings conquering
others militarily, centralising power and later enacting anti-Hutu policies.
Germany colonised Rwanda in 1884 as part of German East Africa, followed by
Belgium, which invaded in 1916 during the First World War. Both European
nations ruled through the kings and perpetuated a pro-Tutsi policy. The Hutu
population revolted in 1959. Tutsi-led Rwandan Patriotic Front launched a civil
war in 1990. Social tensions erupted in the 1994 genocide, in which Hutu
extremists killed an millions of Tutsi
and moderate Hutu. The RPF ended the genocide with a military victory. The economy is based mostly on subsistence
agriculture. Coffee and tea are the major cash crops for export. Rwanda is one of only two countries in which
mountain gorillas can be visited safely, and visitors pay for gorilla tracking
permits ~ and Cricket is flowering in Rwanda.
The stadium seen at
the start, newly constructed Gahanga cricket stadium, is to be officially
opened by the country’s long-standing President Paul Kagame. The inauguration
marks the end of a remarkable six-year undertaking by British charity the
Rwanda Cricket Stadium Foundation who have raised the £1 million required to
build the spectacular new home of Rwandan cricket. Dusingizimana, the captain
of the local team is a civil engineer, who
has served as general manager of the RCSF as they constructed ‘the Lord’s of
East Africa’ in Gahanga, about half an hour’s drive from the center of the
capital Kigali.
The pavilion, will
also serve as an HIV testing center and restaurant in the future is a fantastic
feat of engineering, built using 66,000 handmade tiles in layers without using
concrete – the same way as Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia although with the added
bonus of actually being finished. Rwanda’s reputation as ‘the land of a
thousand hills’ being richly deserved – and all in all could scarcely be more
different from where cricket had been played in the country until now.
Previously Rwanda’s
only other cricket pitch was at at Ecole Technique Officielle, the site of a
notorious 1994 massacre. It is a hugely
bumpy field where fielders in the deep have to be wary of losing teeth to balls
rearing up on the uneven ground and possessing, in the words of Dusingizimana,
“cricket’s real cow corner” – a couple of the animals graze there making
occasional sorties around the outfield like a pair of bovine umpires carrying
out an inspection
With regards – S.
Sampathkumar
4th Nov
2017 @ 18:00 hrs.
Photo and inputs from : www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/
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Cricket to Flourish at Rwanda ~ Gahanga Cricket Stadium !
Posted on the 04 November 2017 by Sampathkumar Sampath
Australia need a
keeper who catches, not one who chatters – Ian Chappel comments on Peter
Neville. Meantime, got overawed by this picturesque stadium – where the national team
captain Eric Dusingizimana is sitting looking out over the newly constructed
Gahanga cricket stadium a day before it is to be officially opened by the
country’s long-standing President Paul Kagame.
Can you locate it ?
At MCA Cricket
Stadium in Pune, Mayank Agarwal brought up his maiden triple century in 490
balls to take Karnataka to a massive total of 628/5 declared to give his side a
huge 383 run lead in the ongoing Ranji match.
This is the third triple century this Ranji Trophy season and the 43rd in
the history of the domestic tournament. He became the third Karnataka player to score 300 runs
in Ranji after KL Rahul and Karun Nair.
In the 1st
T20 against visiting Kiwis, Shreyas Iyer debuted, did make a couple of good
saves but did not get to bat; Ashish Nehra has now retired from international
cricket, there is one spot up for grabs in Rajkot. India might consider handing
a debut to Hyderabad quick Mohammed Siraj or beef up their middle order by
including Manish Pandey or Dinesh Karthik.
If you are yet to
figure out, that stadium is in Rwanda, a
sovereign state in Central and East Africa and one of the smallest countries on
the African mainland. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is
bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Rwanda is dominated by mountains. Its principal language is Kinyarwanda, spoken by
most Rwandans, with English and French serving as official languages. Rwanda’s president
is Paul Kagame of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), who took office in 2000.
The Kingdom of
Rwanda dominated from the mid-18th century, with the Tutsi kings conquering
others militarily, centralising power and later enacting anti-Hutu policies.
Germany colonised Rwanda in 1884 as part of German East Africa, followed by
Belgium, which invaded in 1916 during the First World War. Both European
nations ruled through the kings and perpetuated a pro-Tutsi policy. The Hutu
population revolted in 1959. Tutsi-led Rwandan Patriotic Front launched a civil
war in 1990. Social tensions erupted in the 1994 genocide, in which Hutu
extremists killed an millions of Tutsi
and moderate Hutu. The RPF ended the genocide with a military victory. The economy is based mostly on subsistence
agriculture. Coffee and tea are the major cash crops for export. Rwanda is one of only two countries in which
mountain gorillas can be visited safely, and visitors pay for gorilla tracking
permits ~ and Cricket is flowering in Rwanda.
The stadium seen at
the start, newly constructed Gahanga cricket stadium, is to be officially
opened by the country’s long-standing President Paul Kagame. The inauguration
marks the end of a remarkable six-year undertaking by British charity the
Rwanda Cricket Stadium Foundation who have raised the £1 million required to
build the spectacular new home of Rwandan cricket. Dusingizimana, the captain
of the local team is a civil engineer, who
has served as general manager of the RCSF as they constructed ‘the Lord’s of
East Africa’ in Gahanga, about half an hour’s drive from the center of the
capital Kigali.
The pavilion, will
also serve as an HIV testing center and restaurant in the future is a fantastic
feat of engineering, built using 66,000 handmade tiles in layers without using
concrete – the same way as Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia although with the added
bonus of actually being finished. Rwanda’s reputation as ‘the land of a
thousand hills’ being richly deserved – and all in all could scarcely be more
different from where cricket had been played in the country until now.
Previously Rwanda’s
only other cricket pitch was at at Ecole Technique Officielle, the site of a
notorious 1994 massacre. It is a hugely
bumpy field where fielders in the deep have to be wary of losing teeth to balls
rearing up on the uneven ground and possessing, in the words of Dusingizimana,
“cricket’s real cow corner” – a couple of the animals graze there making
occasional sorties around the outfield like a pair of bovine umpires carrying
out an inspection
With regards – S.
Sampathkumar
4th Nov
2017 @ 18:00 hrs.
Photo and inputs from : www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/
At MCA Cricket
Stadium in Pune, Mayank Agarwal brought up his maiden triple century in 490
balls to take Karnataka to a massive total of 628/5 declared to give his side a
huge 383 run lead in the ongoing Ranji match.
This is the third triple century this Ranji Trophy season and the 43rd in
the history of the domestic tournament. He became the third Karnataka player to score 300 runs
in Ranji after KL Rahul and Karun Nair.
In the 1st
T20 against visiting Kiwis, Shreyas Iyer debuted, did make a couple of good
saves but did not get to bat; Ashish Nehra has now retired from international
cricket, there is one spot up for grabs in Rajkot. India might consider handing
a debut to Hyderabad quick Mohammed Siraj or beef up their middle order by
including Manish Pandey or Dinesh Karthik.
If you are yet to
figure out, that stadium is in Rwanda, a
sovereign state in Central and East Africa and one of the smallest countries on
the African mainland. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is
bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Rwanda is dominated by mountains. Its principal language is Kinyarwanda, spoken by
most Rwandans, with English and French serving as official languages. Rwanda’s president
is Paul Kagame of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), who took office in 2000.
The Kingdom of
Rwanda dominated from the mid-18th century, with the Tutsi kings conquering
others militarily, centralising power and later enacting anti-Hutu policies.
Germany colonised Rwanda in 1884 as part of German East Africa, followed by
Belgium, which invaded in 1916 during the First World War. Both European
nations ruled through the kings and perpetuated a pro-Tutsi policy. The Hutu
population revolted in 1959. Tutsi-led Rwandan Patriotic Front launched a civil
war in 1990. Social tensions erupted in the 1994 genocide, in which Hutu
extremists killed an millions of Tutsi
and moderate Hutu. The RPF ended the genocide with a military victory. The economy is based mostly on subsistence
agriculture. Coffee and tea are the major cash crops for export. Rwanda is one of only two countries in which
mountain gorillas can be visited safely, and visitors pay for gorilla tracking
permits ~ and Cricket is flowering in Rwanda.
The stadium seen at
the start, newly constructed Gahanga cricket stadium, is to be officially
opened by the country’s long-standing President Paul Kagame. The inauguration
marks the end of a remarkable six-year undertaking by British charity the
Rwanda Cricket Stadium Foundation who have raised the £1 million required to
build the spectacular new home of Rwandan cricket. Dusingizimana, the captain
of the local team is a civil engineer, who
has served as general manager of the RCSF as they constructed ‘the Lord’s of
East Africa’ in Gahanga, about half an hour’s drive from the center of the
capital Kigali.
The pavilion, will
also serve as an HIV testing center and restaurant in the future is a fantastic
feat of engineering, built using 66,000 handmade tiles in layers without using
concrete – the same way as Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia although with the added
bonus of actually being finished. Rwanda’s reputation as ‘the land of a
thousand hills’ being richly deserved – and all in all could scarcely be more
different from where cricket had been played in the country until now.
Previously Rwanda’s
only other cricket pitch was at at Ecole Technique Officielle, the site of a
notorious 1994 massacre. It is a hugely
bumpy field where fielders in the deep have to be wary of losing teeth to balls
rearing up on the uneven ground and possessing, in the words of Dusingizimana,
“cricket’s real cow corner” – a couple of the animals graze there making
occasional sorties around the outfield like a pair of bovine umpires carrying
out an inspection
With regards – S.
Sampathkumar
4th Nov
2017 @ 18:00 hrs.
Photo and inputs from : www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/
