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Kenya is not a major power house in World Cricket. At the same, cricket is not a popular game at all in Kenya. So, you cannot find adequate information about Team Kenya. Kev Goughy has posted a detailed and informative article about Team Kenya. He has talked about various aspects of the Kenyan squad in World Cup Cricket 2007. You can know about the strength and weakness of the team.

About strengths he wrote:

High spirits and lack of expectation. With the events of the previous 4 years, very few people believe that Kenya can make an impact on this World Cup. Due to this, and the fact Kenyan cricket is back on the rise, Kenya can play freely and with little pressure. This lack of expectation and no fear of failure could lead Kenya to spring an upset.

Kenya also has an interesting mix of World Cup veterans and exciting young talent. Winning the World League showed that they have players capable of making contributions. If the players are capable of putting together a supreme team performance then Kenya could surprise onlookers and further progress Kenyan cricket down the road of rebuilding.

When discussing the strengths of Kenyan cricket it is impossible to ignore Steve Tikolo. There is no doubt that the availability of a player of Tikolo's caliber is a huge advantage for a smaller cricketing nation. Tikolo's value is not only as a scorer of runs and taker of wickets but as an inspiration to the younger players and leader of the team.

I agree with his assessment about Team Kenya. Actually, Kenya needs more sponsorship money coming in the cricket arena. I wish that ICC could do something in this regard. If enough funds could be pumped to Kenya then more young people would get interested about cricket and we would see a new power house in World Cricket.

To know about various aspects of Team Kenya in World Cup Cricket 2007, read this article: CW World Cup Countdown. Day 6 – Kenya.