Steve Tikolo to retire

andruid · 18-04-2009, 05:03 AM

Its official

What a Great

_Ed_ · 18-04-2009, 05:05 AM

That's a shame. Great player.

duffer · 18-04-2009, 05:06 AM

Onya Stevie, top bloke and a good player as well.

Migara · 18-04-2009, 05:46 AM

Best non-test playing batsmen of recent era.

Chemosit · 18-04-2009, 06:14 AM

Great player, great leader, great bloke. Greater loss.

see my blog for my full thoughts.

Don Bradman · 18-04-2009, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Migara

Best non-test playing batsmen of recent era.

Fully agree. Even better than RTD who indeed is a great talent, but a bit overrated here. Tikolo is my hero from the days I started watching cricket. Of course it helps I was born in Kenya.

alvarez · 18-04-2009, 07:01 AM

The end of an excellent career. I remember watching Steve Tikolo cracking a 50 against the Australians in the 96 World Cup when I was still a youngin. There was an elegance in his style of play and a flamboyancy in the Kenyan team in general that made them my '2nd' favourite international team. From the interviews I read he also came across as a very humble man. I hope he remains involved in Kenyan Cricket and heps to strengthen it in the future. Congrats to him on a great career.

EDIT: 50 was not against Australia, was against India.

Richard · 18-04-2009, 07:16 AM

Terrific player for a long time, but it's probably about the right time for him to go - isn't he in his mid-late-30s by now?

Real shame he never got to play Test cricket, but I guess that's just the way it goes sometimes.

alvarez · 18-04-2009, 07:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Richard

Terrific player for a long time, but it's probably about the right time for him to go - isn't he in his mid-late-30s by now?

Real shame he never got to play Test cricket, but I guess that's just the way it goes sometimes.

He is 37, pushing 38.

vic_orthdox · 19-04-2009, 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by alvarez

The end of an excellent career. I remember watching Steve Tikolo cracking a 50 against the Australians in the 96 World Cup when I was still a youngin. There was an elegance in his style of play and a flamboyancy in the Kenyan team in general that made them my '2nd' favourite international team. From the interviews I read he also came across as a very humble man. I hope he remains involved in Kenyan Cricket and heps to strengthen it in the future. Congrats to him on a great career.

EDIT: 50 was not against Australia, was against India.

Pretty sure that he got 50-odd against Australia in the 2003 WC.

andruid · 19-04-2009, 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by vic_orthdox

Pretty sure that he got 50-odd against Australia in the 2003 WC.

yep he did

alvarez · 19-04-2009, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by vic_orthdox

Pretty sure that he got 50-odd against Australia in the 2003 WC.

Yeah I think the 50 I was referring to was Maurice Odumbe as it was definitely the 96 WC, as I remember them beating the Windies in the same tournament. Everytime I have seen Tikolo on tv though he has been good to watch.

Krishna_j · 19-04-2009, 12:55 PM

Think he was labelled the Viv Richards of kenya after the 96 wc and certainly played a big part in the 2003 WC with Kenya emerging as unlikely semi-finalists

also reminds me of another seasoned west indian who played for Netherlands in earlier WC - any guesses ?

Neil Pickup · 19-04-2009, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Krishna_j

Think he was labelled the Viv Richards of kenya after the 96 wc and certainly played a big part in the 2003 WC with Kenya emerging as unlikely semi-finalists

also reminds me of another seasoned west indian who played for Netherlands in earlier WC - any guesses ?

I know that, on the tip of my tongue... but infuriatingly I am going to have to Cricinfo it.

Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Nolan Clarke

Kweek · 19-04-2009, 01:46 PM

Good old Nolan, the rowdyust guy in the netherlands, but a damn fine batsman

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alvarez First Class Debutant Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 834	The end of an excellent career. I remember watching Steve Tikolo cracking a 50 against the Australians in the 96 World Cup when I was still a youngin. There was an elegance in his style of play and a flamboyancy in the Kenyan team in general that made them my '2nd' favourite international team. From the interviews I read he also came across as a very humble man. I hope he remains involved in Kenyan Cricket and heps to strengthen it in the future. Congrats to him on a great career. EDIT: 50 was not against Australia, was against India. Last edited by alvarez; 18-04-2009 at 07:08 AM.

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