Safari cancelled for Hong Kong cricketers as they try to bounce back in second ODI against Kenya
Coach Simon Cook sent the players to nets after their loss in the first ICC World Cricket League Championship one-day international
A visit to Kenya is not complete without the mandatory safari excursion. Unfortunately for Hong Kong’s cricketers, the desire to mix with animals simply wasn’t there, for now at least.
Head coach Simon Cook cancelled a planned safari trip for Saturday after Hong Kong lost the first ICC World Cricket League Championship ODI to Kenya and sent the players straight to the nets.
The closest they came to wildlife was when a troop of monkeys arrived to watch them at batting practice ahead of the second and final game on Sunday.
If the primates had turned up on Friday at the Gymkhana Club Ground, they would have expected the Hong Kong players to return for nets because it was the batting that let them down.
The visitors could only muster 222 in 46.2 overs, a target Kenya easily overhauled with their target revised to 200 after Duckworth-Lewis was brought in because of rain.
“We’ve had an unscheduled net session today, we were due to go on safari this morning, but obviously after the defeat it was felt we were better off working on our skills rather than have a bit of leisure time,” said Cook.
