Update updated: against a decent Ugandan side, former Bear Collins Obuya (now 41 years and 318 days) has just carried his bat, making 96* off 60 balls with 8 fours and 6 sixes! His highest T20I score, and just one less run than the Ugandans made in reply. Obuya faced the last two balls of the innings on a score of 92* so needed a four and a six for his century – his partner had already hit two sixes that over – but sadly he only managed two twos.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/africa-continental-cup-2023-1379384/kenya-vs-uganda-4th-match-1379577/full-scorecard

In case anyone is wondering what happened to his leg-spin, he’s mostly a batter these days and last bowled in a competitive match in September 2022, when he took 0/14 against Nepal.

Update on an old bear for you Sam – a 41-year-and-over-300-days-old Collins Obuya helped Kenya to a 3-wicket win over Rwanda in the Africa Continental Cup. Didn’t bowl his World Cup gracing leggies but opened the batting and got 36 off 27 balls, with 3 fours and 3 sixes.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/africa-continental-cup-2023-1379384/kenya-vs-rwanda-1st-match-1379572/full-scorecard

Rwanda have a seamer called Zappy Bimenyimana – excellent work by his parents on the nominative determinism front.

Wearing each other’s shoes on each other’s hands? No wonder some of them are struggling to find their hands. This whole elite mateship business is getting totally out of hand.

‘Having walked in his shoes, it’s no fun with people questioning your place in the team.’

Maybe that’s why he got everyone to go barefoot, because they were wearing each other’s shoes.