Kirsten rewarded for failure
I thought this sort of thing only happened in the City, where bankers still got large bonuses even if their company was facing bankruptcy, but Peter Kirsten has also shown a skill for coming up smelling of roses. Jersey, the side that the former South Africa batsman coached until today, have come last in the fourth division of the ICC World Cricket League but instead of hanging his head in shame he has headed off for a new job as batting coach to Kenya, a near-proper side.
In fact, Kirsten didn't even hang around to see how Jersey got on in their play-off match for last place against Fiji today (they lost by 27 runs) but was on a plane out to Nairobi. Could Kenya really not wait any longer, or were Jersey glad to be shot of him? Or maybe he was glad to be shot of them, going on comments that he felt they lacked ambition.
Meanwhile, Afghanistan, who qualified from division five with Jersey earlier in the year, move another step closer to their dream of a place in the 2011 World Cup. Unbeaten in six matches in division four, they progress, with Aftab Habib's Hong Kong, to the next level, where they will play Papua New Guinea, the Cayman Islands, Uganda and Argentina in January.
Any chance they'll offer Peter Moores a job?
Posted by: Johnmc | 13 Oct 2008 12:22:34