Waters excels on international stage

A remarkable fortnight for Seren Waters who made his national debut for Kenya in the Intercontinental Cup match against Ireland in Nairobi and followed with his full ODI debut a week later.

Against Ireland, Waters made 18 and 75 opening the innings, the latter described as being an innings of tremendous maturity which outshone efforts by many of his more senior colleagues. His second-innings effort was the highest by an OC in first-class cricket

He then scored 41 on his ODI debut, followed with 20 against Zimbabwe. In the two-match series in South Africa, he made 15 and finished with an excellent 74, more than double the next best by his team-mates.

Waters captained the school last summer and scored more than 900 runs, as well as playing some vital innings for Old Cranleighans, including a battling 68 in the Cricketer Cup final. He has played for various Surrey age groups and last summer played his club cricket for Weybridge in Surrey, a side captain by Kenya reject Abeed Janmohamed.

Click here for the Cricinfo report and here for Cricinfo’s profile of Seren.