NAIROBI, July 24: Kenyan cricket chiefs, who are at loggerhead with the government, are urging their Pakistan counterparts to deal only with them when making arrangements for next month’s troubled triangular series in Nairobi.

Kenyan cricket officials are unhappy that their government want to get involved with organising the series, recently moved to Nairobi from Pakistan and due to take place from Aug 29 to Sept 7.

“The Pakistan Cricket Board must stick to international protocol when organising tournaments under the auspices of International Cricket Council and deal only with the Kenyan board,” Jimmy Rayani, Kenya Cricket Association (KC) chairman, told Reuters Wednesday.

Pakistan, world champions Australia and Kenya are due to contest the series from Aug 29 to Sept 7.

Kenyan Minister for Sport, Francis Nyenze, wants the Pakistan board to work with the National Sports Council and a caretaker committee he set up on May 17.

“It remains KCA’s hope that the mistake will be corrected and we are also making approaches to have the minister see sense and play to the rules,” Rayani said.

“No outside (cricket) board will go to another country to organise a tournament without involving the home board. This is standard practice internationally. That is the view of the KCA and it must remain thus,” Rayani said.

“We are preparing for the World Cup (next year in South Africa) and this is a God-sent opportunity to hone our weak departments for the event,” Rayani said.

Nyenze dissolved KCA and the Kenya Football Federation on May 17 amid allegations of financial mismanagement, though the High Court in Nairobi has since overturned the decision and re-instated the KCA’s elected officials.—Reuters