CAPE TOWN, Feb 14: Kenya’s frontline batsman and captain Steve Tikolo on Friday warned World Cup rivals not to under-estimate his team’s chance of making the Super Six round despite being hammered by South Africa in their first match.

“There is no reason why we should not do well,” said Tikolo who was a member of the Kenyan team which beat the West Indies in one of the biggest World Cup upsets in 1996.

“At this year’s World Cup we have some members of the team who beat West Indies. We have the experience to go far.”

Kenya take on Canada in a day-night game at Newlands on Saturday. The Canadians are riding high after a shock win over Bangladesh in their first match.

Another win for the Canadians will put Kenya in danger of finishing last in Group ‘B’.

Canadian coach Gus Logie, the former West Indian Test batsman, hopes his side will build on its victory over Bangladesh, their first ever success at the World Cup.

“There is no reason why we can’t win, but we do not want to put pressure on ourselves by focusing too much on the outcome,” Logie said.

Teams (from):

KENYA: Steve Tikolo (captain), Maurice Odumbe, Asif Karim, Alpesh Vadher, Ravindu Shah, Hitesh Modi, Brijal Patel, Martin Suji, Tony Suji, Thomas Odoyo, Kennedy Otieno, Joseph Angara, Peter Ongondo, David Obuya, Collins Obuya

CANADA: Joseph Harris (captain), Ashish Bagai, Ian Billcliff, Desmond Chumney, Austin Codrington, John Davison, Nicholas de Groot, Nicholas Ifil, Davis Joseph, Ishwar Maraj, Ashish Patel, Abdool Samad, Fazil Sattaur, Barry Seebaran, Sanjayan Thuraisingam

Umpires: Nadeem Ghauri (Pakistan) and Arani Jayaprakash (India).

TV umpire: Kevan Barbour (Zimbabwe).

Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka).—AFP