Kenya has staged one-day international cricket for the past six years, including the 2000 ICC Knockout tournament, which was won by New Zealand.
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He had already been ruled out of the ICC Knockout tournament in Kenya, which starts next week, but will also miss the forthcoming Test series in South Africa.
The all-action, three-fight, three-round straight knockout tournament was probably his last chance at winning over critics, sceptics and doubters of his future in the sport following four defeats in his last eight fights.
In the early 1870s, England had just 50 soccer teams, which played each other sporadically until Charles Alcock, the captain of a team of former public schoolboys named the Wanderers, devised a knockout tournament in 1871.
Fleming has played 104 Tests and taken part in more limited-overs internationals as a captain than any other cricketer, guiding New Zealand to 98 wins in 218 games and victory in the 2000 ICC Knockout tournament, later re-named as the Champions Trophy.
Glasgow have never managed to reach the knockout phase of the tournament, which is in its 14th year.
England must beat Slovenia in their final group match on Wednesday to reach the knockout stage of the tournament.
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Fiji have to overcome Raiwalui's absence as well as France, Scotland, Japan and the USA to book their place in the knockout stages of the tournament.
England need a win to guarantee their place in the knockout stages of the tournament and were boosted to see 22 of the 23-man squad at final training.
Each of the candidates are involved in the knockout phase of the tournament and will hope to propel their teams into a first Premiership final at Twickenham on 29 May.
The Rajasthan Royals has qualified for the knockout stages of the tournament and will play Sunrisers Hyderabad in New Delhi on Wednesday night for a chance to play in the final on May 26.
It is the sixth year in a row that Real have failed to get beyond the last 16 knockout stages of a tournament they once made their own and to add to the disappointment, this year's final will be held in their home stadium in Madrid.
For the first time since the break-up of the USSR, the national side reached the knockout stages of an international tournament as they dispatched the Netherlands on their way to the European Championship semi-finals.
Russia coach Guus Hiddink, who has maintained his record of reaching the knockout stage in every international tournament he has coached at, will now take on his home country having led them to the semifinals of the 1998 World Cup.
Ribery's four assists in the knockout stage is tops in the tournament, while Robben has four goals in five games since the group phase.
That argument is perhaps backed up by the fact that Spain has now not conceded a knockout-stage goal in any tournament since the 2006 World Cup, a run of nine matches and a remarkable 900 minutes of action.
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In 2000, victory over Zimbabwe saw Fleming pass Howarth's total of wins in Tests and then came New Zealand's only international tournament success, in the inaugural ICC Knockout Trophy.
In that context, the tournament's format becomes even more important, since reaching the knockout round can make the difference between a good year and a loss-making one.
Vicente Del Bosque's Spain team have yet to fire on all cylinders at the tournament, losing to Switzerland in the opening match and then winning all three knockout stage matches 1-0 -- including the semifinal against Germany.
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After a promising start to the tournament in Germany, Spain were defeated 3-1 to eventual finalists France in the first knockout round.
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