Steve Tikolo

**Stephen Ogonji Tikolo** (an haife shi 25 ga watan Yunin a shekara ta alif ɗari tara da saba'in da daya(1971), tsohon ɗan wasan kurket ne na ƙasar Kenya, kuma tsohon kyaftin na International Day One Day . Wanda aka fi sani da shi a matsayin dan wasan kurket na Kenya mafi girma da aka taba yi, Tikolo ya zira mafi yawan gudu kuma ya dauki maki na biyu mafi yawa ga kungiyar a Gasar Kwana daya.

Tikolo ya horar da kungiyoyin kasa da kasa da dama tun bayan kammala wasansa da suka hada da Kenya da Uganda da Tanzania da Najeriya .

## Iyali
Tikolo ya fito daga dangin wasan kurket tare da babban ɗan'uwansa Tom kasancewarsa tsohon kyaftin na Kenya yayin da ɗan'uwansa David Tikolo ya taka leda a gasar cin kofin duniya ta kurket na shekarar 1996 .

## Aikin cikin gida
Tikolo basman oda na hannun dama ne kuma ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na hannun dama. A baya Tikolo ya wakilci Border a wasan kurket na gida na Afirka ta Kudu sannan kuma ya shafe lokaci yana buga wasa a Ingila da Bangladesh. A baya-bayan nan yana buga wasan kurket na kulob a Ingila kuma a Kenya yana buga wasa a kulob din Swamibapa Cricket Club da ke Nairobi.

A shekara ta 2005 Havarigg ya sanya hannu kan Tikolo don buga wasan kurket a Ingila.
 

A cikin shekarar 2008 an zaɓi Tikolo a matsayin kyaftin na The Eastern Aces a Kenya's Domestic Tournament, the Sahara Elite League.

## Ayyukan kasa da kasa
A gasar cin kofin duniya ta Cricket a shekarar 1996, Tikolo ya fara wasansa na ODI a Kenya. Shigowa a 3 don innings na budurwa Tikolo ya yi 65 a kan Indiya .  Tikolo ya ci gaba da buga wasu ma'aurata mafi ban sha'awa a gasar cin kofin, inda ya zura wa kungiyarsa kwallaye 29 a nasarar da suka yi a tarihi a kan West Indies a Pune  da 96 da Sri Lanka a Kandy. 

Tikolo ya kara daukaka sunansa a matsayinsa na firimiyan dan wasa na Kenya da maki 147 da Bangladesh a gasar cin kofin ICC na shekarar 1997. Innings ya ba su matsayin ODI na hukuma kuma sun ba da izinin zama Kenya a Ingila don gasar cin kofin duniya ta Cricket na 1999 . Ya kasance wani nasara a gasar cin kofin duniya ga Tikolo yayin da ya yi wasa na 50 na Indiya da Ingila .

A cikin shekarar 2002 an nada Tikolo a matsayin sabon kyaftin na Kenya kuma ya jagoranci daga gaba a gasar zakarun Turai na shekarar 2002 tare da innings na 93 da 69.

Tikolo ya jagoranci 'yan wasan kasar Kenya a lokacin da suke gudu zuwa wasan kusa da na karshe na gasar cin kofin duniya ta kurket na shekarar 2003 . Wannan wani babban abin alfahari ne ga kasar da ba a ma ba ta matsayin Gwaji ba, wanda har yanzu Kenya ta kintata a matsayin mafi kyawu a fagen kasa da kasa.

Bayan rashin nasara na 2004 ICC Champions Trophy, ya yi murabus a matsayin kyaftin kuma a maimakon haka ya jagoranci yajin aikin 'yan wasa don nuna adawa da siyasar cikin gida. Yajin aikin ya tilasta wa sabon tsarin mulki kuma ya dawo a matsayin kyaftin. 

A cikin 2007 ya zama ɗan wasa na farko daga ƙasar da ba ta buga Gwaji ba don fitowa a cikin wasannin ODI 100 da kuma ODI 2,500. 

bayyanarsa ta ƙarshe a matsayin kyaftin, ita ce 2009 ICC Qualifier World Cup, inda Kenya ta sami gurbin shiga gasar cin kofin duniya ta Cricket na 2011 . 

A cikin watan Agustan 2010, watanni bayan ya fita cikin tawagar kuma yana nuna ba zai sake buga wasan kurket na kasa da kasa ba, Tikolo ya sanar da kasancewarsa gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2011. Ya sanar da yin ritaya bayan gasar cin kofin duniya amma ya dawo yana da shekaru 42 a lokacin da aka sake kiransa a 2013 ICC World Qualifier Twenty20 a UAE . 

Tikolo kuma ya wakilci Afirka XI da Asiya XI. Mallakar Tikolo a wasan kurket na Kenya, an yi nuni da cewa tun daga watan Janairun 2007 ya mallaki maki shida daga cikin tara mafi girma na dan wasan Kenya a wasan kurket na ODI.  Tikolo ya yi ODI ƙarni uku; 106* da Bangladesh, 111 da Bermuda da 102 da Zimbabwe. An kore shi a cikin 90s sau uku.

## Aikin koyarwa
A watan Yulin 2012 aka sanar da cewa an nada Tikolo a matsayin kocin batting na tawagar kasar Uganda  amma a watan Mayun 2013, ya kasance kocin kungiyar cricket na kasa da kasa na kasa da shekaru 19 kuma aikinsa na farko ya kasance a ICC Under-19 World. Gasar cin kofin Afrika . A wannan lokacin, Uganda ta lashe gasar Premier ta Afirka T20 kuma ta cancanci shiga gasar cin kofin Cricket ta duniya Division II.

An nada shi kocin rikon kwarya na kungiyar cricket ta kasar Kenya lokacin da ya maye gurbin Robin Brown a matsayin koci bayan Kenya ta kasa tsallakewa zuwa gasar ICC ta Duniya Twenty20 ta 2014 . 

A watan Mayun 2016, an nada Tikolo a matsayin mai horar da 'yan wasan cricket na kasar Uganda gabanin gasar cin kofin Cricket ta Duniya na 2017 Division Three .  Ya bar aiki a matsayin koci a 2019. A watan Fabrairun 2020, an nada Tikolo a matsayin sabon kocin kungiyar wasan Cricket ta Tanzaniya kan yarjejeniyar shekaru 3. 

A watan Oktoba 2022, an bayyana Tikolo a matsayin sabon koci kuma babban manajan kungiyar wasan cricket ta Najeriya . Kwangilarsa ta farko za ta yi aiki na tsawon shekaru 2.

## Manazarta


## Hanyoyin haɗi na waje

* Steve Tikolo at ESPNcricinfo