The Kenyans were knocked out of the World Cup by England at Beausejour and have a blank diary now until the Twenty20 jamboree in South Africa in six months.

That kind of schedule has become increasingly frustrating for Tikolo and his side.

Despite reaching the semi-finals of the previous World Cup in South Africa, they played only 16 one-day internationals against full member countries in the interim of four years.

"Obviously we need more games," said Tikolo.

"I have been saying this since time immemorial.

"You can't come here to a tournament like this without playing at this level consistently.

"If you look at our calendar now we are expecting the Twenty20 World Cup and that's in September.

"Between now and then there is nothing for us and you cannot compete like that. Our board has been talking to ICC and the excuse we always get is the Test-playing countries are busy with their 10-year calendar.

"But if you want the associate countries to come up you need to give them more games, it's as simple as that."

Regardless of their lowly status, Kenya's tenacity regularly causes problems to the top teams and England only managed to dismiss the Africans in the 43rd and final over of a rain-reduced contest.

Just as in the 1999 World Cup clash between the teams, 35-year-old Tikolo top-scored, this time with 76.

There is every chance that innings will be his farewell to the World Cup, after four personal campaigns.

"That is a tough one, we will see how my body goes but I want to play for Kenya for the next couple of years and see this team grow into a good unit," he said, after his 97-ball effort.

"I would have been happy if the team had done well, I am looking at the team goal, that is more important than personal landmarks."

Tikolo's fairly blunt assessment of England, meanwhile, hinted he does not fancy their chances of success in the Caribbean.

"They are a professional unit and anything is possible in the one-day game," he said.

"We saw them do well on the last leg of Australia, so they are capable."