Kenya vs New Zealand (Chennai) (20th February)

ICC World Cup 2011 – 20^th February

2^nd Match – Group A     (50-over match)

Played at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai,

New Zealand defeated Kenya by 10 wickets (with 252 balls remaining);

Kenya won the toss and decided to bat first;

Scoreboard:

Kenya    69/10    (23.5 over)

Kenya Innings	50 over maximum	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
AA Obanda	lbw b Southee	6	19	0	0	31.57
SR Waters	lbw b Bennett	16	42	1	0	38.09
CO Obuya	lbw b Bennett	14	19	2	0	73.68
SO Tikolo	b Bennett	2	2	0	0	100.00
MA Ouma†	lbw b Bennett	1	6	0	0	16.66
RR Patel	not out	16	23	1	0	69.56
JK Kamande*	c †BB McCullum b Oram	2	16	0	0	12.50
TM Odoyo	c Ryder b Oram	2	6	0	0	33.33
NN Odhiambo	b Southee	0	6	0	0	0.00
SO Ngoche	lbw b Southee	0	1	0	0	0.00
E Otieno	c Styris b Oram	0	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 3, w 2, nb 1)	10

Total (all out; 23.5 overs) 69 (2.89 runs per over)

Did not bat: All batted,

Fall of wickets:

1-14 (Obanda, 6.6 over), 2-40 (Waters, 11.6 over), 3-42 (Tikolo, 13.2 over), 4-44 (Obuya, 13.5 over), 5-49 (Ouma, 15.3 over), 6-59 (Kamande, 19.5 over), 7-63 (Odoyo, 21.3 over), 8-68 (Odhiambo, 22.5 over), 9-68 (Ngoche, 22.6 over), 10-69 (Otieno, 23.5 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
TG Southee	6	0	13	3	2.16	(1nb)
NL McCullum	4	0	15	0	3.75	(1w)
HK Bennett	5	0	16	4	3.20	(1w)
DL Vettori	6	1	16	0	2.66
JDP Oram	2.5	1	2	3	0.70

New Zealand    72/0    (8 over)    (won by 10 wickets)

New Zealand Innings	(target: 70 runs from 50 overs)	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
MJ Guptill	not out	39	32	5	2	121.87
BB McCullum†	not out	26	17	4	0	152.94
Extras	(b 2, lb 1, w 3, nb 1)	7

Total (0 wickets; 8 over) 72 (9.00 runs per over)

Did not bat:

JD Ryder, LRPL Taylor, JEC Franklin, SB Styris, DL Vettori*, NL McCullum, JDP Oram, TG Southee, HK Bennett

Fall of wickets:

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
TM Odoyo	3	0	25	0	8.33	(1w)
E Otieno	2	0	18	0	9.00
JK Kamande	2	0	21	0	10.50	(1w)
NN Odhiambo	1	0	5	0	5.00	(1nb, 1w)

Player of the match:    HK Bennett (New Zealand)

Umpires:        M Erasmus (South Africa) and RJ Tucker (Australia)

TV umpire:        Aleem Dar (Pakistan)

New Zealand crushed rusty Kenya as they achieved their target in just 8 over, Martin Guptill scored 39 in 32 balls including 5 fours and 2 sixes, Hamish Bennett led New Zealand's humiliation of a Kenya team clearly out of its depth, attacking the stumps with metronomic precision to rip out four quick wickets as the minnows surrendered for just 69 - their lowest World Cup total and the fifth worst overall. Tim Southee helped himself to three cheap wickets, while Jacob Oram also picked up three in three over before Martin Guptill and Brendon McCullum eased their side to an unchallenged 10-wicket win. Kenya's first showing at this tournament demonstrated both their lack of capability against good, but hardly excellent, seam bowling and their incredulity of the review system - borderline decisions were accepted without question and clear cut ones questioned out of sheer desperation.