Australia vs Kenya (Bangalore) (13th March)

ICC World Cup 2011 – 13^th March

31^st Match – Group A     (day/night 50-over match)

Played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore,

Australia won by 60 runs;

Australia won the toss and decided to bat first;

Scoreboard:

Australia        324/6    (50 over)

Australia Innings	50 over maximum	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
SR Watson	c †Ouma b Odhiambo	21	17	3	1	123.52
BJ Haddin†	c Patel b Kamande	65	79	9	1	82.27
RT Ponting*	lbw b CO Obuya	36	54	5	0	66.66
MJ Clarke	c Patel b Odhiambo	93	80	7	1	116.25
CL White	b Kamande	2	6	0	0	33.33
MEK Hussey	c DO Obuya b Odhiambo	54	43	4	0	125.58
SPD Smith	not out	17	15	2	0	113.33
MG Johnson	not out	12	7	2	0	171.42
Extras	(b 2, lb 5, w 16, nb 1)	24

Total (6 wickets; 50 over) 324 (6.48 runs per over)

Did not bat:

B Lee, JJ Krejza, SW Tait

Fall of wickets:

1-38 (Watson, 7.2 over), 2-127 (Haddin, 24.4 over), 3-131 (Ponting, 25.4 over), 4-143 (White, 26.6 over), 5-257 (Hussey, 43.1 over), 6-304 (Clarke, 48.1 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
TM Odoyo	10	0	50	0	5.00	(1w)
E Otieno	8	0	75	0	9.37
NN Odhiambo	10	1	57	3	5.70	(2w)
JO Ngoche	8	0	56	0	7.00	(1w)
JK Kamande	10	0	46	2	4.60	(2w)
CO Obuya	4	0	33	1	8.25	(1nb, 1w)

Kenya                264/6    (50 over)    (lost by 60 runs)

Kenya Innings	(target: 325 runs from 50 overs)	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
MA Ouma†	c †Haddin b Lee	4	13	0	0	30.76
AA Obanda	b Tait	14	10	0	2	140.00
CO Obuya	not out	98	129	9	3	75.96
DO Obuya	run out (Hussey/†Haddin)	12	16	2	0	75.00
T Mishra	run out (Clarke)	72	89	8	1	80.89
TM Odoyo	b Tait	35	38	4	1	92.10
RR Patel	run out (Krejza/Tait)	6	7	1	0	85.71
JK Kamande*	not out	0	0	0	0	-
Extras	(b 2, lb 6, w 12, nb 3)	23

Total (6 wickets; 50 over) 264 (5.28 runs per over)

Did not bat:

NN Odhiambo, E Otieno, JO Ngoche

Fall of wickets:

1-12 (Ouma, 2.5 over), 2-21 (Obanda, 3.6 over), 3-46 (DO Obuya, 9.4 over), 4-161 (Mishra, 35.3 over), 5-247 (Odoyo, 47.3 over), 6-263 (Patel, 49.4 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
B Lee	8	1	26	1	3.25
SW Tait	8	0	49	2	6.12	(2nb, 5w)
MG Johnson	8	1	40	0	5.00	(2w)
SPD Smith	6	0	36	0	6.00
JJ Krejza	8	0	36	0	4.50
MJ Clarke	5	0	21	0	4.20
SR Watson	7	0	48	0	6.85	(1w)

Player of the match:    CO Obuya (Kenya)

Umpires:        Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and RA Kettleborough (England)

TV umpire:        BF Bowden (New Zealand)

Aussies resumed their World Cup winning momentum as they got 33 successive triumphs in World Cup campaign, In Bangalore, they defeated Kenya by 60 runs although it was an easy for Australian but Kenya took confidence after scoring 264 for loss of 6 wickets in full 50 over quota. They showed their best performance of the tournament with fourth wicket stand of 115-run between Obuya and Mishra.

The mainly nervousness came in the closing over seeing of Obuya could reach his maiden one-day century and Kenya's first at a World Cup - but he botched to get the three runs he needed off the last two balls. After an early strike each for Lee and Shaun Tait it appeared Kenya would fall in a heap. Maurice Ouma edged a good out swinger and Alex Obanda, after driving Tait over long on with one of the shots of the tournament, missed an ugly heave at a quick full toss. Aussies were now looking for another victory in World Cup campaign as they would play their fifth game against Canada on 16^th March in Bangalore.