Sri Lanka vs Kenya (Colombo) (1st March)

ICC World Cup 2011 – 1^st March

14^th Match – Group A     (50-over match)

Played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo,

Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets (with 188 balls remaining);

Kenya won the toss and selected to bat first;

Scoreboard:

Kenya            142/10    (43.4 over)

Kenya Innings	50 over maximum	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
MA Ouma†	lbw b Kulasekara	1	7	0	0	14.28
SR Waters	lbw b Malinga	3	4	0	0	75.00
CO Obuya	b Malinga	52	100	4	0	52.00
DO Obuya	c Samaraweera b Muralitharan	51	106	3	0	48.11
SO Tikolo	c Dilshan b Mathews	7	17	1	0	41.17
T Mishra	lbw b Malinga	0	13	0	0	0.00
JK Kamande*	run out (Silva)	1	3	0	0	33.33
NN Odhiambo	not out	8	10	2	0	80.00
PJ Ongondo	b Malinga	0	1	0	0	0.00
SO Ngoche	b Malinga	0	1	0	0	0.00
E Otieno	b Malinga	0	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 6, w 9, nb 3)	19

Total (all out; 43.4 over) 142 (3.25 runs per over)

Did not bat: all batted;

Fall of wickets:

1-4 (Ouma, 1.2 over), 2-8 (Waters, 2.1 over), 3-102 (CO Obuya, 31.4 over), 4-120 (Tikolo, 36.2 over), 5-127 (DO Obuya, 40.1 over), 6-128 (Kamande, 41.1 over), 7-137 (Mishra, 41.6 over), 8-137 (Ongondo, 43.1 over), 9-137 (Ngoche, 43.2 over), 10-142 (Otieno, 43.4 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
SL Malinga	7.4	0	38	6	4.95	(2nb, 3w)
KMDN Kulasekara	9	1	18	1	2.00
AD Mathews	7	0	20	1	2.85	(1w)
BAW Mendis	9	2	23	0	2.55
M Muralitharan	8	0	24	1	3.00
LPC Silva	3	0	12	0	4.00	(1w)

Sri Lanka        146/1    (18.4 over)    (won by 9 wickets)

Sri Lanka Innings	(target: 143 runs from 50 overs)	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
WU Tharanga	not out	67	59	12	0	113.55
TM Dilshan	c †Ouma b Otieno	44	30	8	0	146.66
KC Sangakkara*†	not out	27	24	3	0	112.50
Extras	(w 7, nb 1)	8

Total (1 wicket; 18.4 over) 146 (7.82 runs per over)

Did not bat:

DPMD Jayawardene, TT Samaraweera, LPC Silva, AD Mathews, KMDN Kulasekara, M Muralitharan, SL Malinga, BAW Mendis

Fall of wickets:

1-72 (Dilshan, 8.2 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
PJ Ongondo	3	0	28	0	9.33	(1w)
NN Odhiambo	5	0	26	0	5.20
SO Ngoche	4	0	39	0	9.75
JK Kamande	1	0	14	0	14.00	(2w)
E Otieno	4	0	26	1	6.50	(1nb, 1w)
CO Obuya	1.4	0	13	0	7.80	(1w)

Player of the match:    SL Malinga (Sri Lanka)

Umpires:        AL Hill (New Zealand) and SK Tarapore (India)

TV umpire:        IJ Gould (England)

Lasith Malinga become the only bowler to pick up two hat-tricks in World Cups, his previous one was against South Africa in 2007. Lasith Malinga declared his fitness by storming his way to an exceptional second World Cup hat-trick with an exceptional show of Yorkers that derailed Kenya at 142-run despite two half centuries from Obuya brothers, which shared a determined 94-runs stand.

The visitors were 102 for 2 at a stage but Malinga's sparkling bowling demolished the tail as eight wickets were blasted for just 40 runs. Tanmay Mishra was the first victim of Malinga's hat-trick after missing a full delivery on leg stump to fall for a 13-ball duck. It was the final ball of the over, and Malinga gave Peter Ongondo the warmest welcome possible to the tournament in the first ball of his next - a yorker that deracinated middle stumps. The staggered dismissals destined many in the crowd weren't sentient that Malinga was on a hat-trick. He steamed in and middle stump was dismantled again next ball, the clueless batsman this time was Shem Ngoche. Sri Lankan players fired on Kenya bowlers by dazzling boundaries and they accomplished the target in just 19^th over for loss of Dilshan's wicket.