BIRMINGHAM, Sept 15: Pakistan sent out a warning to India before their Champions Trophy Group 'C' showdown with a seven-wicket demolition of Kenya at Edgbaston on Wednesday.

Shahid Afridi took career-best One-day International figures of five for 11 off six overs and off spinner Shoaib Malik chipped in with three wickets as Kenya were dismissed for just 94.

Kenya's total was their lowest against Pakistan, surpassing the 133 they made in Nairobi in 2002 and meant they had lost both their Pool games after a 98-run defeat against India at the Rose Bowl on Saturday.

Kenya, last year's World Cup semifinalists, were well-placed at 67 for one but lost their last nine wickets for 27 runs in 63 balls with off-spinner Shoaib Malik taking three for 15.

Yasir Hameed top-scored with 41 and Imran Farhat finished unbeaten on 38 as Pakistan reached their target in the 19th over. The match at Edgbaston, which also hosts the India-Pakistan clash on Sunday, had been rescheduled after rain washed out play on Tuesday.

"I'm not really a wicket-taking bowler, I'm trying to stop the runs but if you do that then the wickets come," Man-of-the-Match Afridi said. "I was really just trying to bowl wicket to wicket and I got the results."

Pakistan captain Inzamamul Haq won the toss and chose to bowl after looking at the green-tinged pitch. Kenya suffered a poor start when opener Ravindu Shah hit the second ball he faced straight to Afridi in the covers off Rana Naveedul Hasan.

Kennedy Obuya and Maurice Ouma struggled to fend off short-pitched deliveries from fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar but resurrected the innings with a 65-run partnership before rain forced the players off the field for 25 minutes.

Inzamam introduced spin when play resumed, the decision immediately paying off when Ouma (23) was caught by Moin Khan from a bottom edge off Afridi's second ball.

Obuya (33) was trapped lbw by Malik, before Kenya captain Steve Tikolo, playing for spin, was deceived by a Malik delivery that faded away from the right hander and nicked the top of his off stump for a duck.

The spinning pair went on the rampage with none of the Kenyan batsman able to handle variations in pace from Afridi and sharp turn from Malik as five of the final six batsmen dismissed were bowled.

Luckless debutant Malhar Patel was bowled for a first ball nought by Afridi's faster delivery with the batsman claiming he was not ready to face. Next ball Martin Suji also went for a golden duck when he was run out by Yasir Hameed's sharp under-arm throw from silly point.

When Afridi bowled last man Peter Ongondo for two he finished with figures of 6-1-11-5. "We did very well up front with Kennedy and Maurice but lost our way in the middle," said Tikolo. "We lost too many wickets and that was our downfall.

"They bowled well and in the right areas and with the rain coming down, the wicket started skidding a little bit and I think we were put off a bit," he added. Pakistan looked comfortable as they moved to 70 without loss in the 13th over before Hameed failed to move his feet and was caught behind off Martin Suji.

Malik and Afridi fell cheaply but Farhat and Abdul Razzaq eased Pakistan to their target. Tikolo's day went from bad to worse when he dropped Yasir, on 16, at second slip off Thomas Odoyo, with Pakistan 22 without loss in the fourth over. However, Kenya had the consolation of preventing a 10-wicket defeat with seamer Ragheb Aga taking two wickets for 17 runs.

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