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| March 15, 2007 | Thursday | Safar 25, 1428 |
Kenya spinners restrict Canada
GROS ISLET (St Lucia), March 14: Tight bowling from Kenya's slow bowlers restricted Canada to 199 all out in the opening World Cup Group C match on Wednesday.
Kenya, semi-finalists in 2003, won the toss and elected to bowl with captain Steve Tikolo saying he expected moisture in a surprisingly bouncy pitch early on.
However, Canada made a quick start and opener Geoff Barnett smashed five fours off a wayward 14th over from Nehemiah Odhiambo.
Barnett perished the next over, however, when he tried to pull Peter Ongondo for six but was caught on the rope by Tanmay Mishra. He top-scored with 41 from 50 balls with nine fours.
Kenya spinners Jimmy Kamande and Hiren Varaiya then put the brakes on and Canada's dangerman Ashish Bagai was dismissed amid controversy for 19.
The batsman came down the pitch to Varaiya, wicket-keeper Maurice Ouma failed to gather cleanly and when he eventually whipped off the bails Bagai's bat appeared to be in.
But third umpire replays showed the end of his bat was in the air and he was given out.
Kamande finished with two for 25, Tikolo bagged two for 34 and Varaiya picked up one for 19.
Canada suffered three comical run outs late on with Umar Bhatti, Anderson Cummins and Henry Osinde, on the last ball of the 50 overs, well out of their ground.
| Scoreboard | |
| CANADA: | |
| G.E.F. Barnett c Mishra b Ongondo | 41 |
| A.M Samad c Tikolo b Odoyo | 15 |
| A. Bagai st Ouma b Varaiya | 19 |
| I.S. Billcliff c and b Tikolo | 34 |
| J.M. Davison b Kamande | 8 |
| Qaiser Ali b Kamande | 6 |
| A.A. Mulla c Ongondo b Tikolo | 25 |
| S. Dhaniram not out | 34 |
| Umar Bhatti run out | 1 |
| A.C. Cummins run out | 1 |
| H. Osinde not out | 1 |
| EXTRAS (LB-5, W-3, NB-6) | 14 |
| TOTAL (for nine wkts, 50 overs) | 199 |
| FALL OF WKTS: 1-40 (Samad, 10.3 ov), 2-73 (Barnett, 14.3 ov), 3-102 (Bagai, 25.3 ov), 4-115 (Davison, 30.2 ov), 5-127 (Qaiser Ali, 34.1 ov), 6-146 (Billcliff, 40.3 ov), 7-175 (Mulla, 46.2 ov), 8-185 (Umar Bhatti, 47.4 ov), 9-187 (Cummins, 48.3 ov). | |
| BOWLING: Odoyo 8-1-32-1 (2nb); Ongondo 10-0-51-1 (3nb, 2w); Odhiambo 3-0-33-0 (1nb, 1w); Varaiya 10-3-19-1; Kamande 10-1-25-2; Tikolo 9-0-34-2. | |
| KENYA: M.A. Ouma, D.O. Obuya, R.D. Shah, S.O. Tikolo, T. Mishra, N. Odhiambo, T.M. Odoyo, C.O. Obuya, P.J. Ongondo, J.K. Kamande, H.A. Varaiya. | |
| UMPIRES: Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and P.D. Parker (Australia). | |
| TV UMPIRE: B.R. Doctrove (West Indies). | |
| MATCH REFEREE: M.J. Procter (South Africa).—Agencies | |
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