NAIROBI, Dec 6: The second three-day cricket match between Kenya and Zimbabwe “A” ended in a draw at the Simba union club on Thursday, despite Gavin Rennies’s unbeaten ton for the visitors.
The tie was declared a draw after the hosts realised they would not clear all the Zimbabwean wickets while the touring side would not reach the target of 461.
Kenya had resumed their second innings with an overnight lead of 146 and declared on 314, setting Zimbabwe a total of 460.
The Kenya second innings featured an unbeaten partnership of 125 runs for the fifth wicket between Steve Tikolo and Hitesh Modi. Tikolo faced 100 balls and struck 20 fours and three sixes with Modi contributing 61.
Spinner Raymond Price bowled Kennedy Otieno and Thomas Odoyo for 68 and three to finish with match fixtures of two for 73 off 18 overs in a well controlled bowling spell by the tourists.
In reply, Zimbabwe made 199 for a loss of one wicket in 42.3 overs.
Unbeaten Rennie became the first Zimbabwe player to reach a century in the series, his 111 coming from 127 balls. His opening partner Mark Vermuelen also made a good impression in scoring 79.
KENYA (1st Innings): 424 (M. Odumbe 178, B. Watambwa 4-112, D. Mutenderea 3-95)
ZIMBABWE (1st Innings): 278 (M. Vermuelen 84, G. Whittall 58, C. Omondi 5-97)
KENYA (2nd Innings)
K. Otieno c Mazakadza b Price 68
R. Shah lbw b Watambwa 36
D. Obuya b Viljoen 28
S. Tikolo not out 115
T. Odoyo c Mutendera b Price 3
H. Modi not out 61
EXTRAS (b3) 3
TOTAL (for 4 wkts) 314
DID NOT BAT: C. Omondi, M.Suji, J. Angara, J. Laxman, M.Odumbe
FALL OF WKTS: 1-69, 2-119, 3-178, 4-189.
BOWLING: Watambwa 20-4-112-1, Mutendera 5-0-46-0, Price 18-5-73-2, Whittall 3-1-6-0, Viljoen 10-1-44-1, Mazakadza 2.4-0-30-0.
ZIMBABWE (2nd Innings):
M. Vermuelen c Shah b Tikolo 79
G. Rennie not out 111
EXTRAS (4b, 3lb, 1w, 1nb) 9
TOTAL (for 1 wkt) 199
BOWLING: Angara 5-3-5-0, Shah 5-0-31-0, Obuya 11-0-69-0, Laxman 8-2-23-0, Modi 5-0-29-0, Tikolo 6.3-0-26-1, Odoyo 2-0-8-0.—AFP