Date-stamped : 18 Aug2000 - 14:23
27 February 1996

16th ODI: Kenya v Zimbabwe, Match Report

The Electronic Telegraph

<b>World Cup: Strang helps Zimbabwe subdue Kenya</b>

<b><i>Zimbabwe (137-5) beat Kenya (134) by 5 wickets</i></b>

Leg-spinner Paul Strang took five wickets as Zimbabwe  secured an
unconvincing  five-wicket  win  over  Kenya  in  their  World Cup
group A in Patna yesterday.

Kenya were dismissed for 134 with two balls  of  their  50  overs
remaining  and  Zimbabwe  made heavy weather  of  overtaking  the
target for the loss of five wickets with 7.4 overs remaining.

Sent in to bat, Kenya collapsed after  reaching   60   for   one,
with  four  wickets  falling  in  the  space of seven runs and 32
balls.

The Kenyans will rue the  rain  which  washed   out   the   first
attempt to play this match the previous day when  Zimbabwe batted
first and Kenya had them in some trouble.

This  time,  Deepak  Chudasama  and   Kennedy   Otieno,    coming
together  after the early loss of Tariq Iqbal, took Kenya`s score
to  60  for one in the 22nd over  before  Otieno  was  bowled  by
off-spinner Steven Peall for 19.

Steve Tikolo was brilliantly stumped by Andy  Flower  off   Bryan
Strang for a duck and then Chudasama was run out after making 34.

Bryan Strang took his second wicket by bowling  Hitesh  Modi  and
the Kenyan innings was in tatters at 67 for five.

Captain Maurice Odumbe and his brother, Edward,  added   42   for
the  sixth wicket but  then  Paul  Strang  took  charge, claiming
three wickets in four balls.

Zimbabwe openers Andy Waller and Grant Flower  also   wasted   no
time  and  posted  their  half-century  partnership  with  a  run
rate  of almost five an over.

Then Maurice Odumbe dismissed Waller for 30   and   new   batsman
Alastair Campbell while Rajab Ali removed  Grant  Flower  for 45,
Guy Whittall and Andy Flower.

<b>Man-of-Match:</b> PA Strang

Source :: Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk)

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