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Late City Edition Thursday 24th February, 2011 REX CLEMENTINE reporting from Suriyawewa akistan have an history of under- performing when playing against Pthe minnows and in the last World Cup their defeat at the hands of Ireland sent them crashing out of the competi- Pakistan cruise to 205 run win tion in the first round itself. Prior to that, when South Africa hosted the World Cup, they were eliminated in the first round Zealand and Australia, but have hardly itself again, but Kenya went onto reach done anything to say that they deserve to the semi-finals. play in the game’s flagship event. So when the teams met at the Kenya were bowled out for 69 runs in Mahinda Rajapaksa International their opening World Cup match against Stadium at Suriyawewa yesterday, there New Zealand in Chennai, their lowest was something to look forward to, but it total in ODI cricket. turned out to be an anti-climax as Their 205 run defeat yesterday is Pakistan cruised to a convincing 205 run their second heaviest in ODIs, following victory. the 208 run loss to South Africa in 2001. Pakistan posted 317 runs for seven Sri Lankan supporters may remem- thanks to half-centuries from Younus ber Colins Obuya, who claimed five wick- Khan (50), Kamran Akmal (55), Misbah- ets when their team lost a World Cup ul-Haq (65) and Umar Akmal (71) before game in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi in bowling out the Kenyans for 112 runs in the 2003 tournament. But his leg-spin has 33.1 overs. been hardly used these days and yester- The Kenyans had been critical of day he sent down just a solitary over, but International Cricket Council’s decision batting at number three he was the only to not to have any Associate Members player to resist the opposition with 47 (Non Test playing nations) for the 2015 runs with three fours and three sixes. World Cup to be co-hosted by New From 73 for two, Kenya lost wickets in a hurry as Shahid Afridi claimed five for 16 in eight overs. Only the top four batsmen managed to get into double figures while four batsmen were dis- missed without getting off the mark. Pakistan’s 317 Pakistan’s batsman Misbah-ul-Haq plays a shot as Kenya’s wicket keeper Morris Ouma looks on during the ICC Cricket World for seven is their Cup match between Kenya and Pakistan in Hambantota, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. (AP Photo /Eranga Jayawardena) fourth highest total at a World Cup and it came after a slow start Scoreboard with both openers Pakistan Innings Kenya Innings being dismissed Mohammad Hafeez c Waters b Otieno 9 Morris Ouma c Kamran Akmal b Gul 16 with the total on Seren Waters run out 17 Ahmed Shehzad c Kamande b Odoyo 1 12 off seven overs. Collins Obuya c Shehzad b Afridi 47 Kamran Akmal Kamran Akmal st Ouma b Ngoche 55 Steve Tikolo b Afridi 13 and Younus Khan Younis Khan lbw b Tikolo 50 Tamnay Mishra lbw b Afridi 6 added 98 runs for Misbah-ul-Haq c Otieno b Kamande 65 Rakep Patel c Umar Akmal b Hafeez 0 Jimmy Kamande lbw b Afridi 2 the third wicket Umar Akmal c Obuya b Odoyo 71 Thomas Odoyo lbw b Afridi 0 and after they fell, Shahid Afridi lbw b Odoyo 7 Misbah-ul-Haq Nehemiah Odhiambo run out 0 Abdul Razzaq not out 8 and Umar Akmal Shem Ngoche b Gul 0 Elijah Otieno not out 0 added 118 runs in Abdur Rehman not out 5 Extras: (4b, 3lb, 1nb, 3w) 11 80 deliveries for Extras: (3lb, 37w, 6nb) 46 TOTAL: (all out) 112 the fifth wicket. TOTAL: (for 7 wickets) 317 Overs: 33.1. Batting time: 136 minutes. Misbah, play- Overs: 50. Batting time: 226 minutes. Fall of wickets: 1-37, 2-43, 3-73, 4-79, 5-85, 6-87, 7-101, ing his first World Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-12, 3-110, 4-155, 5-273, 6-289, 7-289. 8-112, 9-112, 10-112. Cup at the age of Did not bat: Umar Gul, Shoaib Akhtar. Bowling: Shoaib Akhtar 5-1-10-0 (1w), Abdul Razzaq 5-1-23-0, 36, got off the Umar mark hitting Bowling: Thomas Odoyo 7-2-41-3 (20w), Elijah Otieno 9-1-49-1 Gul 4.1-0-12-2 (1nb 1w), Abdur Rehman 7-1-18-0, Shahid Afridi Steve Tikolo for a (2nb), Nehemiah Odhiambo 7-0-65-1 (3nb, 7w), Shem Ngoche 8-3-16-5, Mohammad Hafeez 4-1-26-1 (1w). six, but was 10-0-46-1 Toss: Pakistan. dropped by wick- (1w), Jimmy Kamande 7-0-64-1 (9w), Steve Tikolo 9-0-44-1 Result: Pakistan won by 205 runs. etkeeper Morris Umpires: Tony Hill, New Zealand and Nigel Llong, England. (1nb), Ouma in the very TV umpire: Daryl Harper, Australia. Match referee: Chris Broad, next delivery. He Collins Obuya 1-0-5-0. England. went onto make 65 in 69 deliveries with one four and Pakistan opted for the Batting Power be extremely productive as they smashed Umar hit 71 runs in 52 balls with two sixes. 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