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Shahrukh Khan
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Canada v Kenya, Group C, St Lucia
Ouma guides Kenya chase
The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan
March 14, 2007
25 overs Kenya 111 for 2 (Ouma 52*, Tikolo 27*) need 89 more runs to beat Canada 199 (Barnett 41)
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How they were out
Anderson Cummins took an early wicket but also sprayed the ball around © Getty Images
Kenya's run chase steadily took shape as Maurice Ouma guided the quest for 200 in St Lucia. Canada managed two early wickets, but a liberal supply of wides undid most of the good work and ensured Kenya were hardly stretched in keeping up with the required rate.
The lack of direction started early as Umar Bhatti began with a wayward spell, handing the early momentum to Kenya and especially Ouma who took boundaries on both sides of the wicket. However, at the other end Anderson Cummins extracted extra bounce from the surface and kept the batsmen on their toes. He may be 40 and a long way from the bowler who made five Test appearances for West Indies, but among Associate nations he's still a handful. His reward came in the shape of David Obuya's wicket, as the opener pushed at one which shaped away and edged behind.
Cummins, though, also caught the wides disease and the early help with the new ball was wasted as regular deliveries slipped down the leg and off side. It could have been the shock of facing a straight ball, but Bhatti's return for a second spell brought the second breakthrough as Ravi Shah was trapped by a tidy inswinger.
With the success of Kenya's spinners fresh in his mind, John Davison brought his slow men into the action at roughly the same time. The difference, however, was that Kenya knew what they need and didn't have to chase the game. Ouma worked the ball around with nimble footwork - moving to his second ODI fifty - while Steve Tikolo used all his experience from four World Cups to leave the equation comfortable for Kenya
50 overs Canada 199 (Barnett 41) v Kenya
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How they were out
Ashish Bagai picks up early runs through the on side but Canada fell away © Getty Images
Kenya's spinners put their side into a strong position to open their World Cup campaign with victory after a promising start by Canada was frittered away in the middle order. Jimmy Kamande took two key wickets, including the dangerous John Davison, as the Canadian batsmen struggled when the pace was taken off the ball.
The build-up to the tournament has been dominated by talk of what style of bowler will enjoy most success in the Caribbean and the strong feeling has been that spin will be vital. Kenya have given that theory early impetus as the slow bowlers - Kamande, Hiren Varaiya and Steve Tikolo - sent down 29 overs for just 78 runs. Credit must be given to Tikolo, who thought on his feet during the innings after the early decision to bowl appeared to backfire.
At the toss Tikolo said he felt the moisture would aid his seamers, but the new-ball attack of Thomas Odoyo and Peter Ongondo was a mixed bag and the first wicket of Abdool Samad was a gift as a wide long hop was guided to point. Geoff Barnett, who plays first-class cricket in New Zealand, was the aggressor and switched into a higher gear during the second Powerplay. He creamed five fours off Nehemiah Odhiambo's second over and the platform was being laid for an impressive total. However, the adrenalin coursing through Barnett proved his downfall as in the next over he top-edged Ongondo to fine leg, where Tanmay Mishra held a superbly judged catch near the rope.
Though both openers had fallen the run rate was healthy - 76 for 2 after 15 overs - but the introduction of spin brought stagnation as the batsmen found it tougher when pace wasn't on the ball. Varaiya began the strangle with two maidens in his first five overs - then overs 20 to 25 brought just 11 runs - and shortly after the half-way mark removed the talented Ashish Bagai. However, it was nearly an embarrassing miss for the Kenyans as Bagai advanced miles out of his crease yet Maurice Ouma fumbled. But as Bagai tried to slide his bat back, it bounced up out of the crease and Ouma took his second chance. Generally, though, Kenya's fielding was sharp and added to the growing pressure on the batsmen.
Canada may yet live to regret not allowing Davison to exploit the fielding restrictions because when he came in he found it difficult to start against the spinners. He was far cry from the player who lit up the 2003 tournament with his record century against West Indies. The innings really came off the rails when he and Qasir Ali fell in almost identical fashion to Kamande, playing round slow straight deliveries which clattered into the stumps. It was a notable performance from Kamande, who began life as a medium pacer before problems with his action caused him to switch to offspin.
Canada's last main hope for a total over 200 lay with their second Kiwi, captain Ian Billcliff, but he'd struggled to find momentum during his 63-ball innings. The end was rather limp as he tried to work Tikolo through the on side, but only sent an leading edge back to the bowler. Tikolo bagged his second to end a useful effort of Ashif Mulla then the innings finished with three run outs of varying end-of-innings style.
Sunil Dhaniram marshalled the final few overs and Canada, at least, set a target of 200. They will have memories of when they defeated Bangladesh in 2003 with 180 on board, but overall this was a missed opportunity to put more pressure on Kenya.
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