WC cricket 2011 match 41: Zimbabwe beat Kenya by 161 runs

By Team Bellevision
Bellevision Media Network

Kolkata, 20 March 2011: Half-centuries from the trio of Craig Ervine, Vusi Sibanda and Tatenda Taibu powered Zimbabwe to an imposing 308 for six against Kenya in their concluding group A clash of the cricket World Cup here on Sunday. After being reduced to 36/2 in 10 overs, Sibanda (61 from 57 balls) and Taibu (53 from 74 balls) stitched a crucial 110-run partnership from 117 balls for the third wicket to take the Zimbabwe innings forward.

 

Ervine struck a breezy 66 from 54 balls with nine fours and a six while skipper Elton Chigumbura extended fine support with a quick-fire 38 from 41 balls (3x4, 2x6) for their second and most entertaining century partnership. The duo stood in a 105-run fifth wicket partnership that came from 86 balls. Prosper Utseya (19 not out from six balls, 3x4, 1x6) and Greg Lamb (17 from 10 balls, 1x4, 1x6) decimated the Kenyan attack towards the end with 20 runs from the last over to help Zimbabwe post their highest score in the ongoing World Cup.

 

Zimbabwe took the batting power-play in the 42nd over and scored 50 runs losing just one wicket -- Chigumbura – while the big-hitting by Utseya and Lamb meant they scored 57 runs from the last five overs. Kenyans struggled with ground fielding and the work behind the stumps was equally sloppy with the team opting to for batsman David Obuya as wicketkeeper in place of Morris Ouma.

 

 

 

Obuya had to hand over the gloves to Rakep Patel in the 35th over after injuring himself while trying to collect a wide delivery. Zimbabwe openers Brendan Taylor (26 from 36 balls, 5x4) and Regis Chakabva (9 from 22 balls, 1x4) gave a cautious
start to the innings after skipper Chigumbura elected to bat on winning the toss.

 

After the duo was dismissed, Sibanda played an edgy innings but his knock with seven fours and a six put Zimbabwe back on track, while former skipper Taibu gave fine support with a clinical half-century that helped him cross the 3,000-run mark in one-day Internationals. Sibanda stepped out to hit Tikolo for a huge six over long-on to notch his 13th ODI half-century but he soon ran himself out in a mix-up with Taibu.

 

After Sibanda`s dismissal, Taibu, on 45, benefitted from the Decision Review System as Asoka de Silva had to reverse his LBW decision. The former Zimbabwe skipper raced to his 18th ODI half-century after with a boundary off Elijah Otieno
in the point region. But Taibu`s second referral soon after completing his half-century turned out to be futile as the Zimbabwe glovesman`s fine innings laced with seven boundaries came to an end.

 

 

 

The Kenyans struggled badly with their substitute wicketkeeper Patel who missed as many as two clear stumping chances as Chigumbura and Ervine made merry. Patel missed an easy stumping chance off off-spinner Ngoche when Ervine was on 15. The substitute wicketkeeper fluffed once more, this time from Tikolo`s off-spin when Chigumbura was on 17. Obuya returned to keep wickets in the 42nd over but the damage had already been done.

 

In his last International match, Tikolo, who led the side in place of an injured Jimmy Kamande, was the most expensive bowler conceding 49 runs from his seven overs of off-spin. Earlier, Kenya made two changes to the side bringing in Tikolo and medium pacer Peter Ongondo in place of Kamande and Ouma. Zimbabwe made one change, bringing in fit pacer Chris Mpofu in place of Shingirai Masakadza.

 

Match Summary

 

ICC World Cup 2011 Zimbabwe vs Kenya, 41st Match, Group A Eden Gardens, Kolkata, March 20, 2011

Match Information Umpires: Asoka De Silva (SL) & Kumar Dharmasena (SL) Third Umpire: Ian Gould (Eng) Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SL) Toss: Zimbabwe (Elected to bat) Match Status: Zimbabwe won by 161 runs

Batting: Zimbabwe Innings

Batsmen Zimbabwe (308/6 in 50 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR Brendan Taylor c J Ngoche b E Otieno 26 36 5 0 72.22 Regis Chakabva c D Obuya b N Odhiambo 9 22 1 0 40.91 Tatenda Taibu (wk) lbw b J Ngoche 53 74 7 0 71.62 Vusi Sibanda run out (P Ongondo) 61 57 7 1 107.02 Craig Ervine b E Otieno 66 55 9 1 120.00 Elton Chigumbura (c) c T Mishra b P Ongondo 38 41 3 2 92.68 Gregory Lamb not out 17 10 1 1 170.00 Prosper Utseya not out 19 6 3 1 316.67 Graeme Cremer             Ray Price             Chris Mpofu             Extras: b - 1, w - 14, nb - 0, lb - 4 19   Total:(308 for 6 in 50 overs) 308 Run Rate: 6.16

Fall Of Wickets

1/32 (Regis Chakabva, 8.6 ov.), 2/36 (Brendan Taylor, 9.4 ov.), 3/146 (Vusi Sibanda, 29.1 ov.), 4/165 (Tatenda Taibu, 32.4 ov.), 5/271 (Elton Chigumbura, 46.6 ov.), 6/276 (Craig Ervine, 47.6 ov.)

Bowling: Kenya

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Peter Ongondo 10 0 53 1 0 3 5.3 Elijah Otieno 10 0 61 2 0 0 6.1 Nehemiah Odhiambo 10 1 57 1 0 3 5.7 James Ngoche 10 0 68 1 0 1 6.8 Collins Obuya 3 0 14 0 0 0 4.7 Steve Tikolo 7 0 49 0 0 2 7.0

Batting: Kenya Innings

Batsmen Kenya (147/10 in 36 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR Alex Obanda lbw b R Price 23 36 4 0 63.89 David Obuya (wk) lbw b C Mpofu 0 2 0 0 0.00 Collins Obuya run out (V Sibanda) 1 6 0 0 16.67 Steve Tikolo (c) lbw b R Price 10 14 2 0 71.43 Tanmay Mishra c G Cremer b P Utseya 4 9 1 0 44.44 Thomas Odoyo lbw b G Lamb 14 29 2 0 48.28 Rakep Patel c R Chakabva b G Lamb 24 37 3 0 64.86 Nehemiah Odhiambo not out 44 47 5 0 93.62 Peter Ongondo lbw b G Cremer 6 2 0 1 300.00 Elijah Otieno run out (E Chigumbura) 5 13 0 0 38.46 James Ngoche c C Mpofu b G Cremer 9 21 0 1 42.86 Extras: b - 0, w - 3, nb - 0, lb - 4 7   Total:(147 for 10 in 36 overs) 147 Run Rate: 4.08

Fall Of Wickets

1/3 (David Obuya, 0.5 ov.), 2/10 (Collins Obuya, 3.3 ov.), 3/27 (Steve Tikolo, 7.3 ov.), 4/44 (Tanmay Mishra, 10.3 ov.), 5/44 (Alex Obanda, 11.4 ov.), 6/73 (Thomas Odoyo, 19.5 ov.), 7/95 (Rakep Patel, 24.6 ov.), 8/101 (Peter Ongondo, 25.2 ov.), 9/124 (Elijah Otieno, 31.2 ov.), 10/147 (James Ngoche, 35.6 ov.)

Bowling: Zimbabwe

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Chris Mpofu 6 0 27 1 0 2 4.5 Ray Price 7 1 20 2 0 0 2.9 Prosper Utseya 9 0 47 1 0 0 5.2 Gregory Lamb 7 0 21 2 0 0 3.0 Graeme Cremer 7 0 28 2 0 1 4.0