Australia win easily but Kenya regain pride
Australia's World Cup campaign resumed with an ultimately comfortable 60-run victory against Kenya, although Collins Obuya's unbeaten 98 meant the Associate nation took pride out of the contest
Australia's World Cup campaign resumed with an ultimately comfortable 60-run victory against Kenya, although Collins Obuya's unbeaten 98 meant the Associate nation took pride out of the contest
Scorer: M Venkat Raghav | Commentator: George Binoy
So Australia win by 60 runs and extend their unbeaten streak in World cup matches to 33. But Kenya played proudly, they were good with the ball too, spirited performance and didn't let Australia get away easily. And their batsmen did not fold like they did in previous matches, Collins Obuya leading the resistance with an unbeaten 98.
Jimmy Kamande: "At the end of the we came out second, so it's a little disappointing. The worst thing is we have only one more game left. But we can hope to improve from today. All in all Tanmay, Collins and some bowling from Nehimiah was excellent ..."
Ricky Ponting: "A bit of rust on the team, even with the batting. Full credit to Kenya, they fought really well. We tried a few different things today, bowling Smith in the Powerplay ... but hopefully we've shaken off the rust ahead of the Canada game ... great to have Hussey back. We'll have a rest day tomorrow, we've done plenty of training ..."
The Man of the Match is Collins Obuya! Well done Collins, against Australia, in a World Cup. "I'm very proud," he says. "I've been working hard on my batting, on my bowling as well, hopefully I'll become a batting allrounder." He's gracious as well about not getting enough strike at the death and missing his hundred.
A parting comment and it's from Mark Kidger: "Kenya will take some heart from that performance. For Australia, job done, but they won't have terrified any of the sides in the other group today thinking about the Quarter Final crosses."
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He needs a boundary here ...
Two balls to go, Obuya on 97. Kamande, the captain, is the new batsman.
RR Patel run out 6 (10m 7b 1x4 0x6) SR: 85.71
Three balls to go, Obuya needs four.
Three balls to go, Obuya stranded. Ponting brings the field in, he won't give Obuya the strike easily.
Plays of the day from reigning champions Australia's Group A encounter with minnows Kenya
In a match billed to be between a flyweight and a heavyweight, Kenya managed to go the distance, avoiding their widely-predicted fate of embarrassing failure against the champions Australia, who are undefeated in 32 World Cup matches