Australia v Kenya ICC World Cup full Highlights Video, Match Report, Scorecard

ICC World Cup 2011, 29th Match, Group A: Australia v Kenya Played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore 13th March 2011 (D/N) full Highlights Video, Match Report and Scorecard.

Australia continued their unbeaten run in World Cups when they beat Kenya by 60 runs in Bangalore on Sunday.

Australia v Kenya Cricket WC Match Report
Having won the toss and deciding to bat first, Australia posted 324 for six in their allotted 50 overs with Brad Haddin, Michael Clarke and fresh-from-injury Michael Hussey being the stars of the show.

Shane Watson was the first to depart after going after a wider ball from Nehimiah Odhiambo and a thick edge went through to Maurice Ouma who took a regulation catch.

Ricky Ponting then stepped out to join Brad Haddin in the middle and the two added a second wicket partnership of 89 before the Australian wicketkeeper was sent packing for 65. Haddin picked one up from outside off and lofted it straight to Patel on the fence as Jimmy Kamande bagged his first scalp.

The Australian skipper continued his dry spell in the World Cup and soon followed Haddin back to the dressing room as he was trapped leg-before by Collins Obuya.

Michael Hussey and Michael Clarke put together 114.

Clarke and Michael Hussey, however, knuckled down and put on a stellar partnership of 114 to help steady the ship for Australia. Clarke’s 93 off just 80 balls included seven fours and one six at a strike rate of 116.25.

Once Hussey departed, Steve Smith and Clarke added a further 47 for the sixth wicket partnership before Clarke was sent on his way after playing a rash shot which went straight to Rakep Patel at long-on.

The Kenyan batsmen faced a mammoth task and their confidence would have been low after having been bowled out for 69 against New Zealand, 112 against Pakistan, 142 against Sri Lanka and 198 against Canada.

Brett Lee struck in his second over to send Ouma on his way for four and Shaun Tait soon backed up his fellow pace ace as he sent Alex Obanda back to the dressing room for 14. A batting collapse seemed to loom after David Obuya was run out by his brother. D Obuya nudged the ball towards midwicket and set off for the run but Collins stood his ground at the other end and sent David back, despite the fact that he’d already come about three-quarters of the way down the pitch.

Tanmay Mishra and Collins Obuya then knuckled down and added 115 for the fourth wicket to give Kenya some hope. Mishra contributed 72 which included eight fours and one six before being run out by Clarke who did well to fire a direct hit at the stumps and send the batsman on his way.

Collins stuck around for a little while longer as Australia’s bowling continued to disappoint and the Kenyans plodded along to 247 before losing their fifth wicket. Odoyo tried to go for a wild swing, but missed completely and Tait disrupted the stumps.

C Odoya looked set for a century, but it wasn’t to be and the top scorer of the match ended on 98 not out as Kenya succumbed to a 60-run loss.

Australia might have won the match but their bowling will give them plenty to ponder while Kenya will take some confidence for their performance as they notched up second highest score against any Test-playing side, after the 265/5 versus India in Gwalior 1998.

Australia v Kenya Cricket World Cup Scores

Australia won by 60 runs

	Australia innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	SR Watson	c †Ouma b Odhiambo	21	32	17	3	1	123.52
	7.2 136.2 kph, caught! And such a late celebratory reaction from the keeper! That was short and wide from Odhiambo, but he got the ball to bounce a touch more. Watson went for the cut and got a thick edge through to the keeper, who had to take it over his head 38/1
	BJ Haddin†	c Patel b Kamande	65	109	79	9	1	82.27
	24.4 88.4 kph, caught at deep midwicket! Haddin moves forward, picks up the ball from outside off and swings it high and straight to the man on the deep midwicket boundary 127/2
	RT Ponting*	lbw b CO Obuya	36	83	54	5	0	66.66
	25.4 80.4 kph, loud appeal for lbw as Ponting attempts to work the ball on the leg side but misses and gets hit on the pad. The umpire says not out and Kenya want a review. That one didn't turn, was going straight through. A terrific review it is for that was hitting middle and leg. 131/3
	MJ Clarke	c Patel b Odhiambo	93	109	80	7	1	116.25
	48.1 110.4 kph, whoops, he's holed out to long-on. Clarke tried to launch a full ball over the man on the long-on boundary. He didn't get enough elevation or distance and Patel took a fine catch at shin height. That was travelling to him quickly and Clarke's World Cup average comes down a notch or two ... 304/6
	CL White	b Kamande	2	6	6	0	0	33.33
	26.6 oh wow! Did Kamande become Murali? White is shocked and with good reason. That ball pitched a long way outside off and spun viciously into the right-hander. White pushed forward in defence and the ball spun past his bat and hit off and middle. More middle than off. Was there an inside edge on to the stumps? I'm not yet sure ... There was no inside edge, simply spun massively between bat and pad. 143/4
	MEK Hussey	c DO Obuya b Odhiambo	54	72	43	4	0	125.58
	43.1 caught at long-on! The length was a touch full, the line was outside off and the pace might have been a touch slower. Hussey drags the ball from outside off towards David Obuya who ran in a bit and took the catch. Hussey was aiming to hit it straighter ... 257/5
	SPD Smith	not out	17	32	15	2	0	113.33
	MG Johnson	not out	12	9	7	2	0	171.42
	Extras	(b 2, lb 5, w 16, nb 1)	24
	Total	(6 wickets; 50 overs; 229 mins)	324	(6.48 runs per over)

Did not bat B Lee, JJ Krejza, SW Tait

Fall of wickets1-38 (Watson, 7.2 ov), 2-127 (Haddin, 24.4 ov), 3-131 (Ponting, 25.4 ov), 4-143 (White, 26.6 ov), 5-257 (Hussey, 43.1 ov), 6-304 (Clarke, 48.1 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	TM Odoyo	10	0	50	0	5.00	(1w)
	E Otieno	8	0	75	0	9.37
	NN Odhiambo	10	1	57	3	5.70	(2w)
	7.2 to Watson, 136.2 kph, caught! And such a late celebratory reaction from the keeper! That was short and wide from Odhiambo, but he got the ball to bounce a touch more. Watson went for the cut and got a thick edge through to the keeper, who had to take it over his head 38/1 43.1 to Hussey, caught at long-on! The length was a touch full, the line was outside off and the pace might have been a touch slower. Hussey drags the ball from outside off towards David Obuya who ran in a bit and took the catch. Hussey was aiming to hit it straighter ... 257/5 48.1 to Clarke, 110.4 kph, whoops, he's holed out to long-on. Clarke tried to launch a full ball over the man on the long-on boundary. He didn't get enough elevation or distance and Patel took a fine catch at shin height. That was travelling to him quickly and Clarke's World Cup average comes down a notch or two ... 304/6
	JO Ngoche	8	0	56	0	7.00	(1w)
	JK Kamande	10	0	46	2	4.60	(2w)
	24.4 to Haddin, 88.4 kph, caught at deep midwicket! Haddin moves forward, picks up the ball from outside off and swings it high and straight to the man on the deep midwicket boundary 127/2 26.6 to White, oh wow! Did Kamande become Murali? White is shocked and with good reason. That ball pitched a long way outside off and spun viciously into the right-hander. White pushed forward in defence and the ball spun past his bat and hit off and middle. More middle than off. Was there an inside edge on to the stumps? I'm not yet sure ... There was no inside edge, simply spun massively between bat and pad. 143/4
	CO Obuya	4	0	33	1	8.25	(1nb, 1w)
	25.4 to Ponting, 80.4 kph, loud appeal for lbw as Ponting attempts to work the ball on the leg side but misses and gets hit on the pad. The umpire says not out and Kenya want a review. That one didn't turn, was going straight through. A terrific review it is for that was hitting middle and leg. 131/3

	Kenya innings (target: 325 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	MA Ouma†	c †Haddin b Lee	4	14	13	0	0	30.76
	2.5 142.2 kph, edged ... and taken! Lee follows the bouncer with a full ball that begins to swing away from the batsman from around off stump. Ouma chases after it with the drive and edges to Haddin who takes a simple catch. Excellent ball after that bouncer. Full and swinging at pace. 12/1
	AA Obanda	b Tait	14	20	10	0	2	140.00
	3.6 137.3 kph, bowled him! Tait bowls a fast full toss. That was there to be hit and Obanda wanted to send it over the leg-side boundary. He missed it though and the ball crashed into middle stump 21/2
	CO Obuya	not out	98	199	129	9	3	75.96
	DO Obuya	run out (Hussey/†Haddin)	12	27	16	2	0	75.00
	9.4 from Johnson, there's a mix-up between the brothers and David Obuya is run out. David pushed the ball off his hips towards midwicket and sprinted for the run. Collins, perhaps seeing that Hussey was sprinting towards the ball from square leg with no signs of hamstring trouble, did not want the run. David kept coming and by the time he stopped and turned, Hussey had reached the ball. his throw to Haddin was good and David had to go. 46/3
	T Mishra	run out (Clarke)	72	92	89	8	1	80.89
	35.3 Watson to CO Obuya, tragic way to go, Mishra is run out. It was perhaps the only way Australia were going to strike. Obuya dabbed the ball towards backward point and the batsmen decided to take on Clarke. Bad move. He swooped on the ball and hit the stumps direct at the striker's end. Well played Mishra, an innings ended by a bad decision to run. He's made his highest ODI score today. 161/4
	TM Odoyo	b Tait	35	59	38	4	1	92.10
	47.3 148.1 kph, bowled him, middle stump lies flat. Odoyo backs away to swing, Tait bowls a full and straight ball. It beat Odoyo for pace and uprooted middle stump 247/5
	RR Patel	run out (Krejza/Tait)	6	10	7	1	0	85.71
	49.4 Tait to CO Obuya, hit straight back down to long-on and Obuya runs back for the second. But the throw from the deep is good and Tait, even though he took an age to remove the bails, does it in the nick of time to run out Patel. Only one for Obuya, who has the strike though 263/6
	JK Kamande*	not out	0	1	0	0	0	-
	Extras	(b 2, lb 6, w 12, nb 3)	23
	Total	(6 wickets; 50 overs; 214 mins)	264	(5.28 runs per over)

Did not bat NN Odhiambo, E Otieno, JO Ngoche

Fall of wickets1-12 (Ouma, 2.5 ov), 2-21 (Obanda, 3.6 ov), 3-46 (DO Obuya, 9.4 ov), 4-161 (Mishra, 35.3 ov), 5-247 (Odoyo, 47.3 ov), 6-263 (Patel, 49.4 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	B Lee	8	1	26	1	3.25
	2.5 to Ouma, 142.2 kph, edged ... and taken! Lee follows the bouncer with a full ball that begins to swing away from the batsman from around off stump. Ouma chases after it with the drive and edges to Haddin who takes a simple catch. Excellent ball after that bouncer. Full and swinging at pace. 12/1
	SW Tait	8	0	49	2	6.12	(2nb, 5w)
	3.6 to Obanda, 137.3 kph, bowled him! Tait bowls a fast full toss. That was there to be hit and Obanda wanted to send it over the leg-side boundary. He missed it though and the ball crashed into middle stump 21/2 47.3 to Odoyo, 148.1 kph, bowled him, middle stump lies flat. Odoyo backs away to swing, Tait bowls a full and straight ball. It beat Odoyo for pace and uprooted middle stump 247/5
	MG Johnson	8	1	40	0	5.00	(2w)
	SPD Smith	6	0	36	0	6.00
	JJ Krejza	8	0	36	0	4.50
	MJ Clarke	5	0	21	0	4.20
	SR Watson	7	0	48	0	6.85	(1w)

Toss Australia, who chose to bat
Points Australia 2, Kenya 0
Player of the matchCO Obuya (Kenya)

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