2007 Cricket World Cup: England vs Kenya
Saturday, March 24, 2007
England beat Kenya by 7 wickets (with 60 balls remaining) in the final Group C game in the World Cup at Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia.
England will now advance through to the Super 8 stage.
Rain delayed the start of the match by some two hours, and therefore the match was only a 43 over game.
Toss: Kenya won, and elected to bat first.
 Kenya innings
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Maurice Ouma | c Collingwood b Anderson | 13 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 28.88 | |
| Ravindu Shah | b Anderson | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 36.36 | |
| Tony Suji | c Vaughan b Mahmood | 14 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 48.27 | |
| Steve Tikolo | b Flintoff | 76 | 97 | 8 | 0 | 78.35 | |
| Tanmay Mishra | b Collingwood | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Collins Obuya | run out (Bopara/Panesar) | 10 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 76.92 | |
| Thomas Odoyo | lbw b Flintoff | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 36.36 | |
| Jimmy Kamande | b Collingwood | 17 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 60.71 | |
| Lameck Onyango | run out (Nixon) | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 55.55 | |
| Peter Ongondo | run out (Vaughan) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Hiren Varaiya | not out | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 57.14 | |
| Extras | (lb 8; w 6; nb 8) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (all out; 43 overs) | 177 | 15 | 0 | |||
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Shah, 4.5 ov), 2-35 (Ouma, 10.1 ov), 3-73 (Suji, 17.4 ov), 4-74 (Mishra, 18.5 ov), 5-99 (Obuya, 23.3 ov), 6-112 (Odoyo, 26.5 ov), 7-151 (Kamande, 36.4 ov), 8-165 (Tikolo, 40.2 ov), 9-170 (Ongondo, 41.2 ov), 10-177 (Onyango, 42.6 ov)
 England bowling
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | |
| James Anderson | 9 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 3.00 | |
| Sajid Mahmood | 9 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 4.33 | |
| Andrew Flintoff | 9 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 3.88 | |
| Ravinder Bopara | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7.00 | |
| Paul Collingwood | 7 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 4.71 | |
| Monty Panesar | 8 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 3.50 | |
| England innings
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Ed Joyce | b Tikolo | 75 | 90 | 9 | 1 | 83.33 | |
| Michael Vaughan | c Obuya b Ongondo | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| Ian Bell | c sub b Odoyo | 16 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 88.88 | |
| Kevin Pietersen | not out | 56 | 72 | 5 | 1 | 77.77 | |
| Paul Collingwood | not out | 18 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 105.88 | |
| Extras | (lb 2; w 7; nb 3) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (3 Wickets; 33 overs) | 178 | 19 | 2 | |||
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Vaughan, 3.1 ov), 2-52 (Bell, 8.4 ov), 3-155 (Joyce, 27.6 ov)
| Kenya bowling
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | |
| Thomas Odoyo | 6 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 4.50 | |
| Peter Ongondo | 4 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 7.75 | |
| Lameck Onyango | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7.00 | |
| Tony Suji | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 5.00 | |
| Hiren Varaiya | 6 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 6.50 | |
| Jimmy Kamande | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 4.80 | |
| Steve Tikolo | 4 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 4.50 | |
| Collins Obuya | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2.66 | |
England: E C Joyce, M P Vaughan (capt), I R Bell, K P Pietersen, A Flintoff, P D Collingwood, R S Bopara, P A Nixon (wkt), J M Anderson, M S Panesar, S I Mahmood
Kenya: M A Ouma (wkt), R D Shah, A O Suji, S O Tikolo (capt), T Mishra, C O Obuya, T M Odoyo, J K Kamande, L N Onyango, P J Ongondo, H A Varaiya
Player of the match: E C Joyce (England)
Umpires: R E Koertzen (South Africa) and P D Parker (Australia)
TV umpire: B R Doctrove
Match referee: M J Procter (South Africa)
Reserve umpire: Asad Rauf (Pakistan)
Sources
edit- "23rd Match, Group C: England v Kenya at Gros Islet, Mar 24, 2007" — Cricinfo, March 24, 2007
- "ICC World Cup: England v Kenya" — BBC, March 24, 2007
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