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World Cup flashback: When Kenya dumbfounded Sri Lanka in 2003
- Updated: April 12, 2019
Playing during a Nairobi Gymkhana ground, a day belonged to a Obuya brothers
Kenya’s overwhelming attainment over West Indies during Pune in a 1996 World Cup will sojourn their biggest highlight, though a marvellous 53-run win opposite Sri Lanka in a 2003 World Cup was no obtuse attainment either.
Playing during a Nairobi Gymkhana ground, a day belonged to a Obuya brothers. Kennedy Otieno, also famous as Kennedy Obuya, top-scored with 60 as Kenya posted 210-9 in their 50 overs.
The Kenyan batsmen succumbed to spin sorceress Mutthiah Muralitharan, who claimed 4-28. Defending a medium total, a Kenyan bowlers, led by Collins Obuya, played out of their skins after Martin Suji and Thomas Odoyo private a Sri Lankan openers Sanath Jayasuriya (3) and Marvan Atapattu (23).
Obuya afterwards uneasy SL’s middle-order – Mahela Jayawardene (5), Kumar Sangakkara (5) and Chaminda Vaas (4) – all behind in a pavilion early. Obuya also discharged Hashan Tillakaratne (23) and Aravinda de Silva (41), who had fake a 32-run third wicket partnership. Sri Lanka were bowled out for 157 in 45 overs.
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Figured out
The 2011 World Cup truly belonged to teams from a subcontinent. While India carried a prize after 28 years, World Cup finalists Sri Lanka’s T Dilshan was a tip run-getter with 500 runs in 9 innings. Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi and India’s Zaheer Khan were a corner top wicket-takers (21).
Farokh Engineer
Did we know?
Farokh Engineer was Man of a Match for his dominant 54 opposite East Africa during a 1975 World Cup notwithstanding Sunil Gavaskar top-scoring with 65 not out as India rode to a thumping 10-wicket victory. India reached a 121-run aim in 29.5 overs during Headingley.
Player to watch: Aiden Markram
The South African opener might have tender with his technique in Test cricket, though a right-hand batsman has not got adequate opportunities in singular overs cricket for his country. Markram is positively creation a box for himself to be picked in a World Cup patrol after some marvellous attack for Titans in a One-Day Cup (all List A games) where he scored 542 runs in 5 innings, including a match-winning century in a final. In his final ODI for SA, a fifth compare opposite Sri Lanka final month, Markram crushed an dominant 67 to lead a hosts to a 41-run attainment around D/L method. With Markram personification county cricket in England, a South African will have a advantage of being well-acclimatised to a conditions.
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