http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Intercontinental Cup, Kenya v United Arab Emirates at Nairobi (Gym), Jul 28-31, 2011 – 1st innings Recap
The first 4-day match of the ICC Intercontinental Cup started off between Kenya and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 from July 28, 2011. The fixture was scheduled to begin at 10:00am local time at the Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi.
This match was preceded by 2 One-Dayers between Kenya and UAE which took place on Monday, July 25 and Tuesday, July 26. Kenya won the first match by 66 runs through D/L method while UAE remained triumphant against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kenya-c752 in the 2nd match, with
a margin of 4 wickets.
UAE had prepared well before this tour and were confident and excited to meet the comparatively stronger team in limited over as well as the longer format of cricket.
The UAE won the toss and elected to bat first. Wicket-keeper batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Arshad-Ali-c76710 opened the batting innings for UAE.
The team started off fine with this duo, who contributed 31 runs to the team’s total in 1st wicket partnership. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Arshad-c45521 in the 13th over when UAE had only scored 31 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Amjad-Ali-c44076 was the next man in but had to leave the crease as the bowl edged straight to the keeper. He added 13 runs off 29 deliveries at a run-rate of 44.82.
Saqib Ali came in to support the opener Rehman and Wesonga did not let them establish a scoring partnership and sent Rehman away.
The next man http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shaiman-Anwar-Butt-c89533 also became the victim of Wesonga’s bowling and returned without even opening his account.
Captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khurram-Khan-c71386 and Saqib Ali then supported the crumbing team and added 121 runs in 31.5 overs. This 5th wicket partnership brought UAE back into the game.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saqib-Ali-c88733 then lost his wicket in the 53rd over at a score of 45 off 85 deliveries. Ahmad Raza also could not support the skipper at the other end and got caught out after adding just a single to the team’s total.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Tauqir-c77416 looked promising when he took off but was unfortunate as was given lbw out at a beautiful delivery by Oluoch. Tauqir managed to add 9 runs off 10 deliveries including one boundary.
The captain Khurram http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khan-c71319 was aiming for the century but got caught out at the hands of Kenyan skipper Obuya. Khan had played a splendid innings of 83 runs including 11 boundaries.
The Tail-enders could not add much to the team’s total. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shoaib-Sarwar-c90093 got caught out at duck. UAE concluded its 1st innings at a total of 213 runs which is not difficult to chase for the Kenyan team. UAE
was all out in 67.3 overs and had played at a run rate of 3.15.
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