http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Intercontinental Cup One-Day - 3rd Match - First Innings Recap
Kenya failed to set a massive total for United Arab Emirates as they managed to pile up 210 in first innings of the third match of the ICC Intercontinental Cup One-Day tournament, held at Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya on Monday, July 25, 2011.
Winnings the toss, the Kenyan captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rakep-Rajendra-Patel-c83650 and Runish Gudhka, were unable to justify their skipper’s decision, getting
out on duck and nine respectively. The UAE pacers commenced the show with a bang, sending top three Kenyan batsmen back to the pavilion within the first 10 overs.
While http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Amjad-Javed-c44094. The Kenyan skipper also failed to make an impression and gave away his wicket to Sarwar after adding just one run to the total. Three down for 21, the home side
was in deep trouble and the things were worsening as the bowlers were on song.
However, the middle-order batmen, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajesh-Premji-Varsani-c83533, consolidated the innings, racking up 133-run-partnerhip for the fourth wicket. Both batsmen ran well between the wickets and took full advantage of rare poor deliveries by the Arab bowlers.
Mishra smashed a thrilling 66-run-kncok with the help of seven sterling boundaries before gifting his wicket to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ahmed-Raza-c42350. A ball after Mishra’s departure, Varsani also got out after amassing crucial 57 runs.
Two quick wickets of set batsmen once again created difficulties for the home side. Although, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ramesh-Premji-Mepani-c83853 and the wicket-keeper batsman, Mansukh Jesani, tried their best to lift the side by collecting 22 and 10 runs respectively, the succeeding batmen
could not contribute anything special. As a result, the Kenyans collapsed on paltry 210 without playing the entire 50 overs.
From UAE’s bowling department, Sarwar led the party, grabbing five wickets for just 23 runs. Besides Sarwar’s great show with the ball, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nasir-c78728 Aziz picked up a scalp each.
The Arab side required 211 runs to win the game at a scoring rate of a little over-four per over. Although, the target is not a big one, it will not be an easy outing for the tourists since the conditions are cloudy and the chances of rain are very bright.
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