LIVE - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Intercontinental Cup - Match Update
At the end of 16 overs, the Kenyans moved to 44 for the loss of two wickets against Netherlands in their Intercontinental Cup match, being played at the Sportpark Westvliet Voorburg, today, September 13, 2011.
The 6th One Day International of the tournament has started slowly for the visitors, who are move at under 3 runs per over, with the crease occupied by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CO-Obuya-c1276.
Winning the toss and electing to bat first, it was not the start that the Kenyan skipper would have hoped for as the Dutch bowlers bowled to an immaculate line and length, giving no room to the batters to free their arms.
It was the pairing of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Waters-c2557 and Patel which opened the batting for the visitors. Both looked shady and short of confidence as they found it difficult to rotate the strike.
The sluggish start created pressure on the batting side, which saw Waters as the first wicket to go down, as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mudassar-Bukhari-c77863 got the better of the player who could only make 11 runs, consuming 33 deliveries.
This brought http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pieter-Marinus-Seelaar-c82273. Allan in his short stint on the crease made only 8, having used 28 balls.
This reduced the team to 44 for two in 15.4, with the skipper joining opening batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Huzefa-Mohammed-Patel-c63657, who was unbeaten on 19, with the help of two boundaries.
So far the hosts' bowlers have been impressive, with Bukhari being the pick of the lot with figures of 18 for 1 in 5 overs.
The two teams recently played each other in the 5th match of the competition, which saw the Dutch coming on top by two wickets, courtesy of the DuckWorth-Lewis method.
Both teams are languishing mid table in the Intercontinental Cup, going neck-to-neck with 1 win, and 2 losses from 3 matches each.
The responsibility now rests with the two batsmen on the crease to guide their team out of the slump and ensure that they end up with a fighting total on the board.
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