Sri Lanka dismantles Kenya, Lasith Malinga takes six wickets – ICC Cricket World Cup 2011
The fourteenth match of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket World Cup 2011 was held between Sri Lanka and Kenya at the R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
The Group-A game was a one-sided affair as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 restricted Kenya to 142 runs and Sri Lankan pace bowler Lasith Malinga announced his return to full fitness, claiming six wickets.
Kenyan captain, Jimmy Kamande was all smiles when he won the toss and opted to bat first. He stated that they would accumulate a ‘heaps of runs’ against a good bowling side. On the other hand, Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara was confident his bowlers would
wrap up the Kenyan innings early on.
It was a shaky start for Kenya, as openers Maurice Ouma and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Seren-Waters-c89209 fell to the deliveries of Nuwan Kulasekara and Malinga respectively. It was a familiar display of opening-batting failure as Kenya slid to eight runs for the loss of two wickets in
the third over. Kulasekara got Ouma (1 run off 7 balls) with his favorite in-ducker while Malinga took his first wicket of the day of Waters (3 runs off 4 balls) with an in-swinging yorker.
But a resilient and dogged display from the Obuya brothers frustrated the Lankans bowling attack. There were singles, twos and occasional boundaries as Collins Obuya and David Obuya steered the team to 102 for the loss of two wickets. The duo had plenty
of luck: there were outside off drives, lots of edges and close leg-before appeals, but the brothers remained focused to give their side a solid platform to build on.
Sangakkara juggled with Angelo Mathews and the spin of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Muttiah-Muralitharan-c78157, but none of them could break through the partnership.
A breakthrough was finally achieved when Malinga’s bowled http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Collins-c51521 Obuya (52 off 100 balls) in the 31st over. What followed was a complete collapse, as the final eight wickets were blasted out for just 40 runs.
Mathews took the 39-year-old Steve Tikolo’s wicket (7 runs off 17 balls) caught by Tillakaratne Dilshan in the 36th over.
David was next to go back to the pavilion after scoring 51 runs off 106 balls. The Kenyan skippers, Kamande was run-out in the 41st over, with Kenya was reeling on 128 for the loss of six wickets.
Malinga took his third wicket of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kenya-c752 set a mere target of 142-runs for Sri
Lanka.
The chase was relatively easy as opener Upul Tharanga, who remained unbeaten at 67 runs along with Dilshan steered the team to 72 runs in 8.2 overs. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Elijah-Otieno-c55866 managed to stump Dilshan for 44 runs in the 8th over.
The win was secured by Sangakkara, who added 27 runs, as Sri Lanka won by nine wickets with 188 balls remaining.
Lasith Malinga was crowned Man-of-the-match.
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