Kenya v Bermuda, 1st ODI, Nairobi

Obanda and Ongondo sink Bermuda

Cricinfo staff

October 25, 2007

Kenya 175 for 2 (Obanda 79*, Ouma 46) beat Bermuda 174 (Cann 52, Ongondo 3-16) by eight wickets
Scorecard

Kenya cruised to an eight-wicket win in the opening one-day international against Bermuda in Nairobi. Peter Ongondo led the way with the ball as his three wickets knocked the stuffing out of Bermuda's weak batting line-up then Alex Obanda, the impressive 19-year-old, made short work of the target.

However, anything less than this emphatic result would have been a disappointment for Kenya against a Bermuda side which is struggling to justify its status as a leading Associate. On Tuesday they lost to Uganda by 43 runs and the top-order woes, which had them on 18 for 5, returned again in this match after they'd been put in.

Ongondo began the rout with his seventh ball when Steve Outerbridge edged a rising delivery to second slip and thereafter Bermuda were unable to cope. Irvine Romaine chased a wide one and edged to the keeper and when David Hemp drove a half volley into the covers they were 51 for 5 and sinking rapidly.

Some respectability was ensured with a sixth-wicket stand of 61 between Lionel Cann and Janeiro Tucker as Cann crunched 52 off 32 balls before missing a drive at Jimmy Kamande. Bermuda's lower order showed more fight than their earlier colleagues with Rodney Trott (22) and Malachi Jones (21) adding 35 for the ninth wicket as the total edged to 174.

Kenya, though, were barely troubled in the run-chase despite David Obuya's golden duck when he padded up to Kevin Hurdle. Maurice Ouma eased along at a run a ball, adding 105 with Obanda who again showed his range of strokes. Captain Steve Tikolo dominated the unbroken third-wicket stand of 70 as he and Obanda completed a professional display with more than 21 overs to spare.

© Cricinfo

Add to del.icio.us | digg this | Stumble It What's this? If you liked this article and would like to share it with others on the web who might be searching for good content on cricket, you may use these buttons. When you add them to any of these sites, you "social bookmark" them for others to find and rate. More on del.icio.us>> More on digg>> More on stumbleupon>> Close

Live scores, results, news, features and more - a click away Download the Cricinfo Toolbar NEW Cricinfo fantasy game: Sri Lanka v India - starts July 23 Enter your team now Live scores from across the world on your mobile phone Cricinfo Mobile

Matches

Kenya v Bermuda at Nairobi (Gym)

Players/Umpires

Lionel Cann

Alex Obanda

Peter Ongondo

Series/Tournaments

Bermuda tour of Kenya and United Arab Emirates

Teams

Bermuda

Kenya