2007 Cricket World Cup: New Zealand vs Kenya

Tuesday, March 20, 2007 

New Zealand beat Kenya by 148 runs in Group C of the World Cup at the Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia.

This victory qualifies New Zealand for the Super 8 phase.

Toss: Kenya won, and elected to field first.

New Zealand innings
Player	Status	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike rate
Lou Vincent	c Tikolo b Odoyo	0	4	0	0	0.00
Stephen Fleming	run out (CO Obuya/Ouma)	60	61	7	3	98.36
Ross Taylor	c & b Tikolo	85	107	8	1	79.43
Scott Styris	c Mishra b Onyango	63	62	3	3	101.61
Craig McMillan	c Tikolo b Ongondo	71	48	3	5	147.91
Jacob Oram	b Odoyo	3	6	0	0	50.00
Brendon McCullum	c Varaiya b Ongondo	6	9	0	0	66.66
Daniel Vettori	not out	14	7	2	0	200.00
James Franklin	not out	0	0	0	0	-
Extras	(lb 3; w 21; nb 5)	29
Total	(7 Wickets; 50 overs)	331		23	12

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Vincent, 0.4 ov), 2-105 (Fleming, 20.1 ov), 3-192 (Taylor, 33.4 ov), 4-274 (Styris, 43.1 ov), 5-280 (Oram, 44.4 ov), 6-307 (McCullum, 47.6 ov), 7-321 (McMillan, 49.2 ov)

Kenya bowling
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ
Thomas Odoyo	10	0	55	2	5.50
Peter Ongondo	10	0	64	2	6.40
Lameck Onyango	8	0	63	1	7.87
Jimmy Kamande	9	0	61	0	6.77
Hiren Varaiya	7	0	40	0	5.71
Steve Tikolo	6	0	45	1	7.50

Kenya innings (Target: 332 runs from 50 overs)
Player	Status	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike rate
Maurice Ouma	run out (Vincent)	4	21	0	0	19.04
David Obuya	lbw b Mason	1	5	0	0	20.00
Ravindu Shah	c & b Vettori	71	89	8	2	79.77
Steve Tikolo	c Vettori b Mason	7	16	1	0	43.75
Tanmay Mishra	c Fleming b Franklin	2	4	0	0	50.00
Collins Obuya	run out (Franklin/Oram)	21	31	0	0	67.74
Thomas Odoyo	c Oram b Bond	42	67	4	1	62.68
Jimmy Kamande	b Vettori	12	15	0	1	80.00
Lameck Onyango	run out (Vincent)	6	17	0	0	35.29
Peter Ongondo	c & b Franklin	4	21	0	0	19.04
Hiren Varaiya	not out	1	16	0	0
Extras	(lb 2; w 2; nb 8)	12
Total	(all out; 49.2 overs)	183

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (DO Obuya, 2.3 ov), 2-8 (Ouma, 5.2 ov), 3-26 (Tikolo, 10.5 ov), 4-29 (Mishra, 11.4 ov), 5-76 (CO Obuya, 20.3 ov), 6-122 (Shah, 29.6 ov), 7-149 (Kamande, 35.3 ov), 8-167 (Onyango, 41.6 ov), 9-179 (Odoyo, 44.2 ov), 10-183 (Ongondo, 49.2 ov)

New Zealand bowling
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ
Michael Mason	9	0	29	2	3.22
Shane Bond	8	2	19	1	2.37
James Franklin	7.2	2	20	2	2.72
Craig McMillan	10	0	39	0	3.90
Daniel Vettori	10	0	45	2	4.50
Jacob Oram	5	0	29	0	5.80

New Zealand: S P Fleming (capt), L Vincent, R L Taylor, S B Styris, J D P Oram, C D McMillan, B B McCullum (wkt), D L Vettori, J E C Franklin, S E Bond, M J Mason
Kenya: M A Ouma (wkt), D O Obuya, R D Shah, S O Tikolo (capt), T Mishra, C O Obuya, T M Odoyo, J K Kamande, L N Onyango, P J Ongondo, H A Varaiya

Player of the match: R L Taylor (New Zealand)

Umpires: B R Doctrove and R E Koertzen (South Africa)
TV umpire: P D Parker (Australia)
Match referee: M J Procter (South Africa)
Reserve umpire: Asad Rauf (Pakistan)

Sources

• "14th Match, Group C: Kenya v New Zealand at Gros Islet - Mar 20, 2007" — Cricinfo, March 20, 2007
• "ICC World Cup: Kenya v New Zealand" — BBC, March 20, 2007