2007 Twenty20 World Championship: Kenya vs Sri Lanka

Friday, September 14, 2007 

Sri Lanka have beaten Kenya by 172 runs in Group C of the 2007 Twenty20 World Championship at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Sanath Jayasuriya scored 88 runs off 44 balls as Sri Lanka raced to 260-6 off 20 overs, the highest total made in a Twenty20 international. Mahela Jayawardene scored 65 runs before falling lbw to Jimmy Kamande, who took 3-48, bowling Kumar Sangakkara for 30 and Tillakaratne Dilshan for just three runs. Jehan Mubarak smashed 46 off 13 balls as Sri Lanka set a formidable target for Kenya.

Chaminda Vaas immediately made a breakthrough, dismissing opening batsman Maurice Ouma for a duck. Kenya never recovered, and were reduced to just 88 runs in the 20th over as Sri Lanka dismissed their batsmen cheaply. The win, by 172 runs, is the largest margin of victory in a Twenty20 international.

The defeat eliminates Kenya from the tournament. Sri Lanka and New Zealand will advance to the Super 8 stage.

Toss: Kenya won, and chose to field first.

Sri Lanka innings
Player	Status	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike rate
W U Tharanga	b Odoyo	10	11	1	0	90.90
S T Jayasuriya	c sub (A O Suji) b Odhiambo	88	44	11	4	200.00
K C Sangakkara	b Kamande	30	18	5	0	166.66
D P M D Jayawardene	lbw b Kamande	65	27	9	2	240.74
L P C Silva	run out (C O Obuya/Ouma)	5	4	1	0	125.00
T M Dilshan	b Kamande	3	4	0	0	75.00
J Mubarak	not out	46	13	3	5	353.84
G Wijekoon	not out	1	1	0	0	100.00
Extras	(lb 2; w 8; nb 2)	12
Total	(6 wickets; 20 overs)	260		30	11

Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Tharanga, 2.6 ov), 2-94 (Sangakkara, 9.3 ov), 3-181 (Jayasuriya, 14.2 ov), 4-194 (Silva, 15.6 ov), 5-212 (Jayawardene, 17.2 ov), 6-215 (Dilshan, 17.6 ov)

Did not bat: C R D Fernando, S L Malinga, W P U J C Vaas

Kenya bowling
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ
T M Odoyo	3	0	14	1	4.66
P J Ongondo	4	0	53	0	13.25
N Odhiambo	4	0	57	1	14.25
L N Onyango	4	0	61	0	15.25
J K Kamande	4	0	48	3	12.00
S O Tikolo	1	0	25	0	25.00

Kenya innings (Target: 261 runs from 20 overs)
Player	Status	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike rate
M A Ouma	lbw b Vaas	0	3	0	0	0.00
D O Obuya	run out (Jayasuriya/Wijekoon)	18	33	1	0	54.54
N Odhiambo	b Vaas	5	8	1	0	62.50
T Mishra	st Sangakkara b Jayasuriya	16	22	0	1	72.72
S O Tikolo	c Jayawardene b Malinga	4	4	0	0	100.00
C O Obuya	c & b Malinga	2	3	0	0	66.66
A Obanda	c Sangakkara b Dilshan	21	25	2	0	84.00
J K Kamande	lbw b Wijekoon	4	10	0	0	40.00
L N Onyango	not out	4	4	0	0	100.00
P J Ongondo	c Jayawardene b Dilshan	3	5	0	0	60.00
T M Odoyo	absent hurt	-
Extras	(lb 1; w 10)	11
Total	(all out; 19.3 overs)	88		4	1

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Ouma, 0.3 ov), 2-20 (Odhiambo, 2.6 ov), 3-42 (Mishra, 9.1 ov), 4-47 (Tikolo, 10.1 ov), 5-50 (CO Obuya, 10.4 ov), 6-66 (DO Obuya, 14.3 ov), 7-81 (Obanda, 17.2 ov), 8-83 (Kamande, 18.2 ov), 9-88 (Ongondo, 19.3 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ
W P U J C Vaas	4	1	15	2	3.75
C R D Fernando	3	0	23	0	7.66
S T Jayasuriya	3	0	9	1	3.00
S L Malinga	3	0	13	2	4.33
L P C Silva	2	0	12	0	6.00
G Wijekoon	3	0	12	1	4.00
T M Dilshan	1.3	0	4	2	2.66

Sri Lanka: W U Tharanga, S T Jayasuriya, K C Sangakkara (wkt), D P M D Jayawardene (capt), L P C Silva, T M Dilshan, J Mubarak, G Wijekoon, C R D Fernando, S L Malinga, W P U J C Vaas

Kenya: M A Ouma (wkt), D O Obuya, N Odhiambo, T Mishra, S O Tikolo (capt), C O Obuya, A Obanda, T M Odoyo, J K Kamande, P J Ongondo, L N Onyango

Man of the Match: S T Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)

Umpires: D J Harper (Australia) and N J Llong (England)
TV Umpire: M R Benson (England)
Match Referee: B C Broad (England)
Reserve Umpire: K H Hurter (South Africa)

Sources

• "ICC World Twenty20 8th Match, Group C: Kenya v Sri Lanka at Johannesburg" — Cricinfo, September 14, 2007
• "ICC World Twenty20: Sri Lanka v Kenya" — BBC Sport, September 14, 2007