Afridi condemns Kenya to second defeat

CMC

Thursday, February 24, 2011

HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka (CMC) — Shahid Afridi spun his way through Kenya's brittle batting to bowl Pakistan to a confident 205-run victory in their opening match of the World Cup yesterday.

Scoreboard

PAKISTAN (maximum 50 overs)

Mohammad Hafeez c Waters b Otieno 9

Ahmed Shehzad c *Kamande b Odoyo 1

+Kamran st Ouma b Ngoche 55

Younus Khan lbw b Tikolo 50

Misbah-ul-Haq c Otieno b Kamande 65

Umar Akmal c Obuya b Odoyo 71

*Shahid Afridi lbw b Odoyo 7

Abdul Razzaq not out 8

Abdur Rehman not out 5

Extras (lb3, w37, nb6) 46

TOTAL (7 wkts, 50 overs) 317

Umar Gul, Shoaib Akhtar did not bat

Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-12, 3-110, 4-155, 5-273, 6-289, 7-289

Bowling: Odoyo 7-2-41-3 (w5); Otieno 9-1-49-1 (nb2); Odhiambo 7-0-65-0 (nb3, w3); Ngoche 10-0-46-1 (w1); *Kamande 7-0-64-1 (w4); Tikolo 9-0-44-1 (nb1); Obuya 1-0-5-0

KENYA (target: 318 off 50 overs)

+M Ouma c Kamran Akmal b Umar Gul 16

S Waters run out 17

C Obuya c Ahmed Shehzad b *Shahid Afridi 47

S Tikolo b *Shahid Afridi 13

T Mishra lbw b *Shahid Afridi 6

R Patel c Umar Akmal b Mohammad Hafeez 0

*J Kamande lbw b *Shahid Afridi 2

T Odoyo lbw b *Shahid Afridi 0

N Odhiambo run out 0

S Ngoche b Umar Gul 0

E Otieno not out 0

Extras (b4, lb3, w3, nb1) 11

TOTAL (all out, 331 overs) 112

Fall of wickets: 1-37, 2-43, 3-73, 4-79, 5-85, 6-87, 7-101, 8-112, 9-112

Bowling: Shoaib Akhtar 5-1-10-0 (w1); Abdul Razzaq 5-1-23-0; Umar Gul 41-0-12-2 (nb1, w1); Abdur Rehman 7-1-18-0; *Shahid Afridi 8-3-16-5; Mohammad Hafeez 4-1-26-1 (w1)

Result: Pakistan won by 205 runs

Points: Pakistan 2, Kenya 0

Toss: Pakistan

Man-of-the-Match: Umar Akmal (Pakistan)

Umpires: A Hill, N Llong

TV umpire: D Harper

Match referee: C Broad

Reserve umpire: S Tarapore