The Black Caps beat Kenya by 10 wickets chasing a measly target of 69 runs during their Group A match today in Chennai. New Zealand's Hamish Bennett grabbed four wickets in his World Cup debut to help skittle out Zimbabwe in 24 overs. Two days before he turns 24, Bennett claimed 4-16 from his tidy five overs as Kenya, having opted to bat first, lost their top half even before reaching the 50-run mark and were shot out in 23.5 overs.
Tim Southee and Jacob Oram claimed three wickets apiece.
Southee dismissed Nehemiah Odhiambo and Shem Ngoche off the last to deliveries of his sixth over but could not get a chance to complete his hat-trick as Oram removed Elijah Otieno to drop curtains on the Kenyan innings.
Openers Alex Obanda (6) and Seren Waters (16) began cautiously even if run-rate was nothing to write home about.
Southee trapped Obanda in the seventh over before Bennett suddenly took fancy to beating the blade and hitting the pad of the flummoxed Kenyan batsmen, claiming three of his four victims lbw.
Only three Kenyan batsmen - Waters, Collins Obuya (14) and Rakep Patel (15 not out) -- managed double digit scores.
New Zealand missed Kyle Mills' service through a sore back but off-spinner Nathan McCullum recovered from fever to open the attack, a move that is getting increasingly popular among the visiting teams.
Source: http://goo.gl/soroo
Here is the complete World Cup 2011 schedule.
Comments