Kenya do double Dutch
Rakep Patel and Shem Obado put on a splendid show with the bat and ball respectively to steer Kenya to a comfortable seven wickets win over Netherlands in the ongoing Twenty20 Quadrangular in Namibia.
This was Kenya’s second win over Netherlands in the event. The teams had met in the opening day where Kenya registered a five wickets win.
Patel scored 46 runs from only 20 balls while Obado picked 4 wickets for 34 runs as Kenya bowled out their opponents for 113 in 18.4 overs.
Kenya reached the target with 46 balls to play and with seven wickets in hand.
Patel hit Michael Rippon for three consecutive sixes as he remained unbeaten from 20 balls.
After winning the toss, things looked bright for Kenya from the word go, picking the first wicket from the first ball when Nehemiah Odhiambo had Wesley Baresi caught for a golden duck.
Michael Swart and Tom Cooper got the scores to 31 before Cooper became Odhiambo’s second wicket on 10 runs.
Obado put his name on the wickets list in the fourth over when he had Swart trapped on 27.
His second wicket came two overs later when he bowled Daan van Bunge for 19 to leave the Dutch on 58 for 4 in 6 overs.
Tom Grooth and Rippon made 19 and 17 respectively before they both fell to Obado.
Hiren Varaiya, James Ngoche and Rageb Aga all took a wicket each.
Kenya opened with Alex Obanda and Tanmay Mishra and the stand put 22 runs in 2.2 overs with Mishra only facing five balls before he was trapped lbw by Mudassar Bukhari on 5.
Obanda followed with 15 caught off Bukhari on 28 from 19 balls.
Maurice Ouma and captain Collins Obuya got the scores to 49 before a run out to Ouma ended the stand.
With Kenya 65 runs shot of victory it was left to the experienced Patel and Obuya to see the side home and the they lived to expectation with Rakep taking full charge.
He hit five sixes and two boundaries as Kenya opened their campaingn with a resounding win.
His sixes included three consecutive onees in the 11th over.
Obuya remained unbeaten on 19 off the same number of balls.
In the opening match an unbeaten 75 from Obuya guided Kenya to a five-wicket win. Set a target of 173 to win, Kenya were on the backfoot at 18 for 2 after the loss of two quick wickets. However, a 54-run stand between opener Obanda and Obuya brought their chase back on track. Once Obanda fell for 47, Obuya paired with Patel and the duo put on 83 runs off 44 balls to take Kenya to the brink of victory. Obuya then guided the side home with one over to spare.
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Rakep Patel and Shem Obado put on a splendid show with the bat and ball respectively to steer Kenya to a comfortable seven wickets win over Netherlands in the ongoing Twenty20 Quadrangular in Namibia.
This was Kenya’s second win over Netherlands in the event. The teams had met in the opening day where Kenya registered a five wickets win.
Patel scored 46 runs from only 20 balls while Obado picked 4 wickets for 34 runs as Kenya bowled out their opponents for 113 in 18.4 overs.
Kenya reached the target with 46 balls to play and with seven wickets in hand.
Patel hit Michael Rippon for three consecutive sixes as he remained unbeaten from 20 balls.
After winning the toss, things looked bright for Kenya from the word go, picking the first wicket from the first ball when Nehemiah Odhiambo had Wesley Baresi caught for a golden duck.
Michael Swart and Tom Cooper got the scores to 31 before Cooper became Odhiambo’s second wicket on 10 runs.
Obado put his name on the wickets list in the fourth over when he had Swart trapped on 27.
His second wicket came two overs later when he bowled Daan van Bunge for 19 to leave the Dutch on 58 for 4 in 6 overs.
Tom Grooth and Rippon made 19 and 17 respectively before they both fell to Obado.
Hiren Varaiya, James Ngoche and Rageb Aga all took a wicket each.
Kenya opened with Alex Obanda and Tanmay Mishra and the stand put 22 runs in 2.2 overs with Mishra only facing five balls before he was trapped lbw by Mudassar Bukhari on 5.
Obanda followed with 15 caught off Bukhari on 28 from 19 balls.
Maurice Ouma and captain Collins Obuya got the scores to 49 before a run out to Ouma ended the stand.
With Kenya 65 runs shot of victory it was left to the experienced Patel and Obuya to see the side home and the they lived to expectation with Rakep taking full charge.
He hit five sixes and two boundaries as Kenya opened their campaingn with a resounding win.
His sixes included three consecutive onees in the 11th over.
Obuya remained unbeaten on 19 off the same number of balls.
In the opening match an unbeaten 75 from Obuya guided Kenya to a five-wicket win. Set a target of 173 to win, Kenya were on the backfoot at 18 for 2 after the loss of two quick wickets. However, a 54-run stand between opener Obanda and Obuya brought their chase back on track. Once Obanda fell for 47, Obuya paired with Patel and the duo put on 83 runs off 44 balls to take Kenya to the brink of victory. Obuya then guided the side home with one over to spare.
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