Kenya show the way to Super Six in Group B

Tournament minnows Kenya, inspired by former captain Maurice Odumbe, became the first team from World Cup Group B to reach the Super Six sta...

Tournament minnows Kenya, inspired by former captain Maurice Odumbe, became the first team from World Cup Group B to reach the Super Six stage when they beat Bangladesh by 32 runs on Saturday. Man-of-the-match Odumbe, who top-scored with an unbeaten 52 in Kenya’s 217 for seven, took four for 38 in 10 overs as Bangladesh slumped to 185 all out.

Kenya, who followed defending champions Australia from Group A into the next phase, have now beaten Bangladesh in six of their seven one-day meetings. The Asian team, whose last victory in a one-day international came against Pakistan at the 1999 World Cup, have now gone 32 consecutive one-dayers without a win.

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KENYA: K Otieno c Mashud b Islam 0; R Shah c A Khan b M Rafique 37; B Patel c Islam b Mahmud 32; S Tikolo b Hossain 27; H Modi c&b Hossain 12; M Odumbe not out 52; T Odoyo lbw Hossain 19; C Obuya b Baisya 22; P Ongondo not out 2; Extras (b-1, lb-2, w-11) 14 Total: (For 7 wkts, 50 overs) 217 Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-68, 3-80, 4-116, 5-124, 6-164, 7-197 Bowling: Islam 7-0-30-1, Baisya 8-1-22-1, Mahmud 10-1-39-1, Rafique 7-0-35-1, Hossain 10-0-49-3, Kapali 2-0-9-0, Ashraful 6-0-30-0 BANGLADESH: Al-Shahriar c Otieno b M Suji 14; Mohd Ashraful lbw M Suji 1; T Imran c sub b Odumbe 48; K Mashud c Shah b Obuya 14; A Kapali c Otieno b Odumbe 18; A Khan c sub b Tikolo 44; S Hossain c M Suji b Odumbe 16; K Mahmud st Otieno b Odumbe 3; Mohd Rafique c Modi b Tikolo 5; T Baisya not out 2; M Islam st Otieno b Tikolo 2; Extras (b-2, lb-3, w-10, nb-3) 18 Total: (in 47.2 overs) 185 Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-17, 3-53, 4-99, 5-111, 6-151, 7-158, 8-180, 9-180 Bowling: M Suji 8-1-27-2, Odoyo 4-0-9-0 , Ongondo 7-0-29-0, Obuya 9-0-40-1, A Suji 4-0-23-0 , Odumbe 10-0-38-4, Tikolo 5.2-0-14-3 Story continues below this ad

“We are very happy that we have made it to the Super Sixes,” said a jubilant Kenya captain Steve Tikolo.

Odumbe added: “I’ve always made a point of being man-of-the-match in every World Cup and I’m so happy that I did it again today. This win shows that we are improving in leaps and bounds and hopefully we can keep it going.”

Chasing 218 to win, Bangladesh lost wickets at regular intervals, with only Tushar Imran, hitting a composed 48, and Akram Khan, smashing a 58, offering genuine resistance.

While Akram was at the crease, Bangladesh always had some hope of overhauling the target. But all that ended with his dismissal in the 46th over, when he hoisted the occasional off spin of Tikolo to deep mid-wicket for substitute fielder Joseph Angara, at the second attempt, to accept the catch. Odumbe, bowling his 10 overs on the trot, removed Alok Kapali (18), Imran, Sanwar Hossain (16) and captain Khaled Mahmud (three) as Kenya recorded their fourth victory of the tournament. (Reuters)

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