Pak make mountain out of Kenyan molehill

Pakistan made heavy weather of beating Kenya in the opening match of a triangular tournament on Thursday, losing six wickets on the way to o...

Pakistan made heavy weather of beating Kenya in the opening match of a triangular tournament on Thursday, losing six wickets on the way to overhauling Kenya’s total of 133. Pakistan, who dismissed their opponents in 30.3 overs, lost their first wicket in the first over when Saeed Anwar fell to Martin Suji’s fifth ball without a run on the board.Pakistan had slumped to 97 for six before vice-captain Inzamam ul-Haq (14 not out) and Rashid Latif (28 not out) saw them home to a four-wicket victory with 16.3 overs to spare.

Earlier Kennedy Obuya top-scored for Kenya with 36 — the highest individual score of the game matched only by Younis Khan — while the next four batsmen managed just six runs between them.

SCOREBOARD

KENYA: K Obuya b Razzaq 36; R Shah lbw Waqar 2; S Tikolo lbw Akram 0; T Odoyo lbw Akram 4; M Odumbe b Akram 0; H Modi c Latif b Razzaq 34; D Obuya c Waqar b Razzaq 0; C Obuya c Latif b Razzaq 1; T Suji not out 17; M Suji run out 5; J Angara b Mahmood 4; Extras: (lb5, w18, nb7): 30; Total: 133
Fall of wkts: 1-16, 2-19, 3-30, 4-30, 5-102, 6-104, 7-107, 8-107, 9-123.
Bowling: Akram 7-0-29-3, Waqar 7-1-29-1, Akhtar 5-0-31-0, Razzaq 8-1-35-4, Mahmood 3.3-0-4-1.

PAKISTAN: Saeed Anwar c D.Obuya b M.Suji 0; Imran Nazir b Odoyo 13; Shahid Afridi c Odoyo b M.Suji 27; Younis Khan lbw C.Obuya 36; Azhar Mahmood run out 9; Abdur Razzaq b Angara 1; Inzamam-ul-Haq not out 14; Rashid Latif not out 28; Extras (w6): 6.
Total (for 6 wkts, 33.3 overs): 134
Fall of wkts: 1-0, 2-22, 3-42, 4-61, 5-77, 6-97
Bowling: M.Suji 10-3-22-2, Odoyo 10-1-41-1, Angara 7-0-25-1, T.Suji 3-0-11-0, C.Obuya 3.3-0-35-1.

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