The first match of Group A and second match of the World Cup 2011 was played at Chennai. New Zealand crushed Kenya by 10 wickets and earned very valuable NRR.
Match Facts
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Match 2 at Chennai, 20 Feb
Captain: Vettori (NZ) and Kamande (Kenya)
Result: NZ won by 10 wkts
MOM: Bennett
3 wkts or more: 4/48 by Bennett, 3/13 by Southee and 3/2 by Oram
6s: 2 (NZ)
50+ Partnerships: 72* for 1st wkt by Guptill and B McCullum
Kenya innings (50 overs maximum)
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Obanda lbw b Southee 6
Waters lbw b Bennett 16 1 four
Obuya lbw b Bennett 14 2 4s
Tikolo b Bennett 2
Ouma lbw b Bennett 1
RR Patel not out 16* 1 four
Kamande* c BB McCullum b Oram 2
Odoyo c Ryder b Oram 2
Odhiambo b Southee 0
Ngoche lbw b Southee 0
Otieno c Styris b Oram 0
Extras (b 4, lb 3, w 2, nb 1) 10
Total (23.5 overs) 69
Fall of wickets
1-14 (Obanda, 6.6 ov), 2-40 (Waters, 11.6 ov), 3-42 (Tikolo, 13.2 ov), 4-44 (Obuya, 13.5 ov), 5-49 (Ouma, 15.3 ov), 6-59 (Kamande, 19.5 ov), 7-63 (Odoyo, 21.3 ov), 8-68 (Odhiambo, 22.5 ov), 9-68 (Ngoche, 22.6 ov), 10-69 (Otieno, 23.5 ov)
Bowling
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Southee 6 ov 13/3
N McCullum 4 ov 15/0
Bennett 5 ov 16/4
Vettori 6 ov 1 maidn 16/0
Oram 2.5 ov 1 maiden 2/3
New Zealand innings (target: 70 runs from 50 overs)
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Guptill not out 39 runs 5 4s 2 6s
B McCullum not out 26 4 4s
Extras (b 2, lb 1, w 3, nb 1) 7
Total (8 overs) 72/0
Bowling
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TM Odoyo 3 ov 25/0
E Otieno 2 ov 18/0
JK Kamande 2ov 21/0
NN Odhiambo 1 ov 5/0
Ponting gets more reason to bash entry of small level teams in world cup.