Kenya vs Sri Lanka, 26th Match at Nairobi, Feb 24 2003 - Full Scorecard
RESULT
26th Match, Nairobi (Gym), February 24, 2003, ICC World Cup
Kenya (50 ovs maximum)
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Muralidaran b de Silva | 60 | 88 | 122 | 8 | 2 | 68.18 | |||
| lbw b Vaas | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c †Sangakkara b Vaas | 12 | 21 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 57.14 | |||
| lbw b Muralidaran | 10 | 22 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 45.45 | |||
| b Muralidaran | 26 | 56 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 46.42 | |||
| c Arnold b Muralidaran | 26 | 44 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 59.09 | |||
| c †Sangakkara b Vaas | 6 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 40.00 | |||
| not out | 13 | 21 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 61.90 | |||
| b Muralidaran | 6 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 42.85 | |||
| b Jayasuriya | 20 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 111.11 | |||
| not out | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 150.00 | |||
| Extras | (b 5, lb 11, nb 2, w 10) | 28 | |||||||
| Total | 50 Ov (RR: 4.20, 207 Mins) | 210/9 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Ravi Shah, 0.2 ov), 2-46 (Brijal Patel, 6.6 ov), 3-75 (Steve Tikolo, 15.3 ov), 4-112 (Kennedy Otieno, 27.3 ov), 5-152 (Hitesh Modi, 37.3 ov), 6-163 (Thomas Odoyo, 40.3 ov), 7-163 (Maurice Odumbe, 41.2 ov), 8-173 (Tony Suji, 45.1 ov), 9-205 (Peter Ongondo, 49.3 ov) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 1 | 41 | 3 | 4.10 | 47 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
0.2 to RD Shah, hoho! Here we go! This one swung back in late, rapped on the pad, loud shout, lbw!. 1/1 6.6 to BJ Patel, slower ball, went for a booming off drive and a conventional edge and Sangakkara does a smart diving catch to his right. 46/2 40.3 to TM Odoyo, tries a drive on the up, Sanga dives forward to hold it low. 163/6 | ||||||||||
| 7 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 4.14 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 7 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 4.71 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 2.80 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
15.3 to SO Tikolo, a long pleading appeal by Murali, knees down and beeches ump tiffin to raise the finger, ball had struck a bit outside the line but playing back. 75/3 37.3 to HS Modi, tries a desperation reverse sweep, ball turns and hits the stumps, Murali was from round the wicket. 152/5 41.2 to MO Odumbe, went down on one knee and a great shot to leg buy Arnold jumped high and pulled off a great catch at mis wicket. 163/7 45.1 to AO Suji, tosses one up to tempt a drive, gets through onto leg stump. 173/8 | ||||||||||
| 9 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 3.33 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
49.3 to PJ Ongondo, backed away to make room, off the pads as it was a faster ball and the heave missed, went onto the stumps. 205/9 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 4.60 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
27.3 to KO Otieno, goes for broke, tries a similar shot to leg, skied and Murali is as safe as houses, running in to square leg from the deep. 112/4 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Sri Lanka (T: 211 runs from 50 ovs)
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b Odoyo | 23 | 38 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 60.52 | |||
| c Patel b MA Suji | 3 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 42.85 | |||
| c AO Suji b Obuya | 23 | 47 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 48.93 | |||
| c †Otieno b Obuya | 41 | 53 | 77 | 4 | 1 | 77.35 | |||
| c & b Obuya | 5 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 38.46 | |||
| c †Otieno b Obuya | 5 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 38.46 | |||
| not out | 25 | 37 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 67.56 | |||
| c & b Obuya | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |||
| c Odoyo b Tikolo | 2 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 8.69 | |||
| c AO Suji b Tikolo | 10 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 47.61 | |||
| b Odumbe | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 87.50 | |||
| Extras | (b 2, nb 1, w 6) | 9 | |||||||
| Total | 45 Ov (RR: 3.48, 185 Mins) | 157 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 4.2 ov), 2-39 (Marvan Atapattu, 11.5 ov), 3-71 (Hashan Tillakaratne, 17.3 ov), 4-87 (Mahela Jayawardene, 23.3 ov), 5-105 (Kumar Sangakkara, 27.4 ov), 6-112 (Aravinda de Silva, 29.3 ov), 7-119 (Chaminda Vaas, 31.6 ov), 8-131 (Prabath Nissanka, 37.5 ov), 9-149 (Muthiah Muralidaran, 43.1 ov), 10-157 (Dilhara Fernando, 44.6 ov) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 3.00 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4.2 to ST Jayasuriya, a slower one fooled him, went for a big shot to cover and inside edged to mid on where Patel catches it on the rebound, almost dropped it at first. 13/1 | ||||||||||
| 7 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 4.71 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
11.5 to MS Atapattu, made him reach for it, missed and maybe caught the flap of his pad on the way to hit off stump. 39/2 | ||||||||||
| 10 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 2.40 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
17.3 to HP Tillakaratne, goes for an uncharacteristic heave to leg, holes out at the rope to Tony Suji. 71/3 23.3 to DPMD Jayawardene, a low and slow full toss, played too early trying to turn to leg, leading edge right back to a jubilant Collin Obuya. 87/4 27.4 to KC Sangakkara, ball was off a leading edge, trying to turn it to leg, looped up and fell forward, Otieno pulled off a great catch leaping yards in from and just pouching it, numerous replays confirmed it too!. 105/5 29.3 to PA de Silva, a cut but ball was too short and snicked to Otieno, long wait by ump Tiffin before he raised his finger, Kenyans were sure, afterwards they did a New Zealand type Haka!. 112/6 31.6 to WPUJC Vaas, pitched up, tries to loft it, was too slow coming onto him, a simple catch back to the leggie who runs off with the ball in excitement. 119/7 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 4.40 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 10 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 3.90 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
44.6 to CRD Fernando, Victory! a reverse sweep, gets it on the lower edge, ball goes straight into the stumps and Kenya have pulled of a major upset in this World Cup. 157/10 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 2.60 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
37.5 to RAP Nissanka, goes for heroics, slogs to leg and in the air way out near the long on rope, then tremendous celebrations erupted. 131/8 43.1 to M Muralidaran, goes for the big one, could stay patient any more, caught bu Tony Suji at the deep mid wicket rope. 149/9 | ||||||||||
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Match Flow
- 4th (reserve) umpire: JJ Luck (Namib)
- When HS Modi reached 12* he became the leading run scorer for Kenya against Sri Lanka (previous: SO Tikolo 130 runs)
- HS Modi and MO Odumbe's partnership of 40 runs set a new 5th record wicket for Kenya against Sri Lanka (previous: 34 SK Gupta and HS Modi at Nairobi, 1996/97)
- With the wicket of TM Odoyo, WPUJC Vaas completed 25 wickets in World Cups
- CO Obuya and PJ Ongondo's partnership of 32 runs set a new 9th wicket partnership record for Kenya in World Cups
- WPUJC Vaas best bowling against Kenya in ODIs (previous: 2/26 at Southampton, 1999)
- M Muralitharan best bowling in World Cups (previous: 3/25 v South Africa at Northampton, 1999 and 3/25 v Bangladesh at Pietermaritzburg, 2002/03)
- PA de Silva best bowling against Kenya in ODIs (previous: 0/46 at Southampton, 1999)
- With the wicket of MS Atapattu, TM Odoyo completed 50 wickets in ODIs
- With the wicket of WPUJC Vaas, CO Obuya became the leading wicket taker for Kenya against Sri Lanka (previous: EO Odumbe 4 wickets)
- Sri Lanka innings: 1x5 ball over (38th over, bowled by Tikolo. Umpire Tiffin)
- SO Tikolo's best bowling against Sri Lanka in ODIs (previous: 0/38 at Kandy, 1995/96)
- SO Tikolo's best bowling in World Cups (previous: 1/26 v India at Cuttack, 1995/96)
- CO Obuya's best bowling in World Cups (previous: 2/46 v Canada at Cape Town, 2002/03)
- CO Obuya's best bowling in ODIs (previous: 2/46 v Canada at Cape Town, 2002/03)
- CO Obuya has taken the best bowling for Kenya in World Cups (previous: TM Odoyo 4/28 v Canada, 2002/03)
- CO Obuya has taken the best bowling for Kenya against Sri Lanka in ODIs (previous: TM Odoyo 3/56 at Southampton, 1999)
- Kenya's first victory over Sri Lanka in ODIs
Match Details
| Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi | |
| Toss | Sri Lanka, elected to field first |
| Series | |
| Season | 2002/03 |
| Player Of The Match | |
| Match number | ODI no. 1965 |
| Match days | day (50-over match) |
| Umpires | |
| TV Umpire | |
| Match Referee | |
| Points | Kenya 4, Sri Lanka 0 |