Zimbabwe beat Kenya by 109 runs in first ODI

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Posted to the web: 27/01/2009 16:35:51
ZIMBABWE beat Kenya by 109 runs in a one-day international cricket match in Mombasa on Tuesday, the first of five ODIs between the two countries.

Vusi Sibanda's 77 and a brutal 38-ball 79 from Elton Chigumbura helped Zimbabwe set a towering 307-run target for Kenya to win.

However, Kenya lost four early wickets inside the first sixteen overs and could not emerge on top despite Jimmy Kamande's best efforts with 74.

With the score tottering on 93 for 6, Kenya's hopes were dashed. However, Kamande and Varaiya put on 90 in 21 overs but they were not able to lift the scoring rate more than four, though Kamande did lift Dabengwa for two consecutive sixes to please the local crowd.

Ed Rainsford cleaned up Kamande for an 86-ball 74, and Kenya's tail offered little resistance.

Zimbabwean batsmen asserted their authority on Kenya's wayward bowling attack as Sibanada and Hamilton Masakadza got them off to a brisk start, putting on 111 for the first wicket.

Soon after the pair's hundred partnership, Varaiya had Masakadza well-caught by Onyango at mid-on, and Steve Tikolo took two quick wickets to slow Zimbabwe's momentum at 188 for 4.
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