Kenya Beat Netherlands in 5th ODI of series,2010

Netherlands was scheduled to play a 7 Match ONE DAY International series in Kenya in 2010. Both teams have great players and all rounder’s and match winners and it would be interesting to see them battle in this series and who batted very well  will be crowned as the winner after the series as they are ranked at 10 and 12. The 5th ONE DAY international match was to be played on Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya on 20^th Feb 2010. Kenya holds the upper hand as they are more balanced team and playing very well as well.

Netherlands won the toss and opts to bowl first; this is how Kenya team and 11 was looking like in this 5th ONE DAY international match: Morris Ouma (c & wk), Jimmy Kamande, Collins Obuya, Nehemiah Odhiambo, Hiren Varaiya, David Obuya, Alex Obanda, Elijah Otieno, Rakep Patel, Nelson Odhiambo, Shem Obado

And Netherlands team and 11 was looking like this in this 5th  ONE DAY international Match: Bas Zuiderent, Peter Borren (c), Mark Jonkman, Alexei Kervezee, Eric Szwarczynski, Ryan ten Doeschate, Mudassar Bukhari, Tom de Grooth, Pieter Seelaar, Atse Buurman (wk), Tim Gruijters

Kenya batted well and was able to post total of 260 runs in 50 over’s at the loss of 9 wickets and with top scores of Alex O who made 80 runs in 50 balls with 6 4’s and 2 six at the strike rate of 160 runs in 100 balls and R patel who made 40 runs in 40 balls with 4 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 100 runs in 100 balls.

Netherlands was needed to score 261 runs in 50 over’s to win this match.

Netherlands batted well but was unable to chase the target of 261 runs and was only able to make 240 runs in 49.5 over’s at the loss of 10 wicket and lost the game by 20 runs and with top contributions from Mark J who made 40 runs in 20 balls with 3 4’s and 1 sixes at the strike rate of 200 runs in 100 balls.

Kenya won the match by 20 runs and series stands at 3-2 in favor of Netherlands with 2 more games to play.

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