Zimbabwe beat Kenya in 1st ODI of series,2009

Zimbabwe was scheduled to play a 7 Match ONE DAY International series in Kenya in 2009. 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 9 and 10. The 1st ONE DAY international match was to be played on Mombasa Sports Club Ground, Mombasa, Kenya. Zimbabwe holds the upper hand as they are more balanced team and playing very well as well.

Zimbabwe won the toss and opts to bat first; this is how Zimbabwe team and 11 was looking like in this 1st ONE DAY international match: Elton C, Stuart Matsikenyeri, Ed Rainsford, Vusi Sibanda, Prosper Utseya (c), Graeme Cremer, Hamilton Masakadza, Keith Dabengwa, Sean Williams, Ray Price, Forster Mutizwa (wk)

And Kenya team and 11 was looking like this in this 1st ONE DAY international Match: Steve Tikolo (c), Thomas Odoyo, Peter Ongondo, Lameck Onyango, Morris Ouma (wk), Jimmy Kamande, Collins Obuya, Nehemiah Odhiambo, Hiren Varaiya, Alex Obanda, Seren Waters

Zimbabwe batted well and was able to post total of 306 runs in 50 over’s at the loss of 7 wickets and with top scores of Vusi S who made 77 runs in 130 balls with 8 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 59 runs in 100 balls and Hamilton M who made 71 runs in 61 balls with 11 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 116 runs in 100 balls.

Kenya was needed to score 307 runs in 50 over’s to win this match.

Kenya batted well but was unable to chase the target of 307 runs and was only able to make 197 runs in 46.2 over’s at the loss of 10 wickets and lost the game by 109 runs and with top contributions from Jimmy K who made 74 runs in 86 balls with 6 4’s and 2 sixes at the strike rate of 86 runs in 100 balls.

Zimbabwe won the match by 109 runs and series stands at 1-0 in favor of Zimbabwe with 6 more games to play.

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