Netherlands Beat Kenya in 2nd 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 2nd ONE DAY international match was to be played on Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya on 18^th Feb 2010. Kenya holds the upper hand as they are more balanced team and playing very well as well.

Kenya won the toss and opts to bowl first; this is how Kenya team and 11 was looking like in this 2nd 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 2nd 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

Netherlands batted well and was able to post total of 200 runs in 48.4 over’s at the loss of 10 wickets and with top scores of Bas Z who made 56 runs in 88 balls with 6 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 64 runs in 100 balls and Atse B who made 30 runs in 32 balls with 4 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 94 runs in 100 balls.

Kenya was needed to score 201 runs in 50 over’s to win this match.

Kenya batted well but was unable to chase the target of 201 runs and was only able to make 120 runs in 32 over’s at the loss of 10 wicket and lost the game by 80 runs and with top contributions from Jimmy K who made 42 runs in 73 balls with 3 4’s and 1 sixes at the strike rate of 58 runs in 100 balls.

Netherlands won the match by 80 runs and series stands at 1-1 in favor of none with 5 more games to play.

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