Kenya Beat Netherlands in 1st 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 1st ONE DAY international match was to be played on Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya on 16^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 1st 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 1st 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 219 runs in 50 over’s at the loss of 9 wickets and with top scores of Ryan ten Doeschate who made 109 runs in 121 balls with 10 4’s and 4 six at the strike rate of 90 runs in 100 balls and Bas Z who made 21 runs in 46 balls with 2 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 46 runs in 100 balls.

Kenya was needed to score 220 runs in 50 over’s to win this match.

Kenya batted well and was able to chase the target of 220 in 34.5 over’s at the loss of 4 wicket and won the game by 6 wickets in hand and with top contributions from R patel who made 92 runs in 98 balls with 9 4’s and 2 sixes at the strike rate of 94 runs in 100 balls.

Kenya won the match by 6 wickets in hand and series stands at 1-0 in favor of Kenya with 6 more games to play.

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