Kenya Beat Netherlands in 1st T 20 of series,2010

Netherlands was scheduled to play a 5 Match T 20 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 T 20 international match was to be played on Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya on 8^th Mar 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 bat first; this is how Kenya team and 11 was looking like in this 1st T 20 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  T 20 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 165 runs in 20 over’s at the loss of 7 wickets and with top scores of R patel who made 70 runs in 50 balls with 6 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 140 runs in 100 balls and Morris O who made 20 runs in 20 balls with 1 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 100 runs in 100 balls.

Netherlands was needed to score 166 runs in 20 over’s to win this match.

Netherlands batted well but was unable to chase the target of 166 runs and was only able to make 156 runs in 20 over’s at the loss of 8 wicket and lost the game by 9 runs and with top contributions from M Bukhari who made 40 runs in 50 balls with 3 4’s and 0 sixes at the strike rate of 80 runs in 100 balls.

Kenya won the match by 9 runs and series stands at 1-0 in favor of Kenya with 4 more games to play.

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