Kenya Beat Netherlands in 6th 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 6th 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 6th 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 6th  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 240 runs in 48.5 over’s at the loss of 10 wickets and with top scores of Jimmy K who made 60 runs in 50 balls with 6 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 120 runs in 100 balls and Collins O who made 30 runs in 30 balls with 4 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 100 runs in 100 balls.

Netherlands was needed to score 241 runs in 50 over’s to win this match.

Netherlands batted well but was unable to chase the target of 241 runs and was only able to make 235 runs in 48.2 over’s at the loss of 10 wicket and lost the game by 5 runs and with top contributions from Peter B who made 50 runs in 50 balls with 3 4’s and 2 sixes at the strike rate of 100 runs in 100 balls.

Kenya won the match by 5 runs and series stands at 3-3 in favor of none with 1 more game to play.

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