Kenya Beat Netherlands in 7th 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 7th ONE DAY international match was to be played on Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya on 28^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 bat first; this is how Kenya team and 11 was looking like in this 7th 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 7th  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 285 runs in 50 over’s at the loss of 8 wickets and with top scores of Jimmy K who made 80 runs in 50 balls with 6 4’s and 2 six at the strike rate of 160 runs in 100 balls and David O who made 40 runs in 20 balls with 4 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 200 runs in 100 balls.

Netherlands was needed to score 286 runs in 50 over’s to win this match.

Netherlands batted well but was unable to chase the target of 286 runs and was only able to make 275 runs in 50 over’s at the loss of 9 wicket and lost the game by 10 runs and with top contributions from Ryan ten Doeschate who made 80 runs in 50 balls with 3 4’s and 4 sixes at the strike rate of 160 runs in 100 balls.

Kenya won the match by 10 runs and series ends at 4-3 in favor of Kenya.

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