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The task of scoring 266 to beat India was made even more difficult for Australia when they were docked two overs for a slow over rate as the ICC KnockOut quarter-final started to build to a thrilling climax on Saturday

As a post-game summariser, Steve Waugh bears comparison with any, even when, or perhaps especially when, his Australian team have just lost an ICC KnockOut quarter-final by 20 runs to India

If Sachin Tendulkar provided the early excitement in the ICC KnockOut quarter-final match against Australia on Saturday, the second half of the innings belonged to Yuvraj Singh who hammered out 84 as India reached 266 for nine off their 50 overs

Sachin Tendulkar and Glenn McGrath went head-to-head as Australia's ICC KnockOut quarter-final against India got off to an enthralling start at the Nairobi Gymkhana Club on Saturday

India knocked the 1999 World Cup champions off their perch with a memorable 20-run victory over Australia in their ICC KnockOut quarter-final on Saturday

Whoever thought that Bangladesh would run away with the match after a brave showing with the bat saw them score 232 for 8 in 50 overs had to eat his words as England proved their superiority in the match by achieving the target with 6.1overs and

Bangladesh, who won the toss and opted to bat, made slow progress to reach 85 for three after 25 overs in their ICC KnockOut match against England at the Nairobi Gymkhana Club on Thursday

England will have been well satisfied with their eight-wicket trouncing of Bangladesh on Thursday

Helped in no small measure by a 17-run first over, England spent the first 25 overs of their innings setting themselves up to chase down a victory target of 233 in the ICC KnockOut tournament preliminary round match against Bangladesh at the Nairobi

The hard-hitting opening batsmen Gunawardane scored his first one-day century as the favorites Sri Lanka, batting first, piled up 287 for 6 to beat the West Indies by a margin of 108 runs in the pre-quarterfinal of the ICC KnockOut

Nasser Hussain played himself back into form in vigorous fashion as England swamped Bangladesh by eight wickets in the third and last of the preliminary round matches in the ICC KnockOut 2000 tournament on Thursday

Bangladesh took 83 off the last 10 overs of their innings to lift themselves to 232 for eight in the ICC KnockOut preliminary round match against England at the Nairobi Country Club on Thursday

The West Indies seemed to be headed for an early return to the Caribbean as their top order collapsed against Sri Lanka in the second preliminary match of the ICC KnockOut 2000 tournament at the Gymkhana Club Ground on Wednesday

Sri Lanka established themselves as realistic contenders for the ICC KnockOut 2000 title with a thumping 108-run victory over the West Indies in the second preliminary round match at the Nairobi Gymkhana Club on Wednesday

The West Indies won the toss and elected to field against Sri Lanka in the second preliminary round match of the ICC KnockOut 2000 tournament at the Nairobi Gymkhana Club club on Tuesday

Aviska Gunawardena rode his luck all the way to a robust century as Sri Lanka posted a challenging total of 287 for six against the West Indies in the second preliminary match in the ICC KnockOut 2000 tournament at the Nairobi Gymkhana Club on

It's a long way from the Caribbean to Kenya for just one match

Aviska Gunawardena and Mahela Jayawardena steadied a wobbly Sri Lankan start against the West Indian new ball with a confident third-wicket partnership in the second preliminary round match in the ICC KnockOut 2000 tournament at the Nairobi Gymkhana

For India it was precisely the start they wanted; for Kenya there was little disgrace in defeat by eight wickets

Nairobi - First, the bad news from Nairobi, immediately adding the Kenyan capital to a long list that has encompassed most of the cricketing globe over the past few years