Kenya vs New Zealand, 2nd Match, Group A at Chennai, Feb 20 2011, ICC Cricket World Cup

RESULT
2nd Match, Group A, Chennai, February 20, 2011, ICC Cricket World Cup
(8/50 ov, T:70) 72/0

New Zealand won by 10 wickets (with 252 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
4/16
hamish-bennett
Match centre 
Scores: Gopi R and Binoy George | Comms: Abhishek Purohit
Scorecard summary
Kenya 69/10(23.5 overs)
16* (23)
16 (42)
3/2 (2.5)
New Zealand 72/0(8 overs)
end of over 814 runs
NZ: 72/0CRR: 9.00 
Brendon McCullum26 (17b 4x4)
Martin Guptill39 (32b 5x4 2x6)
Jimmy Kamande 2-0-21-0
Nehemiah Odhiambo 1-0-5-0

That is all from us for the moment. Don't forget to tune in for the second game of the day, Sri Lanka v Canada at 2.30 pm local time, which is 9.00 am GMT. Hope Canada can put up a better show than Kenya did. This is Abhishek Purohit signing off along with Gopi Rangarajan, and Binoy George. Thanks for the feedback, guys. Cheers!

Brett: "Kamande to Vetorri "So... double or nothing?""

Bennett is Man of the Match: "Been tough for us after the India game. I have been working on the yorker a lot, especially for the Powerplays. Hopefully it won't get much hotter than this for the rest of the tournament. It is pretty tough to get used to."

Vettori: "Wicket had a bit of variable bounce, which our seamers exploited. some big games coming up, good to start like this. With Mills coming back, there might be some changes for the next game. Nathan has done brilliantly as well for us."

Kamande: "Don;t think it was the wicket. It was the areas NZ bowled. We got to be more positive in whatever we do. NZ came very hard at us. We have to learn from this performance today. There are some more games coming up for us."

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Well, that was a quickie, wasn't it? Less than a third of what a full ODI would be. New Zealand have done themselves no harm at all with a thrashing of Kenya, who were clueless with their batting, unable to combat the New Zealand seamers on a two-paced Chepauk wicket.

Nitin: "Cant imagine this was the same team which went on to semis in 2003 WC."

7.6
4
Kamande to McCullum, FOUR runs

that'll do, another reverse swept boundary brings up a crushing victory for New Zealand, Brendon fetched it from leg stump, and didn;t bother to go down on a knee, just twirled his wrists to get the placement right

7.5
4
Kamande to McCullum, FOUR runs

super stroke, waits for this delivery to arrive, and reverse sweeps it past backward point for another boundary

7.4
1
Kamande to Guptill, 1 run

hammered through midwicket. it was short and he threw his bat at it, there is a man at deep midwicket though

7.3
Kamande to Guptill, no run

pushed down to mid on off the front foot

7.2
1
Kamande to McCullum, 1 run

now he walks across the stumps, and whips this one through midwicket

7.1
4
Kamande to McCullum, FOUR runs

was nowhere near the pitch of the ball as he rushed down the track, but went through with the shot anyways, reaching out to get to the ball and lofting it over the bowler for a boundary

end of over 75 runs
NZ: 58/0CRR: 8.28 RRR: 0.27
Martin Guptill38 (30b 5x4 2x6)
Brendon McCullum13 (13b 1x4)
Nehemiah Odhiambo 1-0-5-0
Jimmy Kamande 1-0-7-0
6.6
NN Odhiambo to Guptill, no run

gets the bat down in front of pad and plays out a fullish ball to short midwicket

6.5
NN Odhiambo to Guptill, no run

punched back to the bowler off the back foot

6.4
1
NN Odhiambo to McCullum, 1 run

pushed in to the gap at cover for a run

6.3
NN Odhiambo to McCullum, no run

whoops, Brendon tried to play that ramp shot over fine leg, got too far across and outside the stumps, and the full delivery crashed in to middle stump, and this happens off a no-ball, what a day for Kenya

6.3
1nb
NN Odhiambo to McCullum, (no ball)

dug in short, too short, going over the batsman, what's more, it;s a no-ball as well

6.2
1
NN Odhiambo to Guptill, 1 run

tucked away firmly but a diving midwicket keeps them down to a single

6.2
1w
NN Odhiambo to Guptill, 1 wide

full delivery endeavoring to target the stumps, but sprayed down the leg side in the end

6.1
1
NN Odhiambo to McCullum, 1 run

punched away off the backfoot wide of mid off

end of over 69 runs
NZ: 53/0CRR: 8.83 RRR: 0.38
Martin Guptill37 (27b 5x4 2x6)
Brendon McCullum11 (9b 1x4)
Jimmy Kamande 1-0-7-0
Thomas Odoyo 3-0-25-0
5.6
Kamande to Guptill, no run

goes on the back foot to solidly defend this delivery turning in from outside off

5.5
2b
Kamande to Guptill, 2 byes

good delivery, tossed up, turning in, beats the forward push from the batsman, beats the keeper too

5.4
Kamande to Guptill, no run

played out to short midwicket off the back foot

5.3
1
Kamande to McCullum, 1 run

punched down the ground to mid off, who is ever so slow in getting to the ball, the single becomes a cakewalk

Sravan: "The guys who won the tender for providing lunch at Chepauk are going on a strike claiming refund."

5.2
1
Kamande to Guptill, 1 run

goes on the back foot and works a fuller one past a diving short midwicket

5.2
1w
Kamande to Guptill, 1 wide

now he goes way down the leg side

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
MJ Guptill
39 runs (32)
5 fours2 sixes
Productive shot
off side drive on front foot
15 runs
2 fours1 six
Control
74%
BB McCullum
26 runs (17)
4 fours0 six
Productive shot
reverse sweep
8 runs
2 fours0 six
Control
82%
Best performances - bowlers
HK Bennett
O
5
M
0
R
16
W
4
ECO
3.2
JDP Oram
O
2.5
M
1
R
2
W
3
ECO
0.7
Match details
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
TossKenya, elected to bat first
Series
Season2010/11
Player Of The Match
Match numberODI no. 3101
Hours of play (local time)09.30 start, First Session 09.30-13.00, Interval 13.00-13.45, Second Session 13.45-17.15
Match days20 February 2011 - day (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
PointsNew Zealand 2, Kenya 0
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ICC Cricket World Cup
Group A
TEAMMWLPTNRR
PAK651100.758
SL64192.582
AUS64191.123
NZ64281.135
ZIM62440.030
CAN6152-1.987
KENYA6060-3.042
Group B
TEAMMWLPTNRR
SA651102.026
IND64190.900
ENG63270.072
WI63361.066
BAN6336-1.361
IRE6244-0.696
NED6060-2.045