Afridi's five destroys Kenya

Kenya's slide began in earnest shortly after Shahid Afridi brought himself on in the 19th over. Steve Tikolo and Collins Obuya had judiciously started to rebuild the Kenya innings, playing with utmost caution, but in Afridi's third over, Tikolo was tempted down the pitch only for the ball to rush straight on to rattle the stumps.

Kenya were 73 for 3 in the 23rd over when he was dismissed, without any real hope of chasing more than 300 but at least looking steady enough to last the full 50 after the top order had showed at least a little grit. There was no such offering from the middle, however, as the remaining seven wickets fell for just 39 runs in just over ten overs.

Afridi was the chief wrecking ball, quickly ending a bustling innings from Tanmay Mishra with one that rushed straight on and hit the pad as the batsman played right back in his crease. Afridi's appeal was initially turned down, but he knew he had his man and immediately asked for a review, which proved the right decision.

Afridi made Jimmy Kamande and Thomas Odoyo, trapping both lbw as he unfurled a mixed bag of legbreaks, sliders and quicker ones and the ball began to bite and spit off the surface. Amid the carnage, Obuya opened up to smite three enormous sixes but was caught on the boundary attempting a fourth to give Afridi the best figures by a Pakistan bowler in a World Cup, beating Wasim Akram's 5 for 28 against Namibia in Kimberley at the 2003 tournament. Once he went, the end was mercifully quick in coming.