Kiwis hand hapless Kenya 10-wicket mauling

New Zealand thrashed Kenya by 10 wickets in the World Cup on Sunday, making a mockery of the African nation’s campaign to feature at the slimmed-down 2015 edition.

Fast bowler Hamish Bennett finished with 4-16, his best figures in nine one-day internationals, while Tim Southee and Jacob Oram took three wickets each to bowl out the minnows for just 69 off just 23.5 overs.

It was Kenya’s lowest World Cup total and the fifth worst in tournament history.

Their capitulation came at the worst possible time for the sport’s second-tier nations with the International Cricket Council determined to have a 10-nation World Cup, instead of the current 14 teams, in four years’ time.

Chennai, Sunday AFP

Kenya: 
A Obanda lbw b Southee		 6
S Waters  lbw b Bennett		16
C Obuya  lbw b Bennett		14
S Tikolo  b Bennett		 2	
M Ouma  lbw b Bennett		1
R Patel  not out		16
J Kamande  c B McCullum b Oram	 2
T Odoyo  c Ryder b Oram		 2
N Odhiambo  b Southee		 0
S Ngoche  lbw b Southee		 0
E Otieno  c Styris b Oram	 0
Extras (b4, lb3, w2, nb1)        10
Total (all out; 23.5 overs)      69
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Obanda), 2-40 (Waters), 3-42 (Tikolo), 4-44 (Obuya), 5-49 (Ouma), 
6-59 (Kamande), 7-63 (Odoyo), 8-68 (Odhiambo), 9-68 (Ngoche), 10-69 (Otieno).
Bowling: Southee 6-0-13-3 (nb1), N. McCullum 4-0-15-0 (w1), Bennett 5-0-16-4 (w1), 
Vettori 6-1-16-0, Oram 2.5-1-2-3.

New Zealand:

M Guptill not out		39
B McCullum not out		26
Extras (b2, lb1, w3, nb1)	7
Total (for no loss; 8 overs)	72
Bowling: Odoyo 3-0-25-0 (w1), Otieno 2-0-18-0, Kamande 2-0-21-0 (w1), Odhiambo 1-0-5-0 (nb1, w1).