Canada down Kenya to win battle of associates

Canada overcame some early jitters with the bat to eventually win the battle of the associates by beating Kenya by five wickets and register their first win in the World Cup on Monday at the Feroz Shah Kotla.

Right-handed batsman Jimmy Hansra (70) and captain Ashish Bagai (64 not out) stitched together a 132-run partnership for the fourth wicket that sealed the Group A match for the North Americans.

The duo consolidated hard after Canada were reduced to 48 for three and batted intelligently thereafter to wrest the control back in their hands, helped in part by a few dropped catches. Paceman Henry Osinde took four wickets as Canada shot out the Africans for a paltry 198 runs after they opted to bat first on winning the toss. NEW DELHI, Reuters

Kenya 

M. Ouma c Baidwan b Osinde	 0
S. Waters b Osinde		 2
C. Obuya b Baidwan		31
D. Obuya c Bagai b Osinde	 2
S. Tikolo lbw b Cheema		12
T. Mishra c Surkari b Davison	51
J. Kamande c Bagai b Rao	22
T. Odoyo b Baidwan		51
N. Odhiambo b Osinde		 4
E. Otieno c Hansra b Cheema	 8
J. Ngoche not out		 1
Extras (lb4, w10)		14
TOTAL (all out; 50 overs)	198

FALL OF WICKETS: 1-0 (Ouma), 2-7 (Waters), 3-21 (D. Obuya), 4-41 (C. Obuya), 5-57 (Tikolo), 
6-109 (Kamande), 7-166 (Mishra), 8-171 (Odhiambo), 9-193 (Otieno), 10-198 (Odoyo).
BOWLING: Osinde 10-2-26-4 (w3), Baidwan 10-1-41-2 (w2), 
Desai 3-0-20-0, Cheema 9-1-30-2, Hansra 3-0-15-0, Rao 10-0-36-1 (w5), Davison 5-0-26-1.

Canada 

R. Gunasekera st Ouma b Ngoche		18
R. Cheema b Etieno			17
Z. Surkari run out			10
A. Bagai not out			64
J. Hansra c Ngoche b Odhiambo		70
T. Gordon b Odhiambo		 	 3
J. Davison not out			 4
Extras (b1, w11, nb1)			13
TOTAL (for five wickets; 45.3 overs)	199

FALL OF WICKETS: 1-19 (Cheema), 2-37 (Surkari), 3-48 (Gunasekera), 
4-180 (Hansra), 5-186 (Gordon).
BOWLING: Odoyo 5-1-18-0, Etieno 8.3-0-45-1 (nb1, w4), Odhiambo 10-0-45-2, 
Ngoche 10-2-26-1 (w1), Kamande 5-0-25-0 (w1), Obuya 2-0-15-0 (w1), Tikolo 5-1-24-0.