14/09Result
8th Match, Group C, ICC World Twenty20 at Johannesburg, Sep 14 2007
Sri Lanka won by 172 runs
Player of the Match
Sanath JayasuriyaSri Lanka
14/09Result
8th Match, Group C, ICC World Twenty20 at Johannesburg, Sep 14 2007
Sri Lanka won by 172 runs
Player of the Match
Sanath JayasuriyaSri Lanka
2645dThe Bulletin by Kanishkaa Balachandran

Sri Lanka overwhelm Kenya

It was minnow bashing at its best as Sri Lanka, led by Sanath Jayasuriya, pulverized Kenya, beating them by 172 runs at the Wanderers

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

ST Jayasuriya
88(44) 11x4 - 4x6
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 38 runs
  • 5x4 - 2x6
12 0 11 21 25 11 1 7
DPMD Jayawardene
DPMD Jayawardene
65(27) 9x4 - 2x6
  • Productive Shot
  • on side drive on front foot
  • 15 runs
  • 0x4 - 1x6
6 1 9 1 12 5 10 21

Best performances - Bowlers

JK Kamande
JK Kamande
O4
M0
R48
W3
Eco12
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
TM Dilshan
TM Dilshan
O1.3
M0
R4
W2
Eco2.66
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH

This is the largest victory margin by runs in a Twenty20 game,says HRG. The previous best was 100 by England against Australia at Southampton in 2005.

Man of the Match: Sanath Jayasuriya

This is Sriram Veera, signing off. Hop on to the England v Australia coverage.

19.3
W
Dilshan to Ongondo, OUT, That's it, it's all over. Tossed-up, on the middle stump line, tries a slog-sweep but ends up ballooning it to cover. Since Odoyo will not bat - absent hurt - Sri Lanka have wrapped up a massive victory

PJ Ongondo c Jayawardene b Dilshan 3 (3m 5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 60

19.2
1
Dilshan to Onyango, 1 run,
19.1
1
Dilshan to Ongondo, 1 run, on the off stump line, swung to long-on

END OF OVER:
19 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | KENYA: 86/8 (175 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 4.52, RRR: 175.00)

  • Peter Ongondo2 (3b)
  • Lameck Onyango3 (3b)
  • Gayan Wijekoon3-0-12-1
  • Tillakaratne Dilshan1-0-2-1
18.6
1
Wijekoon to Ongondo, 1 run, fullish, on the leg stump, worked through the on side
18.5
0
Wijekoon to Ongondo, no run, another one really full in length - really extrordinary this, apart from iirc three slower ones, everything from him has been almost at the blockhole length- on the off stump, driven to long-off
18.4
1
Wijekoon to Onyango, 1 run, fullish, on the off stump line, driven to long-off

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Kenya 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st0MA OumaDO Obuya
2nd20DO ObuyaNN Odhiambo
3rd22DO ObuyaT Mishra
4th5SO TikoloDO Obuya
5th3CO ObuyaDO Obuya
6th16DO ObuyaAA Obanda
7th15JK KamandeAA Obanda
8th2LN OnyangoJK Kamande
9th5LN OnyangoPJ Ongondo

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
SA22040.974
BAN21120.149
WI2020-1.233
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
AUS21120.987
ENG21120.209
ZIM2112-1.196
Group C
TeamMWLPTNRR
SL22044.721
NZ21122.396
KENYA2020-8.047
Group D
TeamMWLPTNRR
IND21030
PAK21121.275
SCOT2011-2.55
Group E
TeamMWLPTNRR
IND32140.75
NZ32140.05
SA3214-0.116
ENG3030-0.7
Group F
TeamMWLPTNRR
PAK33060.843
AUS32142.256
SL3122-0.697
BAN3030-2.031