Bangalore, March 14: Australia won by 60 runs and Obuya scored 98 runs. Obuya was also awarded the Man of the Match.
Ricky Ponting doesn’t think sides like Kenya belong at the World Cup, but the African team made its point in the best way possible with its performance against Ponting’s Australia on Sunday.
The ICC’s decision to reduce the tournament from 14 to 10 teams from 2015 has been a talking point throughout much of the group stage, and Kenya had hardly strengthened its case with comprehensive defeats in its first four games.
It turned out Jimmy Kamande’s side was saving its best for the four-time champions.
After Australia set a target of 325 in Bangalore, Kenya’s batting collapse never materialized and the Australian bowlers managed to take only three wickets, with the other three batsmen falling to runouts, as Kenya got to 264-6 in 50 overs.
——–Agencies