Canada Defeats Kenya by Five Wickets in Cricket World Cup Group A Match

Jimmy Hansra’s 70 runs led Canada to a five-wicket win over Kenya in their Group A Cricket World Cup match today in New Delhi.
Canada reached 199-5 in response to Kenya’s innings of 198 in the 50-over match. The victors reached the total with 27 balls left. Hansra was caught off Nehemiah Odhiambo. Canadian captain Ashish Bagai finished on 64 not out.
Neither team had won in three previous matches before today. The result leaves Canada with 2 points, behind Zimbabwe and above Kenya in the seven-team group. The top four teams in each of the competition’s two groups move into the quarterfinals.
Tanmay Mishra and Thomas Odoyo were each out on 51 runs to lead Kenya, which recovered from losing opening batsman Maurice Ouma for a duck on his second ball.

CAN v KEN 2011 23rd Match Result – Canada won by 5 wickets, Ashish Bagai hit 64*

In a battle to avoid bottom spot in the points table in Group A, Canada beat Kenya by 5 wickets with 27 balls remaining in the 23rd match of 2011 Cricket World Cup, on Monday, 7th March, 2011 at Delhi.
Kenya started poorly, lost 3-27 and wickets at regular intervals unable to move the tempo but somehow manged 198 runs as Mishra and Odoyo 51 runs each. Canada also struggling at 48-3 but 132 runs partnership between Hansra 70 runs and captain Ashish Bagai 64 not out helps to register their first win in world cup.
Match Summary:
Kenya - 198 all out in 50 overs (Mishra 51, Odoyo 51, Osinde 4-26)
Canada - 199/5 in 45.3 overs (Hansra 70, Bagai 64*)
Toss - Kenya won the toss and elected to bat first.
Man of the Match - Henry Osinde (Canada)
Result - Canada won by 5 wickets (with 27 balls remaining)
Points - Canada 2, Kenya 0

Canada beat Kenya by 5 wickets

Canada are finally off the mark with their first win in the tournament. They would be happy with the victory and their performance. They next meet New Zealand in their next match. Kenya on the other side, would be disappointed with their overall performance. They would want to do well against the Australian team when they meet them in their next encounter. That's all from us for today. Join us tomorrow for the game between New Zealand and Pakistan at 0900 GMT (1430 IST).
Henry Osinde has been declared the Man of the Match. He says that there was some swing for him today. He was looking to bowl wicket to wicket but after seeing the ball swing, he decided to pitch it up. He also says that the way second new ball reversed was surprising..

Canadian skipper Ashish Bagai says that the performance was good. Restricting Kenya to that total and chasing it was good. There was no pressure of the run rate. Jimmy Hansra got the odd boundaries and took away the pressure off him which made it a bit easy to chase..
Kenyan captain Jimmy Kamande says that they started off very badly and wanted more than 200 but later on thought that their total was enough to defend. Says that the bowling was not upto the mark to defend the total..
Canada have beaten Kenya by 5 wickets. Their batting was good and chased the total comfortably. Jimmy Hansra was the star batsman for them hitting a well made 70 and their captain Ashish Bagai stayed 64 not out till the end to steer his side to victory. Kenya on the other side tried their level best to get wickets but they couldn't apply pressure on the Canadian team. The best bowler for Kenya was Nehemiah Odhiambo with 2/45 in his 10 overs..