Kenya v Zimbabwe (1245)

a10750 o1245	Kenya v Zimbabwe
	Kenya Cricket Association President's Cup 1997/98 (1st Final)
Venue	Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi on 18th October 1997 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Zimbabwe won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Zimbabwe won by 82 runs (Parabola (or norm - normal performance) method)
Umpires	MJ Kitchen, RE Koertzen
Third umpire	Saleem Badar
Referee	PL van der Merwe
Man of the Match	A Flower

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Zimbabwe innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s GW Flower b Tikolo 69 75 114 7 - +A Flower st Otieno b Sheikh 79 90 117 10 - GJ Rennie c Vadher b Tikolo 13 24 34 - - GJ Whittall c MA Suji b Tikolo 17 21 18 1 - *ADR Campbell c AO Suji b Odumbe 51 51 54 3 2 CB Wishart c MA Suji b Odumbe 18 21 23 2 - CN Evans b Odoyo 9 10 19 - - PA Strang not out 10 17 13 1 - BC Strang b Odoyo 3 4 5 - - AR Whittall not out 2 1 1 - - AG Huckle did not bat Extras (4 lb, 3 nb, 3 w) 10 Total (8 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) 281 Fall of wickets: 1-154 (GW Flower), 2-154 (A Flower), 3-179 (GJ Whittall), 4-193 (Rennie), 5-246 (Wishart), 6-262 (Evans), 7-268 (Campbell), 8-279 (BC Strang) Kenya bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls MA Suji 8 0 36 0 - - Odumbe 6 0 48 2 - - AO Suji 7 0 32 0 - - Karim 3 0 22 0 - - Odoyo 6 0 44 2 - - Tikolo 10 0 41 3 - - Sheikh 10 0 54 1 - - Kenya innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s DN Chudasama b BC Strang 2 5 3 - - +KO Otieno b GJ Whittall 34 62 65 4 1 SO Tikolo run out 28 40 41 2 1 MO Odumbe c AR Whittall b GW Flower 67 70 85 5 2 AV Vadher b PA Strang 5 15 19 - - HS Modi st A Flower b GJ Whittall 6 14 14 1 - TM Odoyo c A Flower b GW Flower 18 24 22 2 - AO Suji not out 3 14 10 - - MA Suji not out 0 0 2 - - *AY Karim did not bat M Sheikh did not bat Extras (1 b, 3 lb, 3 nb, 2 w) 9 Total (7 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs) 172 Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Chudasama), 2-57 (Tikolo), 3-83 (Otieno), 4-104 (Vadher), 5-127 (Modi), 6-168 (Odoyo), 7-172 (Odumbe) Zimbabwe bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls BC Strang 8 2 35 1 - - AR Whittall 7 1 22 0 - - PA Strang 8 0 29 1 - - GJ Whittall 8 0 40 2 - - Huckle 5 1 18 0 - - Evans 2 0 18 0 - - GW Flower 2 0 6 2 - -

Notes
--> Kenya target was 255 runs in 40 overs
--> GJ Whittall passed 1500 runs in ListA Matches when he reached 2
--> KO Otieno passed 500 runs in ListA Matches when he reached 3
--> KO Otieno passed 500 runs in ODIs when he reached 19
--> MO Odumbe passed his previous highest ListA Matches score of 50
--> MO Odumbe passed his previous highest ODIs score of 50
--> SO Tikolo achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ListA Matches when he dismissed GJ Rennie in the Zimbabwe innings (previous best was 2-31)
--> SO Tikolo achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODIs when he dismissed GJ Rennie in the Zimbabwe innings (previous best was 2-31)

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Rain abandoned the Kenyan innings. A revised target score of 255 was calculated and Zimbabwe were awarded the match.