2007 Cricket World Cup: England vs Kenya

March 24, 2007

England beat Kenya by 7 wickets (with 60 balls remaining) in the final Group C game in the World Cup at Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia.

England will now advance through to the Super 8 stage.

Rain delayed the start of the match by some two hours, and therefore the match was only a 43 over game.

Toss: Kenya won, and elected to bat first.

Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Shah, 4.5 ov), 2-35 (Ouma, 10.1 ov), 3-73 (Suji, 17.4 ov), 4-74 (Mishra, 18.5 ov), 5-99 (Obuya, 23.3 ov), 6-112 (Odoyo, 26.5 ov), 7-151 (Kamande, 36.4 ov), 8-165 (Tikolo, 40.2 ov), 9-170 (Ongondo, 41.2 ov), 10-177 (Onyango, 42.6 ov)

Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Vaughan, 3.1 ov), 2-52 (Bell, 8.4 ov), 3-155 (Joyce, 27.6 ov)

England: E C Joyce, M P Vaughan (capt), I R Bell, K P Pietersen, A Flintoff, P D Collingwood, R S Bopara, P A Nixon (wkt), J M Anderson, M S Panesar, S I Mahmood Kenya: M A Ouma (wkt), R D Shah, A O Suji, S O Tikolo (capt), T Mishra, C O Obuya, T M Odoyo, J K Kamande, L N Onyango, P J Ongondo, H A Varaiya

Player of the match: E C Joyce (England)

Umpires: R E Koertzen (South Africa) and P D Parker (Australia) TV umpire: B R Doctrove Match referee: M J Procter (South Africa) Reserve umpire: Asad Rauf (Pakistan)