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Kenya vs Uganda 4th Match Kenya T20 Tri-Series 2010 Article

Read the articles of Kenya vs Uganda 4th Match Kenya T20 Tri-Series 2010 - Kenya T20 Tri-Series Twenty20 international series of the 4th T20I match played between Uganda and Kenya at Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi in 02nd February 2010.

Collins Obuya and Alex Obanda sets up to Kenya comprehensive 17-run victory over Uganda in the high-scoring game of the Kenya T20 Tri-series fourth match.

Kenya scored 186 for 3 (Collins Obuya 79*, Steve Tikolo 46*) Uganda scored 172 for 9 (Roger Mukasa 66, Nelson Odhiambo 4-25)

This match reported by ESPNcricinfo Staff  (Third Party Reference from Espncricinfo)


Collins Obuya's blistering 79 helped Kenya to victory over a spirited Uganda side in the fourth match of the Keyna Tri-series in Nairobi. Following their heavy defeat to Kenya in the opening match of the tournament, Uganda have competed well, tying with Scotland on January 31 and rallying to 172 here.

Alex Obanda got Kenya's innings off to a flyer after the hosts were put in by Davis Arinaitwe, the Uganda captain. Obanda struck three sixes and three fours on his way to a 24-ball 45 before he was bowled by Ronald Ssemanda. The innings set the tone for Obuya, who bludgeoned seven sixes in his 45-ball innings. Maurice Ouma, the Kenya captain, proved a useful foil on his way to 39 from 32 deliveries and lifted his side's total to a 186, comfortably the highest score of the tournament so far. Arinaitwe was the only bowler to exert any control, as his offspin went for a miserly 12 from four overs.

Elijah Otieno removed Uganda opener Arthur Kyobe in the second over for 10 before Roger Musaka joined wicketkeeper Lawrence Sematimba in a 47-run stand. Sematimba's run out for 12 sparked a minor collapse but, as wickets fell around him, Musaka continued to strike the ball well. He made his first Twenty20 fifty, before falling to the impressive Nelson Odhiambo.

Odhiambo, playing his first Twenty20 International, finished with 4 for 25 and reduced Uganda to 116 for 6. It was left to Raymond Otim to rally the tail and his 25 from 18 balls, alongside a scampering 16 from 9 balls from Arinaitwe, threatened to cause an upset, but it wasn't to be

                   

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