Welcome to the highlights of Kenya vs Sri Lanka - The opening match of the 1996 KCA Centenary quadrangular One-Day International cricket tournament between Kenya and Sri Lanka was played at Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi on September 28, 1996.
Match Overview:
Off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan's four-wickets before Wicket-keeper Romesh Kaluwitharana's maiden century and Aravinda de Silva's half-century steers to Sri Lanka comfortable seven-wicket victory over Kenya in the opening match of a KCA Centenary Tournament.
Match Stats:
- Romesh Kaluwitharana became the second Sri Lanka batsman to score a century against Kenya in ODIs after Aravinda de Silva.
- Romesh Kaluwitharana became the eighth Sri Lankan batsman to score a hundred in ODIs.
- Romesh Kaluwitharana's unbeaten 100 was his highest score for Sri Lanka in one-day international and the second highest-score by an Sri Lankan batsman against Kenya in ODIs after Aravinda de Silva's 145 at Kandy in the World Cup match in March.
In-Depth Match Highlights:
Kenya scored 188-9 in 50 overs with top scorer by Hitesh Modi cracked a unbeaten 78 off 105-balls including 9-fours & a six.
Debutant Sandeep Gupta - who scored 41 off 66-balls on his debut ODI match - including 4-fours and Aasif Karim hit 24 off 53-balls included one-six & a four.
Sri Lanka best bowler by Muttiah Muralitharan claimed a 4-wickets, Debutant Sajeewa de Silva - who took 2-wickets for 27-runs in 8-overs on his debut ODI match, Arjuna Ranatunga and Chaminda Vaas both took one-wickets.
Sri Lanka chase down the target of 189, finishing at 190 for 3 in 30.4 overs with top scorer by Romesh Kaluwitharana hammered a career-best unbeaten 100 off 89-balls - which was his 1st ODI hundred - including 17-fours & a six with strike rate of 112.35.
Aravinda de Silva blasted a 55 off 47-balls including 6-fours & a six with strike rate of 117.02 and Arjuna Ranatunga scored a unbeaten 25 off 38-balls included 3-fours.
Kenya best bowler by Tito Odumbe captured two-wickets and one for Maurice Odumbe.
Muttiah Muralitharan named Player of the match for his excellent spin bowling performance to claimed a 4-wickets for 18-runs in 10-overs including four maidens with economy rate of 1.80.
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