ODI # 1120
KCA Centenary Tournament, 1996/97, 1st Match
Kenya v Sri Lanka
Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi
28 September 1996 (50-overs match)

Result: Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
Points: Sri Lanka 2, Kenya 0

Toss: Sri Lanka
Umpires: ID Robinson (Zim) and RB Tiffin (Zim)
TV Umpire: SK Bansal (Ind)
Match referee: MH Denness (Eng)
ODI Debuts: SK Gupta (Kenya); KSC de Silva (SL).
Man of the Match: M Muralitharan

Kenya innings (50 overs maximum)                                R   B   4  6
DN Chudasama                             b Vaas                 0   6   0  0
+KO Otieno            lbw                b KSC de Silva         2   7   0  0
SK Gupta                                 b Muralitharan        41  66   4  0
SO Tikolo             lbw                b KSC de Silva         5  14      0
*MO Odumbe            c Kaluwitharana    b Ranatunga            3   6   0  0
HS Modi               not out                                  78 105   9  1
TM Odoyo                                 b Muralitharan         9  25
MA Suji               c Gurusinha        b Muralitharan         0   3   0  0
EO Odumbe                                b Muralitharan         5  13      0
AY Karim              run out                                  24  53   1  1
RW Ali                not out                                   1   9   0  0
Extras                (lb 8, w 11, nb 1)                       20
Total                 (9 wickets, 50 overs)                   188

FoW: 1-0 (Chudasama), 2-7 (Otieno), 3-14 (Tikolo),
     4-31 (MO Odumbe), 5-65 (Gupta), 6-83 (Odoyo), 7-85 (Suji),
     8-93 (EO Odumbe), 9-182 (Karim).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Vaas                        10      2     40      1 (2w)
KSC de Silva                 8      0     27      2 (5w)
Ranatunga                    3      0     10      1
Dharmasena                  10      1     39      0 (2w)
Muralitharan                10      4     18      4 (1w)
Chandana                     5      0     22      0 (1w, 1nb)
Jayasuriya                   4      0     24      0

Sri Lanka innings (target: 189 runs from 50 overs)              R   B   4  6
ST Jayasuriya         lbw                b EO Odumbe            5   5      0
+RS Kaluwitharana     not out                                 100  89  17  1
AP Gurusinha          lbw                b EO Odumbe            0   5   0  0
PA de Silva           c EO Odumbe        b MO Odumbe           55  47   6  1
*A Ranatunga          not out                                  25  38   3  0
Extras                (lb 1, w 4)                               5
Total                 (3 wickets, 30.4 overs)                 190

DNB: HP Tillakaratne, UDU Chandana, HDPK Dharmasena, WPUJC Vaas,
     M Muralitharan, KSC de Silva.

FoW: 1-5 (Jayasuriya), 2-7 (Gurusinha), 3-128 (PA de Silva).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Ali                          4      0     23      0 (1w)
EO Odumbe                    4      1     29      2
Suji                         5.4    0     48      0 (1w)
Karim                        7      0     42      0 (1w)
Odoyo                        6      0     34      0
MO Odumbe                    4      0     13      1 (1w)

• Maiden ODI century for Kaluwitharana.

Tournament Index

Team Pages: Kenya, Sri Lanka.

Ground Page: Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi

Kenya Player Pages: DN Chudasama, KO Otieno, SK Gupta, SO Tikolo, MO Odumbe, HS Modi, TM Odoyo, MA Suji, EO Odumbe, AY Karim, RW Ali.

Sri Lanka Player Pages: ST Jayasuriya, RS Kaluwitharana, AP Gurusinha, PA de Silva, A Ranatunga, HP Tillakaratne, UDU Chandana, HDPK Dharmasena, WPUJC Vaas, M Muralitharan, KSC de Silva.

Match Officials' Pages: ID Robinson, RB Tiffin, SK Bansal, MH Denness.