The Nairobi Series

Nancy_Drew · July 31, 2004, 9:37am

Odumbe to play against Pakistan ‘A’

NAIROBI, July 30: Kenyan cricket coach Andy Moles has included veteran Maurice Odumbe in the squad to play the opening three-dayer against Pakistan ‘A’ at the Nairobi’s Simba Union club on Saturday.

Odumbe is currently the subject of an International Cricket Council (ICC) tribunal hearing into allegations of receiving money from a Indian bookmaker. “He will definitely play for us this weekend,” Moles said at the team’s training ground.

Despite the distraction of his case, Odumbe played a pivotal role in Kenya’s victory over Uganda in the ICC Intercontinental Cup last Sunday, taking three wickets on the final day of the three-day game. Moles said he expected tough opposition from the Pakistani team led by Test batsman Misbahul Haq. -AFP

link-> http://www.dawn.com/2004/07/31/spt4.htm

bladerunner · July 31, 2004, 1:13pm

where i can find the schedule of the Nairobi Series and which channel will broadcast it here in Europe?

Zero_one · July 31, 2004, 1:41pm

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*Originally posted by bladerunner: *
where i can find the schedule of the Nairobi Series and which channel will broadcast it here in Europe?
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Well Ten Sports ME is going to broadcast the series in ME + Europe

For schedule: www.tensports.com

armughal · August 1, 2004, 5:38am

Umar’s ton lifts Pakistan A against Kenya

NAIROBI: Opener Taufeeq Umar hit a century to give Pakistan A a flying start in their three-day game against Kenya at the Nairobi Simba Union Club on Saturday.

The left-hander scored an impressive 144 runs off 176 balls to consolidate the Pakistani innings after winning the toss. Pakistan were 352 for four after 90 overs. The absence of all-rounder Maurice Odumbe in the match meant that the Kenyan bowlers struggled against a strong Pakistan outfit, which included some of the country’s Test players.

Odumbe said he was not in the right state of mind to play the opening game after attending a drawn-out inquiry into allegations that he received payments from an Indian bookmaker in 2002.

Skipper Steve Tikolo was forced to bowl all day and his efforts were rewarded when he removed Umar leg before and Pakistani captain Misbah Ul Haq for 22. Faisal Iqbal, who partnered Umar in a sparkling fourth-wicket partnership of 161 runs, was 90 not out, while Naveed Latif was on 32 at the end of the first day.

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armughal · August 2, 2004, 4:52am

Shah and Tikolo boost Kenya against Pakistan A

NAIROBI: Opener Ravindu Shah and skipper Steve Tikolo both hit centuries as Kenya reached 264 for 3 in reply to Pakistan A’s 495-7 declared on the second day of their three day match at the Nairobi Simba Union Club on Sunday.

The hosts are 231 runs behind going into the final day. Kenya made a shaky start to their reply after they lost two early wickets when Kennedy Obuya went in the first over and Hitesh Modi was clean bowled by Junaid Zia. But Shah, ably assisted by Tikolo, steadied the innings to push Kenya’s score to a respectable 264 for 3 in 56 overs before fading light forced a premature end to the day’s action.

Shah battled well with a flurry of boundaries and rallied to make 124 before Raiz Afridi, who had bowled Obuya for two, returned to rip the Kenyan top order. Tikolo remained unbeaten on 104, while Thomas Odoyo (8) was not out at the close of play. afp

= S O U R C E = -](http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_2-8-2004_pg2_4)

Nancy_Drew · August 2, 2004, 6:51am

good performance by pak :k:

Nancy_Drew · August 12, 2004, 1:11pm

Odumbe leads Kenya to two-run win

Wisden Cricinfo staff

August 12, 2004

Maurice Odumbe: a handy contribution with both bat and ball © Getty Images

Kenya 196 for 8 (Odumbe 64*) beat Pakistan A 194 (Qaiser 69*) by 2 runs
Scorecard

Kenya posted a thrilling two-run win over Pakistan A in the first match of the triangular series at the Sir Ali Muslim Club Ground in Nairobi. Chasing 197 for victory, Pakistan were in a deep hole, at 151 for 6 with just five overs to go. Qaiser Abbas then smashed 21 off the penultimate over to give Kenya a huge scare, but with nine needed off the last over, Pakistan A lost three wickets in successive balls and fell just two runs short.

Earlier in the day, persistent drizzle had seen the match reduced to a 35-over contest. After sending Kenya in, the Pakistanis made full use of the overcast conditions and ripped through the top order. Ravindu Shah was the first man out, falling to a brilliant one-handed catch by Kamran Akmal behind the stumps.

The other opener, Kennedy Obuya, opened his account with a crisp boundary but was kept in check by the pace of Rao Iftikhar Anjum at the other end. He eventually edged one to the slips where Taufeeq Umar snapped up a smart low catch.

Maurice Odumbe rescued the situation with a composed 64 and took Kenya to 196. Though it wasn’t a formidable total, it proved just enough. Qaiser, who nearly took the Pakistanis home with some big hits, was declared the Man of the Match.

Kenya take on India A, the third team in the series, in the second match at the Ruaraka Sports Club on Thursday.

link->http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2004/AUG/021163_KENYA_12AUG2004.html

Captain1 · August 12, 2004, 3:42pm

sharam aani chahiye Pakistan A team ko, these guys have played against better teams and should've enough experience (guys like Taufeeq Umar, Junaid Zia, Kamran Akmal, Naved Latif) these are the guys many of us want them to be in our regular squad.

ehsan · August 14, 2004, 9:50am

India-A recover to beat rivals Pakistan-A in Nairobi series](Yahoo is part of the Yahoo family of brands.)

NAIROBI (AFP) - India-A bounced back from their shock defeat to Kenya to beat their arch-rivals Pakistan-A by four wickets in the third match of the Nairobi tri-nation series.

Chasing 223 to win, opener Mohindu Singh Doni rallied the Indian side to reach victory with two balls to spare on Friday.

Singh top-scored for his team with 70 runs to earn him the man of the match.

The Indians take on Kenya in the fourth match of the series at the Nairobi Gymkhana club.

Nancy_Drew · August 16, 2004, 8:44am

Misbah-ul-Haq and Afridi bail out Pakistan A

Wisden Cricinfo staff

August 16, 2004

Pakistan A 216 for 6 (Afridi 66, Misbah 64*) beat Kenya 215 (Modi 69, Ravindu 58) by 4 wickets

After a blazing start to the tournament, when they won two matches in a row, Kenya slumped to their second successive defeat, going down by four wickets to Pakistan A in Nairobi. Batting first, Kenya managed only 215, but that seemed enough as Pakistan A slipped to 82 for 5. However, a 109-run stand between Misbah-ul-Haq (64 not out) and Riaz Afridi (66) rescued the innings and gave them their first win of the tournament.

The Kenyan innings got off to a wobbly start when Kennedy Obuya was caught behind off Iftikhar Anjum for a duck (3 for 1), but Ravindu Shah and Hitesh Modi put Kenya in the ascendancy with a 127-run partnership. Modi survived one chance, when he was dropped on 14 by Junaid Zia at third man, but he refused to allow the let-off to affect him, going for his strokes and running hard between the wickets.

At 131 for 1 in the 29th over, Kenya were in charge, but things turned sour soon after, as Ravindu was caught in the covers off Qaiser Abbas for 58, and Steve Tikolo was bowled by Mansoor Amjad for a duck. Modi was then bowled by Naved Latif for 69, and though Thomas Odoyo resisted, making an unbeaten 39, Kenya could only manage 215.

That looked like a winning total, as Odoyo and Martin Suji reduced Pakistan A to 36 for 4 by the 11th over. Latif and Misbah steadied the innings somewhat, but when Latif was trapped in front by Lameck Onyango for 38, Kenya were in sight of a second consecutive win against Pakistan A.

Then came the matchwinning partnership between Afridi and Misbah. The Kenyans did have one chance to break the stand, but Onyango dropped Afridi at long-off. Afridi was finally bowled by Ongondo for 66, but Misbah ensured that Pakistan A got to their target without further alarms.

link->
http://pak.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2004/AUG/024729_KENYA_16AUG2004.html

Nancy_Drew · August 16, 2004, 1:34pm

India A 330/6 (50 ov)
Pakistan A 176/8 (39.0 ov) Pakistan A require another 155 runs with 2 wickets and 11.0 overs remaining

India A RR: 6.60
Pakistan A RR: 4.51
Required RR: 14.09

pathetic performance by paki bowlers n batsmen
couldnt bear to watch the rest of the match

BrokenSky · August 16, 2004, 1:39pm

poor performance by Paki’s..

Nancy_Drew · August 16, 2004, 3:55pm

india A won by 121 runs :k:

elahi · August 17, 2004, 12:36am

What a terrible performance. I would like to see a scorecard to check what happened with the bowling. Seems like Rao Iftikhar has been the only decent bowler so far.

Nancy_Drew · August 17, 2004, 8:43am

here's the scorecard


India A innings (50 overs maximum)                              R   B   4  6
G Gambhir             c Mansoor Amjad    b Naved Latif        122 113  10  3
DS Jadhav             c Kamran Akmal     b Iftikhar Anjum      10  32   1  0
+MS Dhoni             c Naved Latif      b Iftikhar Anjum     120 122  10  2
RR Powar              c Iftikhar Anjum   b Mansoor Amjad       33  19   4  1
AT Rayudu             c Kamran Akmal     b Iftikhar Anjum       0   2   0  0
*SV Bahutule          not out                                  19   9   1  1
S Sriram              c Bazid Khan       b Iftikhar Anjum       4   5   0  0
Y Venugopal Rao       not out                                   1   2   0  0
Extras                (lb 6, w 11, nb 4)                       21
Total                 (6 wickets, 50 overs)                   330

DNB: SS Paul, A Bhandari, AM Salvi.

FoW: 1-38 (Jadhav, 8.5 ov), 2-245 (Gambhir, 40.5 ov),
     3-306 (Powar, 46.5 ov), 4-306 (Dhoni, 47.1 ov),
     5-306 (Rayudu, 47.2 ov), 6-322 (Sriram, 49.2 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Iftikhar Anjum              10      1     44      4 (4w)
Riaz Afridi                 10      1     72      0 (4w)
Zahid Saeed                  6      0     67      0 (4nb, 1w)
Qaiser Abbas                 7      0     43      0
Mansoor Amjad               10      0     58      1 (1w)
Naved Latif                  7      0     40      1

Pakistan A innings (target: 331 runs from 50 overs)             R   B   4  6
Shadab Kabir          c Dhoni            b Bhandari             0   1   0  0
Taufeeq Umar                             b Salvi               26  31   4  0
Bazid Khan            c Salvi            b Paul                44  26   7  1
*Misbah-ul-Haq        lbw                b Paul                 0   1   0  0
Naved Latif           c Rayudu           b Bhandari            21  19   3  0
Qaiser Abbas          lbw                b Powar               58  97   7  0
+Kamran Akmal         lbw                b Bhandari            11  13   2  0
Riaz Afridi                              b Bahutule             3  20   0  0
Iftikhar Anjum        c Salvi            b Powar                1   6   0  0
Mansoor Amjad         c Dhoni            b Bahutule            33  47   2  0
Zahid Saeed           not out                                   2  13   0  0
Extras                (lb 1, w 5, nb 4)                        10
Total                 (all out, 44.5 overs)                   209

FoW: 1-0 (Shadab Kabir, 0.1 ov), 2-63 (Bazid Khan, 7.4 ov),
     3-63 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 7.5 ov), 4-86 (Taufeeq Umar, 10.6 ov),
     5-100 (Naved Latif, 13.5 ov), 6-120 (Kamran Akmal, 17.6 ov),
     7-133 (Riaz Afridi, 25.1 ov), 8-136 (Iftikhar Anjum, 26.5 ov),
     9-187 (Qaiser Abbas, 40.5 ov), 10-209 (Mansoor Amjad, 44.5 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bhandari                    10      3     53      3
Paul                         6      0     39      2 (3w)
Salvi                       10      0     52      1 (3nb, 1w)
Powar                       10      1     33      2 (1w)
Bahutule                     6.5    0     22      2
Sriram                       2      0      9      0 (1nb)

Nancy_Drew · August 19, 2004, 9:12am

India A trounce Kenya despite Shah’s efforts

Wisden Cricinfo staff

August 18, 2004

India A 217 for 4 (Jadhav 76) beat Kenya 216 (Shah 90, Sriram 4-49) by 6 wickets

Despite Ravindu Shah’s entertaining 90, Kenya suffered a six-wicket defeat against India A at the Gymkhana Club Ground in Nairobi. This was Kenya’s third loss in as many matches and their hopes of entering the final now hinge on their final league game against Pakistan A on Friday.

Kenya made a fine start to their innings after opting to bat, with Kennedy Otieno and Shah racing along at a healthy pace. Even after Otieno fell, sweeping uppishly to square leg, Hitesh Modi filled in responsibly and along with Shah took the score to 153 for 1.

But the Indian spinners put the brakes after the 35th over and none of the batsmen provided the final kick. The last seven batsmen contributed just 21 between them and Sridharan Sriram finished with four wickets with his part-time left-arm spin. Ramesh Powar, the offspinner, joined in the act, snared three wickets to help keep Kenya down to just 216.

Deeraj Jadhav, the Maharashtra opener who was the highest scorer in the Ranji Trophy last season, piloted the chase with a composed 76. The rest of the top-order batsmen chipped in with vital contributions and India A coasted home with more than ten overs to spare. Sriram’s plucky 35, off 30 balls, along with his bowling exploits, won him the Man-of-the-Match award.

Nancy_Drew · August 19, 2004, 9:29am


Pakistan A innings (50 overs maximum)                           R   B   4  6
+Kamran Akmal         c Bahutule         b Bhandari             1  16   0  0
Naved Ashraf                             b Bhandari             5  17   0  0
Bazid Khan            run out (Powar/Dhoni/Salvi)              87 112   8  3:k:
*Misbah-ul-Haq                           b Bahutule           106 103   8  4 :k:
Naved Latif           not out                                  17   9   2  1
Qaiser Abbas          c Venugopal Rao    b Bahutule             0   1   0  0
Faisal Iqbal          not out                                   0   1   0  0
Extras                (lb 2, w 5, nb 3)                        10
Total                 (5 wickets, 42.4 overs)                 226

To Bat: Riaz Afridi, Mansoor Amjad, Iftikhar Anjum, Junaid Zia.

FoW: 1-8 (Kamran Akmal, 4.5 ov), 2-8 (Naved Ashraf, 6.3 ov),
     3-197 (Bazid Khan, 39.5 ov), 4-226 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 42.2 ov),
     5-226 (Qaiser Abbas, 42.3 ov).

Nancy_Drew · August 19, 2004, 9:46am

pak A 234/10

last 6 wickets fell for just 7 runs

189 runs p’ship between Misbah n Bazid khan

Nancy_Drew · August 19, 2004, 4:31pm

Dhoni downs Pakistan A

Wisden Cricinfo staff

August 19, 2004

India A 236 for 2 (Dhoni 119*) beat Pakistan 234 (Misbah 106) by eight wickets

Mahendra Dhoni’s superb unbeaten 119 carried India A to victory over their Pakistani counterparts, in the eighth match of the ongoing tournament in Nairobi.

After winning the toss and batting first, Pakistan were bowled out for 234 with more than three overs remaining, despite a century for the captain, Misbah-ul-Haq, and 87 for Bazid Khan.

The pair added 189 for the third wicket, after Amit Bhandari had ripped out both openers, but when Khan was run out, the innings subsided dramatically. Shib Paul and Sairaj Bahutule grabbed three wickets each, as Pakistan’s last seven wickets tumbled for eight runs in four overs.

Despite Dheeraj Jadhav’s second-ball run-out, the momentum was all with India, and Dhoni allowed Pakistan no way back. He added 169 for the second wicket with Gautam Gambhir (79), before Sridharan Sriram joined him to wrap up the proceedings.

fair_balance · August 19, 2004, 5:49pm

My stateboy Dhoni love Pakistani bowlers.

2 consecutive 100 against them.

Bye Bye Karthik & Parthive..Here come M S Dhoni