Sameer Cup 1996–971st Match · ODI
Sri Lanka beat Kenya by 7 wickets in the 1st Match
Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, . Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl.
Match report
From the scorecardSri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl. Kenya made 188 for 9 in 50 overs, Hitesh Modi 78 not out from 105 balls and Sandeep Gupta 41 from 66 balls. Muttiah Muralitharan took 4 for 18.
Sri Lanka reached 190 for 3 in 30.4 overs, Romesh Kaluwitharana 100 not out from 89 balls and Aravinda de Silva 55 from 47 balls. Tito Odumbe took 2 for 29.
Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets (with 116 balls remaining).
Key performers
Kenya innings
188/9(50 ov)| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dipak Chudasamab WPUJC Vaas | b WPUJC Vaas | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Kennedy Otieno †lbw b KSC de Silva | lbw b KSC de Silva | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 |
| Sandeep Guptab M Muralitharan | b M Muralitharan | 41 | 66 | 4 | 0 | 62.12 |
| Steve Tikololbw b KSC de Silva | lbw b KSC de Silva | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 35.71 |
| MO Odumbe (c)c †RS Kaluwitharana b A Ranatunga | c †RS Kaluwitharana b A Ranatunga | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Hitesh Modinot out | not out | 78* | 105 | 9 | 1 | 74.29 |
| Thomas Odoyob M Muralitharan | b M Muralitharan | 9 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 36.00 |
| Martin Sujic AP Gurusinha b M Muralitharan | c AP Gurusinha b M Muralitharan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Tito Odumbeb M Muralitharan | b M Muralitharan | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 38.46 |
| Aasif Karimrun out | run out | 24 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 45.28 |
| Rajab Alinot out | not out | 1* | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 |
| Extras(lb 8, w 11, nb 1) | (lb 8, w 11, nb 1) | 20 | ||||
| Total50 Ov (RR 3.76) | 50 Ov (RR 3.76) | 188/9 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 0-1 (DN Chudasama), 7-2 (KO Otieno), 14-3 (SO Tikolo), 31-4 (MO Odumbe), 65-5 (SK Gupta), 83-6 (TM Odoyo), 85-7 (MA Suji), 93-8 (EO Odumbe), 182-9 (AY Karim)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPUJC Vaas | 10 | 2 | 40 | 1 | 4.00 | - | - | - | 2 | 0 |
| Sajeewa de Silva | 8 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 3.38 | - | - | - | 5 | 0 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3.33 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 10 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 3.90 | - | - | - | 2 | 0 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 1.80 | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| Upul Chandana | 5 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 4.40 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 6.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
Sri Lanka innings
190/3(30.4 ov)| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanath Jayasuriyalbw b EO Odumbe | lbw b EO Odumbe | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Romesh Kaluwitharana †not out | not out | 100* | 89 | 17 | 1 | 112.36 |
| Asanka Gurusinhalbw b EO Odumbe | lbw b EO Odumbe | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Aravinda de Silvac EO Odumbe b MO Odumbe | c EO Odumbe b MO Odumbe | 55 | 47 | 6 | 1 | 117.02 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga (c)not out | not out | 25* | 38 | 3 | 0 | 65.79 |
| Extras(lb 1, w 4) | (lb 1, w 4) | 5 | ||||
| Total30.4 Ov (RR 6.20) | 30.4 Ov (RR 6.20) · Target 189 | 190/3 | ||||
Did not bat: Hashan Tillakaratne, Upul Chandana, Kumar Dharmasena, WPUJC Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan, Sajeewa de Silva
Fall of wickets: 5-1 (ST Jayasuriya), 7-2 (AP Gurusinha), 128-3 (PA de Silva)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rajab Ali | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 5.75 | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| Tito Odumbe | 4 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 7.25 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Suji | 5.4 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 8.47 | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| Aasif Karim | 7 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 6.00 | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| Thomas Odoyo | 6 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 5.67 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| MO Odumbe | 4 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3.25 | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |