Resuming on 79 for no loss and only needing another 79 with which to win, it was always looked as though Kenya had this game in the bag, even before play resumed at the Gymkhana ground this morning. Maurice Ouma had to wait overnight to see whether he would complete his fifty did so in the first over of the day and both he and David Obuya kept the score ticking along as they took the opening partnership past 100.

With 51 runs remaining to win, Ouma was deceived by a Malachi Jones slower ball and scooped it high to be caught for 63. Though he would have been disappointed to have missed out on a bigger score, he can be satisfied that he did the job he was there for and had given Kenya the solid platform they needed to go on to win the game.

Tony Suji joined Obuya with the latter continuing to play the aggressor while Suji took his time to get his eye in. Obuya's second fifty of the game came off 88 deliveries and combined with his 53 in the first innings was a suitable reply to his critics who had conveniently forgotten his form at the beginning of the year after recent difficulties in the ODI series. Unfortunately for him, he was not there to see out the win as with only 15 more needed he charged too early to Rodney Trott who saw him coming and fired in the quicker one to narrow the margin of defeat slightly.

With his brother back in the pavilion for 70, Collins Obuya joined Suji at the crease and the two polished off the runs without any further mishap and Kenya completed what was in the end a relatively easy victory to move top of the table over the Christmas break. While Kenya will be satisfied with the maximum points from their two games, they will be aware that they were made at home against two of the perceived weaker teams of the tournament. Victory will no doubt be celebrated with a few bottles from the new sponsor, but they will also know there is still much work to do before they face the European teams and up and comers Namibia in 2008.