An eight-wicket home Intercontinantal Cup defeat by Scotland shows just how parlous the state of cricket in Kenya seems to have become.

From the moment Scotland put Kenya in on Monday and bowled them out for 91 by early afternoon, Scotland were on a certainty to win.

Kenya, despite a determined effort to regain some self-respect with a second innings score of 323 - which set Scotland 109 to win -succumbed somewhat tamely on the final day of the match at Nairobi Gymkhana.

This attitude was symbolised by some lacklustre fielding, apart from a bit of sharp work by Seren Waters to run out Qasim Sheikh, a first innings century-maker, when Scotland were 30 runs short of levelling the scores.

There were a few plus points, though: captain Maurice Ouma's graceful second innings 130, Hiren Varaiya's doggedly defensive 44 after coming in as nightwatchman, and some pleasant stroke play by Collins Obuya in both innings.

With the ball, young spinner James Ngoche showed promise and Nehemiah Odhiambo produced the ball of the match to uproot opener Kyle Coetzer's middle stump.

As for Scotland, they were able to burst out into verses of 'Flower of Scotland' to celebrate a comprehensive victory that keeps them at the head of this year's Intercontinental Cup table.

Kenya, meanwhile, will rue this defeat and hope that they can make some sort of amends during the three-way Twenty20 contest that starts with a fixture against Uganda on Saturday.

Kenya: 91 (CO Obuya 40; RD Berrrington 3-13, GD Drummond 3-18) and 323 (MO Ouma 130, HA Varaiya 44; JD Nel 5-107, RM Haq 3-46)
Scotland: 306 (MQ Sheikh 108, RD Berrington 80; N Odhiambo 3-60) and 110 for 2 (DR Lockhart 51 not out).