Today was the 6th match of the ICC world cup. The match was between Pakistan and Kenya. Kenya was thrashed by the kiwis last time, they were all bold out for only 69 runs. The question in today's match was that could Kenya perform against Pakistan in their today. The match started with Pakistan batting first. The opening pair failed to give Pakistan a good start and it looked as though Kenya had everything under control but after that the two batsmen Yonus Khan and Kamran Akmal played exceptionally well in helping their team to get a good start they made an excellent partnership but Kenya finally got a wicket. Both of these players reached in their 50's and after that misbah-u-haq the man in form came into bat he was playing some marvelous shots until Kamran Akmal's wicket fell. Then the young and talented brother of him came into bat "Umar Akmal". Both these batsmen were playing some big hits and helped their team in building a good score. Pakistan reached to 317 runs in their 50overs with the loss of 7 wickets. After that Kenya came into bat. The openers gave them the start they wanted but soon the whole Kenyan team began to flush down. It was some good cricket played by the Pakistan team, they were brilliant in fielding in their match.
Kenya was all bold out for 112. The man of the match was Umar Akmal for his excellent 71runs. The Pakistani team were looking confident after their win against Kenya and were looking forward for their second match which was to be played with Sri Lanka.
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