Canada 199/10 in 50 overs (Barnett 41, Kamande 25/2, Tikolo 34/2) lost to Kenya 203/3 in 43.2 overs (Tikolo 72*, Ouma 58)
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The semi-finalists of 2003 WC eased home quite comfortably in this clash between the two minnows. Canada having performed credibly during the 1999 world cup (remember dawson smashing the fasted WC century against WI and then smashing the kiwi bowlers?) were fancying their chances of winning this game. But they were out-gunned by a far more experienced Kenyan side, lead by veteran Steve Tikolo, who have this happy habit of doing well at world cups.
Noticeably, the Canadian team is composed of the sub-continent diaspora. Canadian bowler Anderson Cummins previously played for WI in 1992 world cup, thereby becoming only the second player after Kepler Wessels to play for 2 counties in this competition. Cummins is also one of the only 5 players (Jayasuriya, Tendulkar, Inzy and Lara being the others) in the current competition who also played at the 1992 world cup.
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