Match 41 -Australia Vs Kenya at Kolkata


  1. Craig Ervine (66) scored his third World cup half century in this edition.
  2. Zimbabwe’s whopping 161 run victory margin is their second in terms of win by over 100 runs in a World cup match. They have achieved both their highest margin victories in this edition (against Canada and Kenya respectively).
  3. Taibu scored his second fifty in the tournament.
  4. All Zimbabwean bowlers were among the wickets in the match.
  5. Thomas Odoyo, who opened the bowling for Kenya in all its matches in this tournament didn’t bowl even a single over in this match.
  6. The match ended the international career of Kenya’s Steve Tikolo, who along with Odoyo is the only player to have appeared in five World cups for Kenya starting from the 1996 edition.
  7. Kenya now joins the Netherlands as the only teams to have lost all their matches in this tournament.

- Sharath

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