6th Match, Group A -
Kenya v Pakistan
Mahinda Rajapaksha International Cricket
Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota
Wed Feb 23
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
15:00 BDT
Jimmy Kamande
Kenya
Jimmy Kamande has had a varied career, starting as a seamer, reinventing himself
as an offspinner after being reported for having a suspect action, and now
emerging as something of an allrounder, albeit one not really good enough to
warrant a place on either discipline alone. Recently appointed captain, his
biggest challenge will be bringing together a disparate and disillusioned side.
Shahid Afridi
Pakistan
Shahid Afridi has been a part of three World Cups, but averages 11 with the bat and
nearly 40 with the ball. Forget the debate over whether Shahid Afridi will or
should be captain of the ODI side; he remains the side's most talismanic player,
capable of changing any game in a trice. Over the years, it is Afridi's leg-spin
that has held him in better stead, providing not only a vital choke during
the middle overs, but a serious wicket-taking threat. With the bat
he remains as he was when he first arrived, capable of both ends of madness.
Often he has threatened to become mature and sensible but it is generally a
temporary state; don't discount his two ODI hundreds in the Asia Cup last year,
in his first matches as captain.
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