By Paul Grunill
Maurice Ouma was dismissed by the second ball of the game
New Zealand eased themselves into the ICC World Twenty20 with a nine-wicket thrashing of Kenya in Durban.
The African side never recovered from being reduced to 1-4 at the start of their innings and six of their batsmen failed to score.
Paceman Mark Gillespie claimed 4-7 as they were all out for 73, the lowest score in a Twenty20 international.
The Kiwis then took just 7.4 overs to reach the target as Peter Fulton ended the game with two successive sixes.
A greenish pitch and a gusting cross-wind meant that New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori had no hesitation in asking Kenya to bat after winning the toss.
It proved a shrewd decision as the Kenyan top order simply could not cope with the pace and movement of Shane Bond, who removed Maurice Ouma and Tanmay Mishra in the opening over, and Gillespie.
Things went from bad to worse when David Obuya trod on his stumps as Gillespie forced him onto the back foot and captain Steve Tikolo fell lbw when he was struck on the boot by a full length delivery.
Thomas Odoyo and Collins Obuya added 36 for the fifth wicket, both making 18, before the introduction of Chris Martin and Vettori prompted another slump from 37-4 to 46-8.
Brendon McCullum's stumping sent Collins Obuya on his way
Rajesh Bhudiya sliced Martin over cover point for six but the end of the innings was swift as Gillespie knocked out Jimmy Kamande's middle stump with a full toss and two balls later bowled last man Peter Ongondo.
New Zealand were in no mood to hang about at the start of their reply, with Lou Vincent lofting Odoyo over long-on for a boundary in the opening over.
He pulled the last ball of Odoyo's next over over mid-wicket for six after being dropped off a no-ball by Nehemiah Odhiambo but the bowler had his revenge when David Obuya dived forward at mid-off to take a low catch and send Vincent on his way for 27.
There was no let-up in the scoring rate, however, and Fulton wrapped things up in style as he drove Bhudiya over long-off for four and then despatched the next two deliveries into the crowd at mid-wicket to finish on 21 not out.
Man of the Match Mark Gillespie: "I've been in the first-change role for a while now, so it was good to have the new ball back. Normally when you're first change, the shine has gone and you can't really swing it. "You've got to relax and take each ball as it comes [in Twenty20]. There's going to be a day, whether it's tomorrow or whenever, when the batters are going to dominate. It's a batter's game and we're just there to make up the numbers."
New Zealand defeated Kenya by nine wickets in Group C of the 2007 Twenty20 World Championship at Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa.

Kenya suffered a disastrous start to their innings, when Maurice Ouma was bowled by Shane Bond and Tanmay Mishra was caught by Jacob Oram in the first over without scoring. In the second over David Obuya hit wicket and captain Steve Tikolo fell lbw to Mark Gillespie to leave Kenya on 1-4. Collins Obuya scored 18 runs before being stumped, and Thomas Odoyo also scored 18. Kenya slumped to 73 all out, which is the lowest score in a Twenty20 international. Mark Gillespie was the best performing bowler for the Black Caps, taking 4-7.

New Zealand had no trouble reaching the target, and Lou Vincent was the only batsman to fall when he was caught by David Obuya for 27 runs. Brendon McCullum (16 not out) and Peter Fulton (21 not out) took New Zealand to victory in the eighth over.

'''Toss:''' New Zealand won and chose to field first.

















'''Fall of wickets:''' 1-0 (Ouma, 0.2 ov), 2-0 (Mishra, 0.5 ov), 3-0 (DO Obuya, 1.1 ov), 4-1 (Tikolo, 1.5 ov), 5-37 (Odoyo, 8.3 ov), 6-39 (Odhiambo, 10.4 ov), 7-42 (CO Obuya, 11.4 ov), 8-46 (Obanda, 13.2 ov), 9-73 (Kamande, 16.3 ov), 10-73 (Ongondo, 16.5 ov)

















'''Fall of wickets:''' 1-40 (Vincent, 4.3 ov)

'''Did not bat:''' R L Taylor, S B Styris, J D P Oram, C D McMillan, D L Vettori, S E Bond, M R Gillespie, C S Martin








'''New Zealand:''' L Vincent, B B McCullum (wkt), P G Fulton, R L Taylor, S B Styris, J D P Oram, C D McMillan, D L Vettori (capt), S E Bond, M R Gillespie, C S Martin

'''Kenya:''' M A Ouma (wkt), D O Obuya, T Mishra, S O Tikolo (capt), C O Obuya, T M Odoyo, N Odhiambo, A Obanda, J K Kamande, R L Bhudia, P J Ongondo

'''Twenty20 International Debuts:''' N Odhiambo, M A Ouma (Kenya), C S Martin and D L Vettori (New Zealand)
'''Man of the Match:''' M R Gillespie (New Zealand)

'''Umpires:'''B R Doctrove (West Indies) and S J A Taufel (Australia)
'''TV Umpire:'''S J Davis (Australia)
'''Match Referee:''' M J Procter (South Africa)
'''Reserve Umpire:''' B G Jerling (South Africa)