Kenya implode to 61 all out

Kenya imploded in a chase of 170, folding for a mere 61, as Pakistan A completed a 108-run win in the fifth and final game in Lahore to sweep the series 5-0. The visitors had lost the previous four games by equally large margins: nine wickets, 155 runs, 214 runs and 118 runs, respectively.

Kenya's bowlers signed off with a good performance, bowling Pakistan A out for the first time in the series. They used the overcast foggy conditions well and bowled with a composed line and length. Their discipline, however, was not backed by the fielding, which remained unresponsive with casual chances being dropped.

Opting to bat first, Pakistan A suffered an early blow when Mohammad Rizwan was caught behind off the first ball of the day. Mukhtar Ahmed top-scored with 78, his second successive fifty, but was dropped twice in his 115-ball innings. The next highest score in the innings was 16, from Babar Azam and Saeed Ajmal.

Kenya negotiated the opening two overs but the resistance did not last long as the left-arm pace duo of Zia-ul-Haq and Mir Hamza ripped the line-up, reducing them to 14 for 7. Opener Alex Obanda fell to a stunning catch when Saeed Ajmal, standing at mid-on, stretched to his right for a one-handed take.

Gurdeep Singh, captain Shem Ngoche, Nehemiah Odhiambo and Morris Ouma were the four batsmen to fall for ducks, and only Emmanuel Bundi - 15* off 42 - reached a double-figure score. Ajmal, who was poor with his line bowling outside leg, wrecked the tail with his two wickets to wrap up proceeding within 21.3 overs.