Three quick wickets in the slog overs, two of which fell in the penultimate over, had the Zimbabweans reeling at 197 for seven but Murray Goodwin sealed the issue with a straight drive which fetched him the required three runs.Zimbabwe were coasting towards an easy win, needing just 17 runs from nine overs but the exit of Andy Flower (55), Guy Whittal (5), Stuart Carlisle (0) and Andy Blignaut (0) provided some last minute excitement.

Scoreboard

Kenya: K Otieno c Goldwin b Johnson 7, R Shah c&b G Whittal 71, S Tikolo run out 33, M Odumbe lbw Campbell 12, H Modi c Mutendera b A Whittal 31, T Odoyo c Johnson b Campbell 8, T Suji c Strang b G Whittal 8, M Sheikh c Carlisle b G Whittal 8, J Kamande not out 2, M Suji not out 0, Extras (b4, lb10, nb1, w4): 19.Total (for 8 wkts in 50 overs) 199.

Fall of wickets: 1-21, 2-21, 3-133, 4-150, 5-170, 6-184,7-193.

Bowling: Johnson 7-0-24-0, Mutendera 5-0-20-0, A Whittal 9-0-31-1, A Blignaut 1-0-5-0, P Strang 5-0-21-0, G Whittal 10-1-29-3, G Flower 10-0-35-0, A Campbell 3-0-20-2.

Zimbabwe: N Johnson b Babu 8, G Flower lbw b Odoyo 18, A Campbell st Otieno b Odumbe 27, M Goodwin not out 76, A Flower c Babu b Tikolo 55, G Whittal c Tikolo b Sheikh 5, S Carlisle c Otieno b Tikolo 0, A Blignaut c Modi b Tikolo 0, P Strang not out 0. Extras (b2, lb4, w5): 11. Total (for 7 wkts in 49.2 overs) 200.

Fall of wickets: 1-31, 2-31, 3-72, 4-181, 5-192, 6-197,7-197.

Bowling: Suji 5-0-21-0, Odoyo 8.2-1-32-1, Ababu 6-1-26-1, Sheikh 10-0-57-1, Odumbe 10-2-31-1, Tikolo 9-3-22-3, Shah 1-0-5-0.