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Zimbabwe win series

CRIClNFO, undated
Prosper Utseya played an outstanding captain's innings to lead Zimbabwe to a seriesclinching four-wicket win in the third one-day international in Nairobi on Saturday when the home side had looked on course to keep the contest alive. After battling hard to reach 234. Kenya took wickets at regular intervals but were thrown off course by Utseya. who made a career-best unbeaten 68. and a superbly-timed assault from wicketkeeper Forster Mutizwa as victory came with lOballs to spare.
Elton Chigumbura, who has been so impressive in this series, also played his part with a different style of innings to the shot-filled efforts of the previous games. He came in with Zimbabwe tottering on 103 for 5 but compiled 43 off
50 balls to put the chase back in the balance. However, when he fell Zimbabwe still needed 85 off 11 overs with batting resources running out.
Then came Mutizwa, playing just his third ODI, and he changed the game in a one-over assault on Peter Ongondo's, who had been extremely tight until his ninth over went for 26. Mutizwa hit two sixes over deep midwicket and three further boundaries to reduce a target of over eight-an-over down to a run-a-ball.
When required, Utseya also found the boundary and two fours followed by a six took him to his maiden ODI half century off 50 balls. The stuffing had been well and truly knocked out of Kenya, who had seen a match-winning position slip away rapidly.
They had done so much right for 40 overs with a marked improvement in their bowling from the first two matches
when Zimbabwe passed 300. Aldiough the Zimbabwe openers played their shots, Ongondo removed diem both in an impressive opening burst. When the in-form Stuart Matsikenyeri drove a hard return catch to Rajesh Bhudia and Malcolm Waller was well caught at second slip, Zimbabwe were 68 for 4.
Steve Tikolo struck to increase the pressure when he removed Keith Dabengwa and when Chigumbura fell after doing the hard work Kenya were moving closer to victory. Utseya, though, has always appeared a very mature cricketer for someone of just 23 and didn't panic in a tough situa-tion, although it was Mutizwa's blast that swung the momentum.
Kenya's batting had again struggled as legspinner Graeme Cremer took four wickets, but they managed to recover from 95 for 5 thanks to
Collins Obuya's 55. Cremer struck at vital times throughout the innings, including a spell of three in six balls, beginning by removing Alex Obanda when he lofted to long on for a hard-fought 49. Then in his next over he removed the key scalp of Tikolo, who was beaten by one that skidded through. Two balls later and the shoddy side of Kenya's batting was again on display when Jimmy Kamande pulled lazily to midwricket.
SCORES IN BRIEF
KENYA: 234 all out in 49.3 overs (Otieno 19, Obanda 49, Tikolo 22, Ouma 33, Obuya 55, Bhudia 22, Odhiambo 19; Cremer 4-39)
ZIMBABWE: 236 for 6 in 48.2 overs (Masakadza 24, Chigumbura 43, Utseya 68 not out, Mutizwa 38 not out; Ongondo 2-42)
Result: Zimbabwe won by 4 wickets.