pakistan vs kenya

Hambantota:
Teams (from): Pakistan: Shahid Afridi (captain), Saeed Ajmal, Shoaib Akhtar, Kamran Akmal, Umar Akmal, Umar Gul, Mohammad Hafeez, Junaid Khan, Yunus Khan, Abdul Razzaq, Abdur Rehman, Wahab Riaz, Asad Shafiq Ahmad Shahzad, Misbah-ul-Haq.

Kenya: Jimmy Kamande (captain), Tanmay Mishra, James Ngoche, Sim Ngoche, Alex Obanda, Collins Obuya, David Obuya, Thomas Odoyo, Nehemiah Odhiambo, Peter Ongondo, Elijah Otieno, Morris Ouma, Rakesh Patel, Steve Tikolo, Soren water.

Referees: Tony Hill and Nigel Llong. Third Referee: Daryl Harper. The fourth referee: Shavir Tarapore. Referee: Chris Broad. (AFP)

Given the recent run of Kenya in the warm-up games in the opening match of the World Cup in India, the result of the match on Wednesday, to be played here seems pretty obvious - a victory for Pakistan.

But it does not bother the team of Kenya as it looks to save its reputation, it is dented from a humiliating loss to New Zealand in Chennai.

"I thought the step Chennai played well, despite the fact that one or two supply of low-level ... This is not about us giving excuses. We played badly, we should recognize that and move on," said a senior member of the Kenyan team Steve Tikolo.

Description defeat in Chennai, like what happens when he is "not a good day," he said, "the boys were very disappointed ... and ready to pick up a game for tomorrow."

Kenya long session in the network and here attention has been looking at areas where the team is not bad in the last game against New Zealand. "Morning was correct those errors. Tomorrow we must go on, believe in ourselves and play our best," he said.

Kenyan captain, Jimmy Kamande, took a nasty blow on the growth of shipping on the right cheek during a workout, and that side of his face was swollen. But the Kenyan coach Eldine Baptiste said that the injury was not serious.

Meanwhile, the captain of Pakistan, Shahid Afridi, said that he wanted to play at "full strength side," because this is the first match for his team in the tournament. "I do not think it's an easy game for us. The first game is always important."

Afridi said his team was in good shape. At issue, he would have appreciated his team as a dark horse to win the tournament, he said that his party was capable of defeating any team. "I have to say Pakistan would be a dangerous side," he said.

The team is preparing hard to win the World Cup so that it can bring cricket back home.

Asked about the cancellation of cricket expert team from making it to the semifinals, he said that the problem rose above such statements.

"I would certainly hope that my team in the semifinals," he added.

Pakistan has played in Kenya five times in ODIs and won on all occasions. The teams never played each other in the World Cup, but when they met in the ICC Champions Trophy in Birmingham in 2004, Pakistan had won seven wickets.

Pakistan enters the match with a lot of worries about the outside of the field activities of some of his former players and convincingly 2.3 series victory over New Zealand.