Comfortable win lifts Canada

Their campaign may not have lit up the tournament the way Ireland have done so far, but even in the three defeats prior to yesterday's game, they had plenty to cheer about with their bowling.

And it was paceman Henry Osinde who helped kick-start a fine performance against Kenya, with his four for 26 in ten overs, which gave the batsmen a relatively easy chance of knocking off the 199-run target. In a much-improved batting display, Bagai (64 not out) and Jimmy Hansra (70 off 99 balls) held a 132-run stand to ensure only their second World Cup win in history.

"Henry did a fantastic job first up," Bagai said. "We knew we could swing the new ball for a couple of overs and he took advantage of that, got some early wickets and put them under pressure.

"Our bowling's done a fantastic job all the way through. We had a great game against Pakistan, even against Zimbabwe. So if we continue that and some guys find form we can be competitive."

Canada had lost early wickets during the run-chase and Bagai gave credit to Hansra, as the duo smashed 14 boundaries between them to stay well on top of the required run-rate.

Bagai added: "Jimmy played a fantastic knock with me and both of us did a great job to get us over the line.

"It wasn't an easy wicket but, once you're in, it's easy to rotate the strike. We did that pretty well and Jimmy got the odd boundary to take some pressure off of me.

"We were fortunate to have no run rate pressure. We got a decent start and kept up with the run rate right the way through."