Date-stamped : 20 Oct95 - 18:27 Kenya v Transvaal, 08 Oct 1995, Match Report Transvaal beat Kenya by 22 runs in the one-day cricket friendly at the Wanderers Sunday, scoring 249 and then dismissing the tourists for 227 with seven balls to spare. The unfancied tourists made Transvaal battle all the way. "Indeed for a long period I thought we were going to beat them, and win with seven or eight overs to spare," said Kenyan team manager Harilal Shah. "Our bowlers did very well to restrict the strong Transvaal batting lineup, particularly in the last ten overs when it looked like they might get around 280. That gave our batsmen a fighting chance, and when we seemed to be cruising along I thought we were set for a comfortable victory." "The wickets always seemed to fall just when we were getting on top, and after losing our fifth one our chances really went with it. We only needed just over six runs an over then, but that quickly rose to a hopeless level and our tail crumbled." "Still we are here on a learning curve, and our young side has gained invaluable experience with the different wickets, conditions and weather, and some very strong opponents. "We have learned a lot, and perhaps we will cause some surprises at the World Cup next year." Top run-getters for Transvaal were Anthony Pollock with a hard-hit 75 off 63 balls and Neil McKenzie with 45 off 65 balls. The two put on 98 in 55 minutes for the fifth wicket. There were also useful knocks from Nic Pothas, 35, and Ken Rutherford, 32. Tony Suji, with three for 40, was the pick of the Kenyan bowlers. Opener Dipak Chudasama held the Kenyan innings together with a confident 90 off 127 balls, hitting 14 fours. He and Sandeep Gupta, 34, put on 62 for the fifth wicket in 49 minutes, but when Gupta went the rest of the innings crumbled. The makeshift Transvaal attack rarely looked penetrating, but Stefan Jacobs kept plugging away and was rewarded with figures of four for 31. Brad White and Trevor Webster also picked up two wickets apiece. Contributed by CI Management