Date-stamped : 13 Oct97 - 06:09 Zimbabwe beat Kenya From Shaun Orange in Nairobi Zimbabwe beat Kenya by six wickets in the third game of the Trust Bank Tri-Nations cricket tournament at the Gymkhana Sports Club here yesterday, but only after a blazing three overs at the end of a rain-reduced fixture. Kenya won the toss, elected to bat and reached 249-8 off their 50 allotted overs. This then left the favourites of the competition to chase five runs an over, and when the rain stopped play twice, Zimbabwe were well on track with six wickets in hand. However, when play resumed Zimbabwe were left with a task of scoring 38 runs off 23 balls (3.5 overs) to post the revised target of 244. This set the stage for a fiery display of batting by skipper Alistair Campbell and Craig Wishart, and in the end they still had three balls to spare. Campbell in particular was in a ruthless mood, smashing 27 off 12 deliveries to finish unbeaten on 47, while Wishart rattled up 11 in the crucial phase and ended the day undefeated on 18. Earlier, a disciplined third wicket stand of 162 between Andy Flower and Guy Whittall saw Zimbabwe out of trouble when they were reduced to 30-2 in the 10th over. Flower carried his bat for 137 minutes, during which he faced 83 balls, hit seven boundaries and scored 72, before he was caught by the wicket-keeper, Kennedy Otieno, off Maurice Odumbe in the 34th over. Five overs later Whittall departed for 83, and with his one wicket for 13 runs he was awarded the man-of-the-match prize. The right-hander faced 105 balls and an innings that lasted six minutes shy of two hours and included four fours and two sixes. The home team's innings was built around a resolute knock of 87 by Otieno, who faced 122 balls in 155 minutes. He hit 11 boundaries. Paul Strang was the pick of the bowlers. The Zimbabwean leg-spinner took 3-38 off his 10 overs on a track that provided little assistance for the spinners and almost nothing for the seamers. Andrew Whittall's 1-44 off his 10 was also a notable contribution in these conditions. Zimbabwe now top the standings after the first half of the tournament and tomorrow play Bangladesh. A win would make safe a place in the best-of-three finals. Source:: The Herald (Harare) 13 October 1997 Contributed by The Management (help@cricinfo.com)