LASITH Malinga claimed six wickets, including a hat-trick, as Sri Lanka bundled out Kenya for 142 inside 43 overs in their World Cup Group A match in Colombo. Malinga ran through the Kenya line-up en route to the second hat-trick of the tourney following yesterdays effort by Kemar Roach for West Indies against Canada. Brothers Collins and David Obuya put up admirable resistance as they scored laborious half-centuries but once their 94-run stand was broken, the remaining batsmen caved in quickly. Batting first after winning the toss, Kenya crawled to 62 from 20 overs after losing openers Maurice Ouma and Seren Waters early on. Nuwan Kulasekara struck in his first over by trapping Ouma lbw and Waters went the same way as a Malinga yorker knocked him off his feet, leaving Kenya on eight for two. But the Obuya brothers defied the Sri Lanka bowlers and brought up their first 50-run stand - though the scoring rate was painstaking. The pair also survived against spin duo of Ajantha Mendis and Muttiah Muralitharan, though not without alarms, as Kenya reached 100 in the 31st over. Collins brought up the slowest half-century of the World Cup off 95 balls, but was bowled by Malingas yorker two runs later as Kenya slipped to 103 for three. Angelo Mathews ended Steve Tikolos struggle by having him caught at point for seven from 17 balls to leave Kenya on 120 for four. David Obuya surpassed his brothers landmark as he reached 50 in 100 balls but he too was out soon after, holing out in the deep off Muralitharan. New man Jimmy Kamande lasted only three balls before being run out brilliantly by Chamara Silva before the Kenya tail was wrapped up in double-quick time by Malinga. He trapped Tanmay Mishra lbw with the last ball of his seventh over and claimed Peter Ongondo and Shem Ngoche in the first two balls of his eighth to complete the second hat-trick of his career. A wild five wides down the leg side denied Malinga a fourth wicket on the trot and Elijah Otieno survived the next ball but fell to the fourth legitimate ball of the over to leave Malinga with career-best figures of six for 38.
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