Day 4:
Canada’s poor record in the Intercontinental Cup continued, after Kenya beat them by 4 wickets. Canada will be encouraged by two good innings from young players Hiral Patel and Nitish Kumar, but will be disappointed by their batting performance in their second innings.
Canada resumed on 59/2, a lead of just 11 and needing to bat a good part of the final day to avoid defeat. Raza-ur-Rehman failed to add to his overnight scored, bowled in the third over of the day for 17. Jimmy Hansra made just 8 before being caught at slip and Deasrath was well caught in the next over, leaving Canada at 90/5. Usman Limbada made a good start but was caught slip, and at lunch Canada had a lead of just 86 with only four wickets remaining. Hiral Patel made his highest first class score, but like Kumar in the first innings fell just short of his maiden century – given out lbw for 93 (12 fours, 193 balls). Hamza Tariq batted patiently, occupying the crease for 69 balls for 8 runs but was caught behind evading a bouncer. The remaining wickets fell quickly and Canada were all out for 175, leaving Kenya just 128 to win.
Henry Osinde had Karim caught off the first ball of the innings, giving Canada a glimmer of hope but at tea Kenya were 27/1, needing 101 in the final session. They advanced to 41 before Patel had Obuya leg-before. Patel ended up with three wickets, but Kenya were never really troubled, winning by 4 wickets with plenty of time in hand.
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Day 3:
Kenya resumed their first innings on 202/3, trailing Canada by 155. Mishra (57) fell to the third ball of the day, leg-before to Hansra, but any Canadian hopes of a quick end to the Kenyan innings were dashed by another substantial partnership between Ouma and Patel. They took the score to 300 before Ouma (45) was leg before to Dutta, but Patel had already completed an excellent maiden first-class century. He had made 130 before Pathan earned the third leg-before decision of the day against him- his first wicket in first-class cricket. Kenya passed Canada’s total with 4 wickets in hand, and were bowled out for 406. Pathan took 3 wickets on debut, and Jimmy Hansra also took three. Kenya’s lead was 48 runs, and Canada got off to a poor start, losing Gunasekera and Kumar in the 3rd and fourth overs – 12/2. Patel and Raza-ur-Rehman erased the deficit without further loss and at the close Canada led by 11. Canada will need to bat well on the final day to ensure a draw.

Day 2:
A last wicket stand of 57 between Henry Osinde (37) and Nikhil Dutta (27*) raised Canada to 358 all out on the second day of the ICC Intercontinental Cup match against Kenya in Dubai. Kenya in reply made 202/3 by the close.

Canada resumed on 273 for 6, but soon lost Hamza Tariq for 1 and Usman Limbada for 21. Rayyan Pathan hit a six, but was ninth out for 13, departing with Canada on 301-9. Henry Osinde and Nikhil Dutta then combined determination and defence with singles and boundaries to take Canada past the 350 mark. Osinde hit three boundaries and two sixes before being trapped leg-before wicket by Collins Obuya for 37 (53 balls). Dutta battled away to make 27 not out on his first-class debut. Henry Osinde’s career-best score in first-class cricket remains 60 not out made against the Dutch at Maple Leaf CC in June 2007 in a ninth wicket stand of 89. Elijah Otieno took 3 for 50. Nehemiah Odhiambo, Nelson Odhiambo and Shem Ngoche each took two wickets.
In reply Kenya made a steady start until Jimmy Hansra trapped Karim leg before with 34 on the board. Osinde, who had Obuya dropped at slip in the previous over, got better support when Allan edged to second slip – 50/2. Collins Obuya made 32 before becoming 18 year-old Dutta’s maiden first-class wicket, caught off a top-edge. Patel and Mishra proved hard to dislodge and put together a century partnership, both reaching half-centuries. At the close Kenya were 202/3.
Day 1
Kenya won the toss and decided to bowl. Patel and Gunasekera put on 51 for the first wicket, with Patel the more aggressive. He made 33 before being caught at slip. Gunasekera made a patient 32 from 111 balls before being caught behind cover driving. Canada progressed slowly but Kumar and Raza-ur-Rehman put together a solid partnership of 92. Raza-ur-Rehman made 51 before he was unlucky to be caught- a well-struck sweep rebounded off a close fielder. Jimmy Hansra, skipper for this match was bowled by Ngoche, for a duck. Nitish Kumar completed his half century in the next over, and was joined by Daesrath. They put together a 74 run partnership, until Daesrath (27) was caught at slip – 240/5. Kumar seemed headed for a well-deserved century but fell 11 runs short when an attempted cut resulted in a catch to the keeper. Canada finished the day on 273/6.