Rain reduces England's must-win match against Kenya at the Beausejour Ground in St Lucia to 43 overs aside The players observe a minute's silence in memory of former England player Bob Woolmer who was murdered on Sunday Kenya decide to bat after winning the toss but lose opener Ravi Shah to James Anderson with only 10 on the board Anderson takes his second wicket when Maurice Ouma flaps weakly and Paul Collingwood pouches a simple catch The Kenyan batsmen are not helping themselves, Tony Suji drives a Sajid Mahmood delivery straight to Michael Vaughan And when Tanmay Mishra chops a Collingwood ball onto his stumps in the next over, Kenya are struggling on 74-4 Kenya's plight worsens when Collins Obuya is sent back by Steve Tikolo and comprehensively run out by Monty Panesar But Tikolo is the only batsman putting up any resistance and the Kenyan captain notches up his 20th one-day half century Andrew Flintoff gets amongst the wickets, trapping Thomas Odoyo leg before to leave the African side on 112-6 Tikolo and Jimmy Kamande put on 39 but the latter is bowled by Collingwood after an almighty swing and a miss With overs running out, Kenya progress to 164 before Tikolo's fine knock is ended on 76 by a Flintoff yorker More shambolic running between the wickets sees Peter Ongondo and Lameck Onyango depart as Kenya end on 177 England suffer an early batting setback when skipper Michael Vaughan is caught by Obuya off Peter Ongondo for one Ian Bell makes 16 before giving an easy catch to Rajesh Bhudia at mid-off to leave England 56-2 after nine overs But Ed Joyce hits 75 off 90 balls to help England towards the win they need to reach the Super 8 phase Kevin Pietersen's unbeaten 56 seals the victory for England, who win the match by seven wickets
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