Regan West batted and bowled impressively for Ireland on Saturday

Ireland are in a strong position after the second day of the Intercontinental Cup game against Kenyan at Eglinton.

The Irish, after resuming on 323-7, added a further 81 runs with Regan West hitting an unbeaten 44 to help the hosts to 404 all out.

David Obuya struck 64 before becoming the first of two victims for West as Kenya slumped to 115-4 in response.

Maurice Ouma (52) and Jimmy Kamande (65 n.o.) took Kenya to 239-6 before rain ended play for the day.

Kyle McCall, Trent Johnston and Andrew White were the other wicket-takers for Ireland.

The Irish tail wagged with match captain McCallan chipping in with 26.

Steve Tikolo's caught-and-bowled dismissal of McCallan brought his haul to six wickets as he finished with figures of 6-80 from 24.3 overs.

Johnston scored nine runs while Peter Connell was run out for six.

Kenya had fought back with five late wickets after tea to peg back the holders on the opening day at Eglinton.

Paul Stirling and Jeremy Bray put on 182 for the opening wicket in the four-day match before Bray departed for 89.

Stirling went on to complete his century but he was immediately dismissed with the score on 229.

Alex Cusack scored 63 but he was the final wicket to fall as the Kenyans had the better of the action in the last session.

Former Kenyan captain Tikolo's six wickets included his dismissal of Kevin O'Brien for a duck.

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