NAIROBI, Feb 4: Zimbabwe completed a 5-0 One-day International series clean-sweep over Kenya on Wednesday, winning the fifth and final game by seven wickets here at the Nairobi Gymkhana club.

Zimbabwe, propped up by an unbeaten third-wicket partnership of opener Hamilton Masakadza (84) and Sean Williams (63) easily surpassed their target with 15 overs to spare.

In a match dominated by seamers, Graeme Cremer claimed a career best 4-31 as Kenya were reduced to a paltry 199 after winning the toss. Raymond Price and Masakadza weighed in with two apiece.

Kenyan all-rounder Collins Obuya was the Kenyan batsman to defy the Zimbabwean seam attack when he posted 75 off 108 balls. But it was all futile as the wickets fell around him.

Scoreboard

KENYA:

K. Otieno c Price b Masakadza 27

S. Waters c & b Price 26

A. Obanda c Williams b Masakadza 3

S. Tikolo st Mutizwa b Cremer 10

M. Ouma lbw b Price 0

C. Obuya c Rainsford b Cremer 75

R. Patel b Dabengwa 0

R. Bhudia run out 40

L. Onyango c & b Cremer 0

P. Ongondo lbw b Cremer 4

H. Varaiya not out 1

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-4, W-4, NB-1) 13

TOTAL (all out, 48.5 overs) 199

FALL OF WKTS: 1-45, 2-61, 3-64, 4-66, 5-91, 6-92, 7-167, 8-167, 9-171.

BOWLING: Rainsford 6-0-28-0; Chigumbura 4-0-47-0 (1nb); Price 10-1-23-2 (1w); Masakadza 7-0-20-2 (2w); Dabengwa 10-1-26-1; Cremer 8.5-1-31-4; Utseya 3-0-16-0.

ZIMBABWE:

H. Masakadza not out 84

K. Dabengwa c Ouma b Ongondo 0

V. Sibanda c Ouma b Onyango 1

S. Matsikenyeri c Patel b Varaiya 50

S. Williams not out 63

EXTRAS (W-4, NB-1) 5

TOTAL (for three wkts, 35 overs) 203

DID NOT BAT: E. Chigumbura, P. Utseya, F. Mutizwa, A.G. Cremer, R.W. Price, E.C. Rainsford.

FALL OF WKTS: 1-1, 2-2, 3-95.

BOWLING: Ongondo 7-0-44-1; Onyango

5-0-39-1 (1nb); Bhudia 2-0-15-0; Tikolo 6-1-25-0 (1w); Varaiya 10-1-45-1 (1w); Obuya 2-0-21-0 (1w); Patel 3-0-14-0 (1w).

RESULT: Zimbabwe win by seven wickets.

SERIES: Zimbabwe win five-match series

5-0.

UMPIRES: Subhash Modi (Kenya) and Tyron Wijewardene (Sri Lanka).

MATCH REFEREE: Jeff Crowe (New Zealand).—AFP