BENONI, South Africa:
West Indies All-rounder Marlon Samuels shone with the bat hitting a quick fire 63 off just 30 balls to lead the West Indies to a six-wicket victory over Kenya in a warm-up game for the ICC Twenty/20 World Cup Cricket tournament now on in South Africa.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul supported with 46 (33 balls), while, opener Devon Smith chipped in with 28 (23 balls).
The Kenyan?s were invited to bat and first posted 155-5 off their allotted 20 overs, with Tanmay Mishra (43), Thomas Odoyo (33) and Maurice Ouma (32) all making useful scores.
West Indies raced to 156-4 with 15 balls to spare (17.3 overs).
The West Indies open their campaign against hosts South Africa on Tuesday.