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The Kenya - Zimbabwe series seems incapable of producing anything remotely like a close match, as Zimbabwe thrashed Kenya in a rain-affected match in Harare earlier today, tieing the series at 2-2 and setting up a series decided tomorrow (Saturday), although once again life proved difficult for the batsmen.

Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat. Zim coach Kevin Curran had reportedly read the riot act at his young team after Wednesday's dismal collapse, and it seemed to have had the desired effect at least in the top order, with Duffin (39) and Rinke (72) putting on an opening partnership of 99. Brendan Taylor (40) and Elton Chigumbura (36) also contributed to a respectable Zimbabwe score of 231/9, but the lower order once again failed to make any real contribution - in similarly spectacular fashion to the previous match, the final five wickets fell for just 14 runs, although fortunately by that stage the good work had been done.

Then came the Kenyan's turn, and their chance to feel what it's like to be on the receiving end of a drubbing as they collapsed to 122 all out in just 36.5 overs. Only Otieno (69) and Ongondo (17) reached double figures, leaving Zimbabwe to claim the largest winning margin of the series so far.

All this means that tomorrow's final match takes on a winner-takes-all feel - the winner of that match will finish with the series title and the higher ICC ODI ranking of the two teams. Zimbabwe would seem to have the momentum at the moment, but if anything has been proven by this series it's that you can never be sure how either team will play on any given day. It should be an interesting match, at least.
Full Scorecard (BBC Sport)