Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Full name | Collins Omondi Obuya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Nairobi, Kenya | 27 July 1981|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Leg break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | David Obuya (brother) Kennedy Otieno (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National side |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut(cap 23) | 15 August 2001 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 30 January 2014 v Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut(cap 5) | 1 September 2007 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 23 March 2024 v Uganda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003 | Warwickshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006/07 | Kenya Select | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source:ESPNcricinfo,25 March 2024 |
Collins Omondi Obuya (born 27 July 1981) is a former Kenyan cricketer and captain of the Kenyan cricket team. An allrounder,Obuya bats right-handed and bowls leg spin. He came to prominence in the 2003 Cricket World Cup where he was one of Kenya's major performers as they reached the semi-finals. [1] [2] Obuya has a highest first class score of 103. [3] He has been a prominent member of Kenya cricket team with a career spanning more than two decades,since making his international debut in 2001. [4] On 24 March 2024 he announced his retirement from international cricket. [5] His final game was the bronze medal match at the African Games in Accra,Ghana. [6]
His brothers Kennedy Otieno and David Obuya were also professional cricketers who also went on to represent Kenya at the international level. He was part of Kenya's first T20I team as well as Kenya's first T20 World Cup team.
Obuya used to sell tomatoes at his mother's market to make a living and earned most of his income that way before the 2003 World Cup. [7] [8] [9] He started his cricket career initially as a medium pacer but switched to spin bowling after watching the bowling action of former veteran Pakistani spinner Mushtaq Ahmed as a kid during the 1996 Cricket World Cup. [10] He also intended to become a doctor initially when he was quoted by the BBC Sport in 2003. [9]
His success in the competition persuaded Warwickshire to offer him a one-year contract to play county cricket in England in the 2003 season following his breathtaking performances at the 2003 World Cup. [11] [12] [13] The stint was overall an unsuccessful one,although he scored a 50 on his Championship debut and participated in half a dozen Twenty20 cricket games. [14] He made his T20 debut on 13 June 2003 against Somerset. [15]
His season with Warwickshire preceded a downhill drop in Obuya's career. [16] His county stint had not lasted long after he suffered a knee injury. He also suffered from appendicitis and thus missed the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy. [17] Soon after,he joined a players' strike and left England to go to South Africa. Due mainly to lack of match practice,Obuya began to struggle with his bowling,and in November 2005,he travelled to Australia to train with spin-bowling coach Terry Jenner. [18] [19] [20] The five-week trip was not successful,and as a result,Obuya decided to develop his batting so that he could play as a specialist batsman instead. He joined the Weymouth club in 2005 for the Dorset Premier Division and rejoined the Weymouth club in 2007. [21]
Obuya represented Kenya at Under-19 level and played for Kenya in the 1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cup and 2000 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. [1] He was also taught spin bowling by the then head coach of Kenya Under19 side Balwinder Sandhu during the U19 World Cup tournaments. [10] He was later picked in the Kenyan senior squad.
He made his ODI debut on 15 August 2001 against the West Indies. [22] He was included in the Kenyan squad for the 2003 Cricket World Cup whereas Kenya also hosted a few matches during the course of the tournament. He subsequently made his debut World Cup appearance during the tournament. He picked up 13 wickets at a decent average of 28.76 in the 2003 World Cup and took a career best 5 for 24 in Kenya's win over Sri Lanka at Nairobi,their first victory over Sri Lanka in ODIs. [23] [24] [25] Kenya's dramatic victory over Sri Lanka was considered a massive upset in world cricket and Kenya subsequently reached semifinals of the tournament. [26] [27] His 5/24 remains the best bowling performance for Kenya in World Cups and he was awarded the man of the match for his match-winning performance. [28] During the 2003 World Cup campaign,he received advice and bowling tips from Australian leg spinner Shane Warne. [29] [7] However,Kenyan cricket team quickly faded away following the successful 2003 World Cup. [30]
He was later snubbed from the team due to his inconsistent performances and toured Australia in 2005 to work on his bowling skills. He was recalled to the side in 2006 for a four match ODI series against Bangladesh in Bangladesh. He along with his brother David signed a sponsorship deal with Kenya-based office equipment supplier CopyCat prior to the 2007 Cricket World Cup,at a time when the national team itself did not have an official sponsor. [31] He made his T20I debut on 1 September 2007 against Bangladesh during the 2007 Kenya Twenty20 Quadrangular tournament. [32] His debut came in Kenya's inaugural T20I match and also marked Bangladesh's first T20I match. He was also picked for the inaugural edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup in 2007 which was held in South Africa.
His finest ODI innings to date has been an unbeaten 98 against Australia at the 2011 ICC World Cup despite being ended up in a losing cause. [33] [34] The innings cited as one of the best ODI innings by a Kenyan against a leading cricketing nation. [35] He was also the leading run scorer for Kenya during the 2011 World Cup as he ended up with 243 runs in six matches at a stellar average of 48.60 including two half-centuries. [36] In July 2011,he was appointed as the captain of the Kenyan cricket team replacing Jimmy Kamande following the dismal 2011 World Cup campaign for Kenya. [37] [38] Cricket Kenya suspended him for two warmup matches ahead of the 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier after an altercation with his teammate Irfan Karim. [39] [40] In December 2013,he resigned as the captain of the Kenyan cricket team after Kenya failed to qualify for the 2014 ICC World Twenty20. [41]
In January 2018,he was named in Kenya's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament. [42] In September 2018,he was named in Kenya's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup. [43] In October 2018,he was named as the captain of Kenya's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament in Oman. [44] Ahead of the tournament,Obuya was ruled out of Kenya's squad due to personal commitments. He was replaced by Narendra Kalyan,with Shem Ngoche was named captain of the team. [45] [46]
In May 2019,he was named in Kenya's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Uganda. [47] [48] [49] In September 2019,he was named in Kenya's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates. [50] [51] Ahead of the tournament,the International Cricket Council (ICC) named him as the key player in Kenya's squad. [52] He was the leading wicket-taker for Kenya in the tournament,with eleven dismissals in six matches. [53] In November 2019,he was named in Kenya's squad for the Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament in Oman. [54]
In October 2021,he was named in Kenya's squad for the Regional Final of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Rwanda. [55]
Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi is a Pakistani former cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. An all-rounder,Afridi was a right-handed leg spinner and a right-handed batsman.
Heath Hilton Streak was a Zimbabwean cricketer and cricket coach who played for and captained the Zimbabwe national cricket team. He was the all time leading wicket taker for Zimbabwe in Test cricket with 216 wickets and in ODI cricket with 239 wickets.
Shoaib Malik is a Pakistani cricketer who played for the Pakistan national cricket team and currently plays for Karachi Kings in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). He was the captain of the Pakistan national cricket team from 2007 to 2009. He made his One-Day International debut in 1999 against the West Indies and his Test debut in 2001 against Bangladesh. On 3 November 2015,Malik announced his retirement from Test cricket to focus on the 2019 Cricket World Cup. On 2 July 2018,he became the first male cricketer to play 100 T20Is. On 5 July 2019,he announced his retirement from One Day International Cricket after Pakistan won their last group stage game against Bangladesh at Lord's at the 2019 Cricket World Cup. Malik was a member of the Pakistan team that won the 2009 ICC World Twenty20.
The Kenya men's national cricket team represents the Republic of Kenya in international cricket. Kenya is an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) which has Twenty20 International (T20I) status after the ICC granted T20I status to all its members.
William Boyd Rankin is a Northern Irish former cricketer who played international cricket for Ireland,and briefly also played for England. He is a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He is the brother of fellow cricketer David Rankin.
Khondaker Sakib Al-Hassan is a Bangladeshi cricketer and politician. He is a member of Parliament. He is known for his aggressive left-handed batting style in the middle order and controlled slow left-arm orthodox bowling. He is widely regarded as the greatest Bangladeshi cricketer and one of the greatest all rounders of all time.
Pieter Marinus Seelaar is a Dutch cricketer and a former captain of the national team. He is a right-handed batsman and a left-arm orthodox spin bowler. Having played for the Netherlands at the Under-15,Under-17 and Under-19 levels,he made his senior debut in a C&G Trophy game against Warwickshire on 3 May 2005. He then played in the ICC Trophy later that year. He made his One Day International debut against Sri Lanka on 6 July 2006. Two years later,Seelaar made his Twenty20 International debut.
Alex Auma Obanda is a Kenyan cricketer who has played first-class cricket for Kenya Select.
Rakep Patel is a Kenyan international cricketer. A product of the Nairobi Gymkhana Club,he is a wicket-keeper–batsman who plays right-handed,and occasionally bowls off spin.
Mohammad Nabi Eisakhil is an Afghan cricketer and former captain of the Afghanistan national cricket team. Nabi is an attacking batting all-rounder,playing as a right-handed batsman and off-break bowler.
Izatullah Dawlatzai is an Afghan-German cricketer who has played international cricket for both Afghanistan and Germany. He is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast.
Nitish Roenik Kumar is a Canadian-American cricketer who was the former captain of the Canada national cricket team. Kumar was appointed as the national men's team captain in October 2016 at the age of 22. He bats right-handed and bowls right-arm off spin. After representing the country at the 2010 Under-19 World Cup in January,Kumar made his One Day International debut the following month,becoming the second-youngest player in the history of ODIs. When Canada participated in the 2011 World Cup Kumar became the youngest player to feature in the tournament. He played his first Twenty20 International in March 2012. After last representing Canada in 2019,Kumar made his international debut for the United States national cricket team in April 2024.
Shem Obado Ngoche is a Kenyan cricketer. He is the brother of three other Kenyan international cricketers,Lameck Onyango,James Ngoche and Nehemiah Odhiambo.
Lucas Oluoch Ndandason is a Kenyan cricketer. Domestically,he previously represented Nairobi Gymkhana Club,but since the 2011 season,he has been playing for Coast Pekee in the East African tournaments.
Irfan Ali Karim is a Kenyan cricketer and a former captain of the Kenya cricket team.
Nelson Odhiambo is a Kenyan cricketer. He played for Kenya in the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament.
Gurdeep Singh is a Kenyan cricketer. He has played in one One Day International match for the national team. He played in the final match of the 2011–13 ICC World Cricket League Championship,against Afghanistan,on 4 October 2013. At the age of 15 years and 258 days,he became the second-youngest player to debut in an ODI.
Emmanuel Bundi Ringera is a Kenyan cricketer. He has played in one One Day International match for the national team.
Kariyawasam Indipalage Charith Asalanka is a Sri Lankan professional cricketer who plays all three formats of the game for the national team and also serves as the vice-captain of the national team in T20I and ODI. Aleft-handed batsman,Asalanka made his international debut for Sri Lanka in June 2021.
Mustafizur Rahman is a Bangladeshi international cricketer. A left-arm medium pacer,he is recognized for his most profilic 'slower cutters' all over the world. Born on 6 September 1995,in Satkhira,Bangladesh,Rahman's career took off during the 2015 Bangladesh Premier League when he caught the attention of cricket pundits with his ability to bowl accurate cutters and slower deliveries,earning him the nickname "The Fizz." This talent quickly propelled him to international prominence. He plays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL and is a left-arm fast-medium bowler.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)