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| Full name | David Oluoch Obuya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 August 1979 Nairobi, Kenya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut(cap 24) | 15 August 2001 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 20 February 2012 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut(cap 6) | 1 September 2007 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 14 March 2012 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Oluoch Obuya (born 14 August 1979) is a Kenyan former cricketer who played 74 One Day Internationals between 2001 and 2012. He was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper.
Obuya first played cricket internationally when selected for the 1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cup where he made five apperarances. [1]
His one-day career was to follow three years later. He first represented the senior team on a tour of the West Indies in 2001,where he played as an opener,alongside Ravindu Shah. He played four matches during the 2003 World Cup in which Kenya reached the semi-final. [2]
His brothers,Kennedy Otieno and Collins Obuya,both played international cricket for Kenya. [3]
Obuya was the first player in history of T20I as well as in ICC World Twenty20 history to be dismissed hit wicket,as he fell for a duck in that innings. [4]
In October 2018,he was named as the head coach of the Kenya national cricket team,ahead of the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament in Oman. [5]
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