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Full name | David Oluoch Obuya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Nairobi, Kenya | 14 August 1979|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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2006/07 | Kenya Select | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNcricinfo,12 May 2017 |
David Oluoch Obuya (born 14 August 1979) is a Kenyan former cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper. Obuya first played cricket at the 1988 Under-19s World Cup,where he starred as an opening batsman.[ citation needed ] He also plays as a wicket-keeper.
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 once again he played as an opener,alongside Ravindu Shah. He played in the 2003 World Cup,where in the semi-final he set a record for the best eighth-wicket partnership in a match against India,beating the previous mark set by himself and team-mate Tony Suji.[ citation needed ]
Most recently,[ when? ] Obuya has played one-day cricket for Kenya against Bangladesh. His brothers,Kennedy Otieno and Collins Obuya,both play cricket in Kenya.[ citation needed ]
Obuya was the first player in history of T20I as well as in ICC World Twenty20 history to be dismissed being hit wicket,as he fell for a duck in that innings. [1]
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. [2]
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