Joseph Angara

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Joseph Angara
Personal information
Full name
Joseph Oduol Angara
Born (1971-11-08) 8 November 1971 (age 51)
Nairobi, Kenya
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  18)19 October 1997 v  Zimbabwe
Last ODI8 April 2003 v  Pakistan
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA
Matches17736
Runs scored235371
Batting average 3.8310.606.45
100s/50s0/00/00/0
Top score62424
Balls bowled5885641,215
Wickets 14532
Bowling average 40.6458.6035.56
5 wickets in innings 001
10 wickets in match000
Best bowling3/303/307/22
Catches/stumpings 2/–3/–9/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 11 May 2017

Joseph Oduol Angara (born 8 November 1971) is a former Kenyan cricketer who played One Day Internationals for Kenyan national team between 1997 and 2003, including at the 1999 and 2003 World Cups. [1]

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Career

As player

One of Angara's best performances in ODIs came at the 2001 tri-series in South Africa. In the sixth match of the series, he returned figures of 3/30 helping his team defeat India. Playing his first game of the series, Angara bowled four maiden overs in his first spell, while claiming the wicket of Sachin Tendulkar bowling him out for 3. [2] He was named player of the match. [3]

As coach

Angara was appointed coach of the Botswana national cricket team in July 2015. [4] He had earlier coached the Botswana national under-19 side at the 2015 Africa Under-19 Championship, and previously worked as a development coach with Cricket Kenya, which including coaching a Sahara Elite League franchise, the Northern Nomads. [5] His contract as Botswana head coach ended in 2023. [6] [7]

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References

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