Kenneth Kamyuka

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Kenneth Kamyuka
Personal information
Born (1981-12-05) 5 December 1981 (age 41)
Jinja, Uganda
BattingRight handed
BowlingRight arm fast medium
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  85)27–28 August 2013 v  Netherlands
Last ODI29 August 2013 v  Netherlands
Career statistics
Competition ODI First-class
Matches24
Runs scored284
Batting average 2.0014.00
100s/50s0/00/0
Top score240
Balls bowled47762
Wickets 421
Bowling average 11.7517.52
5 wickets in innings 01
10 wickets in match00
Best bowling4/385/83
Catches/stumpings 0/–0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 19 January 2022

Kenneth Kamyuka (born December 5, 1981) is a Ugandan born Canadian cricketer. He is an all-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm fast-medium.

Kamyuka is regarded as being the best cricketer from Uganda and starred for them in the 2001 ICC Trophy. A clean hitter of the ball, he scored an unbeaten 100 batting at No 10 against Malaysia.

He later moved to Canada and after waiting four years to qualify to play for his adopted country, Kamyuka made his One Day International (OD) debut in 2013, against the Netherlands. He took a wicket with his first ball in ODI cricket. [1]

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