Margaret Ngoche

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Margaret Ngoche
Personal information
Born (1981-11-02) 2 November 1981 (age 42)
Nairobi, Kenya
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Relations
International information
National side
T20I debut(cap  7)6 April 2019 v  Zimbabwe
Last T20I23 January 2022 v  Malaysia
Career statistics
Competition WT20I
Matches18
Runs scored284
Batting average 20.28
100s/50s0/1
Top score73
Balls bowled138
Wickets 5
Bowling average 26.40
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match0
Best bowling3/14
Catches/stumpings 7/–
Source: Cricinfo, 24 January 2022

Margaret Ngoche or Margaret Banja (born 2 November 1981) is a Kenyan cricketer [1] and a former captain of the Kenya women's cricket team. [2] Several of Ngoche's family members have played for the Kenyan team, including her brothers Lameck Onyango, Nehemiah Odhiambo, Shem Ngoche and James Ngoche, and her sister Mary Bele. [3] [4] [5] Prior to playing cricket, Ngoche also played football for two years. [6]

Ngoche was part of the Africa squad for the women's edition of the 2007 Afro-Asia Cup in India, [7] and Kenya's team for the UAE International Women's T20 tournament, which took place in 2016. [8]

In April 2019, Ngoche was named in Kenya's squad for their first ever Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) matches, in the 2019 Victoria Tri-Series in Uganda. [9] Ngoche made her WT20I debut on 6 April 2019, for Kenya against Zimbabwe at the Lugogo Cricket Oval in Kampala, top-scoring for the team with 27 runs. [10] The following month, Ngoche was named as Kenya's captain for the 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Africa tournament in Zimbabwe. [11] [12] In Kenya's second match of the tournament, against Sierra Leone, Ngoche was again the top-scorer for the team, with 73 runs, [13] and she was named as the player of the match. [14] In May 2021, Ngoche was again named as the captain of the Kenyan team, this time for the 2021 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament in Rwanda. [15] Following the conclusion of the tournament, Ngoche was named as the captain of the team of the tournament, [16] selected by the Rwanda Cricket Association. [17]

In January 2022, Ngoche was named captain of Kenya's team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier tournament in Malaysia. [18] [19]

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