Nehemiah Odhiambo

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Nehemiah Odhiambo
Personal information
Full name
Nehemiah Odhiambo Ngoche
Born (1983-08-07) 7 August 1983 (age 40)
Nairobi, Kenya
NicknameNemi
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm medium-fast
Role Bowler
Relations
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  31)25 February 2006 v  Zimbabwe
Last ODI30 January 2014 v  Scotland
T20I debut(cap  14)12 September 2007 v  New Zealand
Last T20I21 September 2022 v  Uganda
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches694322116
Runs scored528284456896
Batting average 12.0010.9213.4112.61
100s/50s0/10/00/10/2
Top score664150*66
Balls bowled2,8086133,3634,708
Wickets 703069115
Bowling average 36.9227.7329.3636.17
5 wickets in innings 0120
10 wickets in match0000
Best bowling4/615/205/434/54
Catches/stumpings 7/–10/10/14/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 8 July 2023

Nehemiah Odhiambo Ngoche (born 7 August 1984) is a Kenyan cricketer. He plays both One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals for Kenya. He is the brother of fellow Kenyan cricketers Lameck Onyango, James Ngoche and Shem Ngoche. Their sister Margaret Ngoche is also a Kenyan cricketer and a former captain of the Kenya women's cricket team.

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International career

Known for his fast-medium bowling, Odhiambo was the first player to take a T20I five-wicket haul on the home soil when he did it on 4 February 2010 against Scotland at Nairobi and also became the second bowler to grab a five-wicket haul in T20I history. He was also the first Kenyan to achieve this feat. [1]

Odhiambo was one of three brothers, others being James and Shem, in the Kenyan squad for the World Cup held in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka from 19 February to 2 April 2011. [2]

In January 2018, he was named in Kenya's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament. [3] In September 2018, he was named in Kenya's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup. [4] In November 2019, he was named in Kenya's squad for the Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament in Oman. [5] In October 2021, he was named in Kenya's squad for the Regional Final of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Rwanda. [6]

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References

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