Josephat Ababu

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Josephat Ababu
Personal information
Full nameJosephat Ababu Sorongo
Born (1980-05-14) 14 May 1980 (age 41)
Kakamega, Kenya
BattingRight-hand bat
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  21)25 September 1999 v  Zimbabwe
Last ODI15 August 2006 v  Bangladesh
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA
Matches9413
Runs scored292845
Batting average 9.665.609.00
100s/50s0/00/00/0
Top score171017
Balls bowled288420390
Wickets 344
Bowling average 85.0043.5091.00
5 wickets in innings 000
10 wickets in match000
Best bowling1/263/491/25
Catches/stumpings 1/01/02/0
Source: Cricinfo, 12 May 2017

Josephat Ababu Sorongo (born April 15, 1980, in Kakamega) is a former Kenyan cricketer. He is a paceman who returned to the Kenyan cricket squad for the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy after a three-year absence along with Brijal Patel, Rageb Aga and Malhar Patel, having impressed with his bowling earlier in the year against Pakistan's A team.

Ababu became one of the few bowlers to take a wicket with his first ever delivery in a One Day International when he dismissed Neil Johnson, during the Kenya v Zimbabwe match in Nairobi in 1999.


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