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Nehemiah Odhiambo

Nehemiah Odhiambo
Personal information
Full name
Nehemiah Odhiambo Ngoche
Born (1983-08-07) 7 August 1983 (age 41)
Nairobi, Kenya
NicknameNemi
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm medium-fast
RoleBowler
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
Matches 69 43 22 116
Runs scored 528 284 456 896
Batting average 12.00 10.92 13.41 12.61
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/1 0/2
Top score 66 41 50* 66
Balls bowled 2,808 613 3,363 4,708
Wickets 70 30 69 115
Bowling average 36.92 27.73 29.36 36.17
5 wickets in innings 0 1 2 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/61 5/20 5/43 4/54
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.

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]

References

  1. ^ "6th Match: Kenya v Scotland at Nairobi (Gym), Feb 4, 2010. Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  2. ^ Profile espncricinfo Retrieved 16 April 2020
  3. ^ "Cricket Kenya hire Pakistani match analyst". Daily Nation. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Kenya Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  5. ^ "The 46-year-old Swamibapa's bowler is a surprise inclusion in Kenya team as Otieno dropped again". The Star (Kenya). Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Patel back as Kenya names Africa Regional Final squad". Kenya Cricket. Retrieved 26 October 2021.