Alex Obanda

Alex Obanda
Personal information
Full name Alex Obanda Ouma
Born (1987-12-25) 25 December 1987
Nairobi, Kenya
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right arm medium-fast
Role Batsman
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 34) 18 October 2007 v Canada
Last ODI 30 January 2014 v Scotland
T20I debut (cap 12) 4 September 2007 v Pakistan
Last T20I 24 November 2013 v Afghanistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2006/07 Kenya Select
2011/12 Southern Rocks
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC List A
Matches 49 24 17 83
Runs scored 1,306 325 856 2,057
Batting average 30.37 16.25 26.75 27.79
100s/50s 0/9 0/1 1/4 1/14
Top score 96* 79 114 100
Catches/stumpings 15/0 3/– 8/– 28/0
Source: Cricinfo, 13 May 2017

Alex Obanda Ouma (born 25 December 1987) is an international Kenyan cricketer who has played first class cricket for Kenya Select.

Domestic career

When the side participated in the Logan Cup in 2007, Obanda made his first class debut and had a good series, making 296 runs at 37.00. A right-handed batsman, he scored a century in their draw against Centrals at Kwekwe.[1] Obanda was the only Kenyan player to take part in the 2011–12 Stanbic Bank 20 Series, representing the Southern Rocks[2] He played two matches without scoring a run.[3]

International career

The World Twenty20 Qualifier was held in March 2012. Kenya failed to qualify for the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 later than year, though Obanda scored 298 runs from 9 matches with two half-centuries and was Kenya's leading run-scorer in the tournament (seventh overall).[4][5]

In January 2018, he was named in Kenya's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament.[6] In July 2018, he scored the first century of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Africa Qualifier tournament, when Kenya played Tanzania in the Eastern sub region group.[7]

In September 2018, he was named in Kenya's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup.[8] He was the leading run-scorer for Kenya in the tournament, with 127 runs in four matches.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Kenya's youngsters underline their potential". Cricinfo. 9 May 2007. Retrieved 23 September 2008.
  2. ↑ Moonda, Firdose (29 November 2011). "Harare calling". Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "Twenty20 batting and fielding for each team by Alex Obanda". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 May 2012. (Subscription required (help)).
  4. ↑ Moonda, Firdose (11 May 2012). "Ten months in Nairobi". Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  5. ↑ "ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, 2011/12 / Records / Twenty20 matches / Most runs". Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  6. ↑ "Cricket Kenya hire Pakistani match analyst". Daily Nation. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "Classy Kenya cruise into Africa finals". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  8. ↑ "Kenya Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  9. ↑ "Africa T20 Cup, 2018/19 - Kenya: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 September 2018.


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