Nehemiah Odhiambo

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.

Nehemiah Odhiambo
Personal information
Full nameNehemiah Odhiambo Ngoche
Born (1983-08-07) 7 August 1983
Nairobi, Kenya
NicknameNemi
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm medium-fast
RoleBowler
RelationsLameck Onyango (brother)
James Ngoche (brother)
Shem Ngoche (brother)
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 T20I26 November 2013 v Canada
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2006/07Kenya Select
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 69 24 22 100
Runs scored 528 174 456 820
Batting average 12.00 9.66 13.41 13.66
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/1 0/2
Top score 66 41 50* 66
Balls bowled 2,808 468 3,363 4,065
Wickets 70 16 69 105
Bowling average 36.92 29.25 29.36 33.72
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 7/0 6/– 10/– 10/0
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 16 May 2017

International career

Odhiambo was the first-ever player to take a T20I five-wicket haul in the home soil when he did it in 4 February 2010 against Scotland at Nairobi and also became the second bowler to grab a fifer 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]

References
  1. "6th Match: Kenya v Scotland at Nairobi (Gym), Feb 4, 2010 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  2. Profile espncricinfo Retrieved 16 April 2020
  3. "Cricket Kenya hire Pakistani match analyst". Daily Nation. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  4. "Kenya Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  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.


  1. "Nehemiah Odhiambo". nehemiah. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  2. ":: Cricket Kenya ::". cricketkenya.co.ke. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
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