David Obuya

David Obuya
Personal information
Full name
David Oluoch Obuya
Born (1979-08-14) 14 August 1979 (age 45)
Nairobi, Kenya
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
Relations
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 24)15 August 2001 v West Indies
Last ODI20 February 2012 v Ireland
T20I debut (cap 6)1 September 2007 v Bangladesh
Last T20I14 March 2012 v Ireland
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2006/07Kenya Select
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 74 10 23 97
Runs scored 1,355 216 1,196 1,883
Batting average 19.35 27.00 29.17 21.15
100s/50s 0/6 0/2 2/6 0/10
Top score 93 65* 105 93
Catches/stumpings 39/5 2/1 32/3 56/14
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 12 May 2017

David Oluoch Obuya (born 14 August 1979) is a Kenyan former cricketer who played 74 One Day Internationals between 2001 and 2012. He was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper.

International career

Obuya first played cricket internationally when selected for the 1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cup where he made five apperarances.[1]

His one-day career was to follow three years later. He first represented the senior team on a tour of the West Indies in 2001, where he played as an opener, alongside Ravindu Shah. He played four matches during the 2003 World Cup in which Kenya reached the semi-final.[2]

His brothers, Kennedy Otieno and Collins Obuya, both played international cricket for Kenya.[3]

Obuya was the first player in history of T20I as well as in ICC World Twenty20 history to be dismissed hit wicket, as he fell for a duck in that innings.[4]

In October 2018, he was named as the head coach of the Kenya national cricket team, ahead of the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament in Oman.[5]

References

  1. ^ "ICC Under-19 World Cup, 1997/98 Records - Kenya averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  2. ^ "ICC World Cup, 2002/03 Records - Kenya averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Kennedy Otieno". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Batting records. Twenty20 Internationals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Siblings lead team: David and Collins Obuya appointed national team coach and captain respectively". The Star, Kenya. Retrieved 20 October 2018.