David Obuya

International information National sideODI debut (cap 24)15 August 2001 v West IndiesLast ODI20 February 2012 v IrelandT20I debut (cap 6)1 September 2007 v BangladeshLast T20I14 March 2012 v Ireland Domestic team information YearsTeam2006/07Kenya 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

David Oluoch Obuya (born 14 August 1979) is a Kenyan former cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper. Obuya first played cricket at the 1988 Under-19s World Cup, where he starred as an opening batsman.^{[citation needed]} He also plays as a wicket-keeper.

International career

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 once again he played as an opener, alongside Ravindu Shah. He played in the 2003 World Cup, where in the semi-final he set a record for the best eighth-wicket partnership in a match against India, beating the previous mark set by himself and team-mate Tony Suji.^{[citation needed]}

Most recently,^[when?] Obuya has played one-day cricket for Kenya against Bangladesh. His brothers, Kennedy Otieno and Collins Obuya, both play cricket in Kenya.^{[citation needed]}

Obuya was the first player in history of T20I as well as in ICC World Twenty20 history to be dismissed being hit wicket, as he fell for a duck in that innings.^[1]

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.^[2]

References

External links

• David Obuya at ESPNcricinfo