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Collins Obuya

Kenya
Personal information
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Career statistics
Tests ODIs
Matches - 52
Runs scored - 598
Batting average - 17. The Kenya national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Kenya in international Cricket matches Test cricket is the longest form of the Sport of Cricket. It has long been considered the ultimate test of playing ability between cricketing nations Note Most of the information here pertains to men's cricket ODI matches are also played in Women's cricket. Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 08
100s/50s -/- -/1
Top score - 68*
Balls bowled - 1399
Wickets - 26
Bowling average - 46. A delivery or ball in Cricket is a single action of Bowling a Cricket ball towards the Batsman. In the sport of Cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings Meanings of wicket Set of stumps Primarily the wicket Bowling average is a Statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the Sport of Cricket. 57
5 wickets in innings - 1
10 wickets in match - n/a
Best bowling - 5/24
Catches/stumpings -/- 20/-

As of May 21, 2007
Source: [1]

Collins Omondi Obuya (born July 27, 1981 in Nairobi) is a Kenyan cricketer. An inning, or innings, is a fixed-length segment of a game in any of a variety of Sports &ndash most notably Cricket and Baseball during For other uses see Stump (disambiguation Stump is a term used in the Sport of Cricket where has three different meanings Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Nairobi (naɪˈroʊbɪ is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries He is a right-handed batsman and leg spin bowler. Leg spin is a style of Spin bowling in Cricket. A leg spinner bowls right-arm with a Wrist spin action causing the ball to spin anti-clockwise at the point He came to prominence in the 2003 Cricket World Cup where he was one of Kenya's major performers as they reached the semi-finals. The 2003 Cricket World Cup ( Official name: ICC Cricket World Cup 2003) was played in South Africa from February 9 to March 24. they where unlucky to lose to india who where no doubt the weaker side, apart from the one and only javagal srinath.

Obuya picked up 13 wickets at 28. 76 in the 2003 World Cup and took a career best 5 for 24 in Kenya's win over Sri Lanka at Nairobi. The Sri Lankan cricket team is a national Cricket team representing Sri Lanka. Obuya is possibly the finest legspinner to ever play the game, many have compared him to the likes of waddo from camberwell gs. His success in the competition persuaded Warwickshire to offer him a one year contract to play county cricket in England in the 2003 season. Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket structure representing the historic county County cricket is the highest level of domestic Cricket in England and Wales The 2003 English cricket season was notable for the long overdue first official County Championship of the oldest county club Sussex The stint was in all unsuccessful although he scored a 50 on his Championship debut and participated in half a dozen Twenty20 cricket games. Twenty20 is a form of Cricket, originally introduced in the United Kingdom for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board

His season with Warwickshire preceded a downhill drop in Obuya's career. He suffered from appendicitis and thus missed the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy. Appendicitis (or epityphlitis) is a condition characterized by Inflammation of the appendix. The 2004 ICC Champions Trophy was held in England in September 2004 Soon after, he joined a players' strike and left England to go to South Africa. The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa Due mainly to lack of match practice, Obuya began to struggle with his bowling, and in November 2005, he travelled to Australia to train with spin-bowling coach Terry Jenner. Terrence James Jenner (born 8 September 1944 Mount Lawley Western Australia) is a former Australian Cricketer who played in 9 Tests and one ODI The five-week trip was not successful, and as a result, Obuya decided to develop his batting so that he could play as a specialist batsman instead.

Obuya has a highest first class score of 103 and his finest ODI innings to date has been an unbeaten and quickfire 68 against Scotland. The Scotland national cricket team represents Scotland in the game of Cricket.


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