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.
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| Full name | Nehemiah Odhiambo Ngoche | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 August 1983 Nairobi, Kenya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Nemi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right arm medium-fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 31) | 25 February 2006 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 30 January 2014 v Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 14) | 12 September 2007 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 21 September 2022 v Uganda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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International career
Odhiambo was the first-ever player to take a T20I five-wicket haul in the home soil when he did it on 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] In October 2021, he was named in Kenya's squad for the Regional Final of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Rwanda.[6]
References
- "6th Match: Kenya v Scotland at Nairobi (Gym), Feb 4, 2010 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- Profile espncricinfo Retrieved 16 April 2020
- "Cricket Kenya hire Pakistani match analyst". Daily Nation. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- "Kenya Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- "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.
- "Patel back as Kenya names Africa Regional Final squad". Kenya Cricket. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
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