Kennedy Otieno

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Kennedy Otieno

Kenya
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	-
Career statistics
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	-	71
Runs scored	-	1622
Batting average	-	23.85
100s/50s	-/-	2/10
Top score	-	144

Balls bowled	-	6
Wickets	-	-
Bowling average	-	-
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	-	-
Catches/stumpings	-/-	35/14
As of 25 March 2006 Source: [1]

Kennedy Otieno Obuya, aka Kennedy Obuya (born March 11, 1972 in Nairobi) is a Kenyan cricketer Played his early Cricket for Aga Khan Junior team. He went to North highridge Primary School and There after DonBosco Secondary School. He is a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper . His brothers are Collins and David Obuya. Kennedy made his debut in 1993, but had his finest innings in 1997, a 144 against Bangladesh, in a then-world-record 225 partnership with Dipak Chudasama. He was one of the key players during the 2003 Cricket World Cup, where he played in every game, and he played 71 of Kenya's 74 ODIs between the 1996 World Cup and the 2005–06 tour of Bangladesh (only missing three home matches against West Indies in 2001) ^[1]. However, he was dropped for the first 2006 Intercontinental Cup first class game against the Netherlands, and vowed to quit international cricket as a result^[2]. In 2008 Kennedy Obuya was selected as captain of The Southern Stars, a team in Kenya's recently launched domestic cricket competition the Sahara Elite League. His most recent big score came when he made 93 in Ths Southern Stars only win in the One day edition of the Sahara Elite league.^[3]

v • d • e Kenya squad - 1996 Cricket World Cup

1 Odumbe (c) • 2 Ali • 3 Chudasama • 4 Iqbal • 5 Karim • 6 Modi • 7 Odoyo • 8 Odumbe • 9 Onyango • 10 Otieno (wk) • 11 Patel • 12 Suji • 13 LO Tikolo • 14 SO Tikolo

v • d • e Kenya squad - 1999 Cricket World Cup

1 Karim (c) • 2 Angara • 3 Chudasama • 4 Gupta • 5 Kamande • 6 Modi • 7 Odoyo • 8 Odumbe • 9 Otieno (wk) • 10 Shah • 11 Sheikh • 12 AO Suji • 13 MA Suji • 14 Tikolo • 15 Vadher

v • d • e Kenya squad - 2003 Cricket World Cup

1 Tikolo • 2 Odumbe • 3 Karim • 4 Vadher • 5 Shah • 6 Modi • 7 Patel • 8 MA Suji • 9 AO Suji • 10 Odoyo • 11 Otieno • 12 Angara • 13 Ongondo • 14 DO Obuya • 15 CO Obuya