Maurice Ouma

Maurice Ouma
Personal information
Full name Maurice Amollo Ouma
Born 8 November 1982 (1982-11-08) (age 29)
Kiambli, Kenya
Nickname Risse, Pagal
Batting style Right-handed
Role Wicket-keeper
International information
National side Kenya
ODI debut (cap 28) 11 September 2004 v India
Last ODI 18 October 2009 v Zimbabwe
Domestic team information
Years Team
2006/07 Kenya Select
Career statistics
Competition ODIs FC List A T20I
Matches 57 31 75 6
Runs scored 1,113 1,441 1,431 22
Batting average 21.00 26.68 21.04 3.66
100s/50s 0/6 2/8 0/8 0/0
Top score 61 116 62 13
Balls bowled
Wickets
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 31/6 44/4 46/8 0/2
Source: CricketArchive, 12 December 2009

Maurice Amollo Ouma (first name also spelt Morris) (born November 8, 1982) is a Kenyan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and also plays as a wicket-keeper. He has played for the Kenyan cricket team since 2000.

Ouma represented Kenya in the Under-19 World Cups of both 2000 and 2002, while maintaining his position at the top of the middle-order. He made his next step up at the ICC Six Nations Challenge, in which Kenya came out victorious in the final in Windhoek. He then played in the 2003 edition of the Sharjah Cup. Around this period, he was described by Hossain Ayob, the African development manager for the ICC, as a star in the making. Ouma was on the losing Kenyan side in the 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup final, who stumbled in the second innings despite first-innings centuries from Steve Tikolo and Hitesh Modi.

Most recently, Ouma participated in a three-game ODI series against Bangladesh in August 2006. Ouma has progressively made his way up from being a lower-middle order batsman to an opening batsman, particularly strong against smaller nations such as the young Bangladesh squad.

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