Ragheb Aga

Ragheb Aga
Personal information
Full name Ragheb Gul Aga
Born (1984-07-10) 10 July 1984
Nairobi, Kenya
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right arm medium-fast
Role Bowler
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 27) 11 September 2004 v India
Last ODI 30 January 2014 v Scotland
ODI shirt no. 75
T20I debut (cap 16) 2 August 2008 v Netherlands
Last T20I 26 November 2013 v Canada
T20I shirt no. 75
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2007–2010 Sussex (squad no. 28)
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 12 20 22 33
Runs scored 150 213 443 396
Batting average 16.66 13.31 14.76 15.84
100s/50s –/1 0/1 –/1 –/1
Top score 86 52* 66* 86
Balls bowled 402 288 2,038 1,034
Wickets 8 15 34 25
Bowling average 40.00 20.40 38.44 35.52
5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/17 3/24 5/46 4/14
Catches/stumpings 3/0 7/0 9/0 8/0
Source: Cricinfo, 12 May 2017

Ragheb Gul Aga (born 10 July 1984) is a Kenyan cricketer, former ODI captain and allrounder who plays for Kenya. He became Kenya's third captain in two months in October and November 2004 in Sharjah in place of Hitesh Modi.

County career

In 2008, having acquired a British passport, Aga signed a one-year deal to play County cricket for Sussex, having played List A cricket for the county during the 2007 season. He was, however, surprisingly recalled to the Kenya side in 2008.[1] Aga spent a further two seasons at Sussex, finally being released by the county at the end of the 2010 season.[2]

Trivia

Ragheb Aga having the world record for the highest T20I score when batting at number 7 position or lower (52*) and also he's the only batsman to have scored a half century in a T20I innings when batting at number 7 position or lower.[3]

International awards

Twenty20 International cricket

Man of the match awards

S No Series Season Opponent Match Performance Result
1 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2013/14 Scotland 52* (25 balls: 7x4, 1x6) ; 1-0-13-0, 2 Ct.  Kenya won by 92 runs.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Ragheb Aga recalled for Europe tour". Cricinfo. 12 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
  2. ↑ "Sussex release three at end of season". Cricinfo. 17 September 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-28.
  3. ↑ "Records | Twenty20 Internationals | Batting records | Most runs in an innings (by batting position) | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
  4. ↑ "ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, 29th Match, Group B: Kenya v Scotland at ICCA Dubai, Nov 19, 2013". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 March 2015.


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