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Nehemiah Odhiambo

Personal information

Full name

Nehemiah Odhiambo Ngoche

Born

7 August 1983 (age 41)
Nairobi, Kenya

Nickname

Nemi

Batting

Right-handed

Bowling

Right arm medium-fast

Role

Bowler

Relations

Lameck Onyango (brother)
James Ngoche (brother)
Shem Ngoche (brother)
Margaret Ngoche (sister)

International information

National side

Kenya (2006–present)

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

Career statistics

Competition	ODI	T20I	FC	LA
Matches	69	43	22	116
Runs scored	528	284	456	896
Batting average	12.00	10.92	13.41	12.61
100s/50s	0/1	0/0	0/1	0/2
Top score	66	41	50*	66
Balls bowled	2,808	613	3,363	4,708
Wickets	70	30	69	115
Bowling average	36.92	27.73	29.36	36.17
5 wickets in innings	0	1	2	0
10 wickets in match	0	0	0	0
Best bowling	4/61	5/20	5/43	4/54
Catches/stumpings	7/–	10/–	10/–	14/–

Source: ESPNcricinfo, 8 July 2023

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. Their sister Margaret Ngoche is also a Kenyan cricketer and a former captain of the Kenya women's cricket team.

International career

Known for his fast-medium bowling, Odhiambo was the first player to take a T20I five-wicket haul on the home soil when he did it on 4 February 2010 against Scotland at Nairobi and also became the second bowler to grab a five-wicket haul 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". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
^ Profile espncricinfo Retrieved 16 April 2020
^ "Cricket Kenya hire Pakistani match analyst". Daily Nation. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
^ "Kenya Squad". ESPNcricinfo. 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.

External links

Nehemiah Odhiambo at ESPNcricinfo

v t e Kenya squad – 2007 Cricket World Cup
00 Odoyo 4 Shah 5 Tikolo (c) 07 Bhudia 09 Suji 11 Kamande 13 C. Obuya 17 Ouma 18 Patel 21 D. Obuya 35 Odhiambo 75 Onyango 77 Ongondo 84 Varaiya 89 Mishra Coach: Harper

v t e Kenya squad – 2011 Cricket World Cup
4 Waters 5 Odoyo 11 Kamande (c) 17 Ouma 21 D. Obuya 25 Tikolo 27 C. Obuya 29 J. Ngoche 35 Odhiambo 39 Otieno 52 Patel 66 S. Ngoche 77 Ongondo 89 Mishra 99 Obanda Coach: Baptiste

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