Elijah Otieno

Kenya

Full name Elijah Otieno Asoyo

Born January 3, 1988, Nairobi, Kenya

Current age 31 years 286 days

Major teams Kenya, Eastern Aces, Kenya A, Kenya Elite, Kenya Select XI, Kenya Under-19s, Kongonis

Also known as Elijah Asoyo

Playing role Bowler

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	4s	6s	Ct
ODIs	26	17	7	49	11	4.90	136	36.02	4	0	7
T20Is	13	5	1	22	8	5.50	43	51.16	0	1	1
First-class	13	21	8	59	15*	4.53	345	17.10	3	0	10
List A	48	31	14	113	18*	6.64	220	51.36	5	1	12
T20s	47	17	8	49	8	5.44	77	63.63	1	2	5

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w
ODIs	26	25	954	927	22	4/33	4/33	42.13	5.83	43.3	1
T20Is	13	13	215	232	10	3/16	3/16	23.20	6.47	21.5	0
First-class	13	24	1690	812	29	4/44	8/143	28.00	2.88	58.2	3
List A	48	47	1973	1785	46	4/33	4/33	38.80	5.42	42.8	2
T20s	47	47	834	1062	39	3/14	3/14	27.23	7.64	21.3	0

Career statistics

ODI debut	Kenya v Canada at Nairobi (Gym), Oct 18, 2007 scorecard
Last ODI	Kenya v Scotland at Christchurch, Jan 30, 2014 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	Kenya v Ireland at Mombasa, Feb 22, 2012 scorecard
Last T20I	Uganda v Kenya at Kampala, May 22, 2019 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	Easterns (Zimbabwe) v Kenya Select XI at Mutare, Apr 26-29, 2007 scorecard
Last First-class	Afghanistan v Kenya at ICCA Dubai, Oct 6-8, 2013 scorecard
List A debut	Kenya v India A at Nairobi (Gym), Aug 18, 2007 scorecard
Last List A	Nepal v Kenya at Kirtipur, Mar 13, 2017 scorecard
T20s debut	Kenya v Uganda at Nairobi (Gym), Feb 2, 2010 scorecard
Last T20s	Uganda v Kenya at Kampala, May 22, 2019 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
2/28	Kenya	v Canada	ICCA 2 Dubai	15 Oct 2019	Other T20
0/13	Kenya	v Jersey	Abu Dhabi	14 Oct 2019	Other T20
3/37	Kenya	v Uganda	Kampala	22 May 2019	T20I # 784
1/14	Kenya	v Ghana	Kampala	21 May 2019	T20I # 781
0/3	Kenya	v Nigeria	Kampala	20 May 2019	T20I # 776
2/40, 4	Kenya	v U.S.A.	Al Amerat	12 Nov 2018	Other OD
5, 0/26	Kenya	v Oman	Al Amerat	9 Nov 2018	Other OD
1*, 1/31	Kenya	v Namibia	East London	16 Sep 2018	T20
0/23	Kenya	v Border	East London	15 Sep 2018	T20
1/21, 6	Kenya	v E. Province	East London	15 Sep 2018	T20

Profile

Elijah Otieno is an accurate medium-pace bowler who gets bounce from the pitch. He first came to attention when he played for Kenya in the Logan Cup, but in three outings took only 1 for 166. He was, however, considered one of the best young prospects and one observer noted that he deserved far more success as he beats the bat so often. He has no pretensions as a batsman - he made five ducks in his first seven first-class outings. He was nevertheless rewarded with selection for the full Kenya side in the Twenty20 World Championship.
Martin Williamson

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