Maurice Odumbe

Kenya

Full name Maurice Omondi Odumbe

Born June 15, 1969, Nairobi

Current age 51 years 258 days

Major teams Kenya, Aga Khan Sports Club

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Relation Brother - EO Odumbe

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
ODIs	61	59	5	1409	83	26.09	2014	69.96	0	11	112	13	12
First-class	17	26	0	893	207	34.34			3	3			14
List A	102	97	9	2363	119	26.85			1	14			34

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
ODIs	61	52	2237	1807	39	4/38	4/38	46.33	4.84	57.3	1	0	0
First-class	17		2016	782	40	6/64		19.55	2.32	50.4		4	1
List A	102		3908	2982	88	5/38	5/38	33.88	4.57	44.4	2	1	0

Career statistics

ODI debut	India v Kenya at Cuttack, Feb 18, 1996 scorecard
Last ODI	Kenya v Pakistan at Sharjah, Apr 8, 2003 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut	1997/98
Last First-class	Kenya v Pakistan A at Nairobi, Aug 5-8, 2004 scorecard
List A debut	1995/96
Last List A	Kenya v India A at Nairobi (Gym), Aug 14, 2004 scorecard

Profile

Maurice Odumbe was one of Kenya's genuinely international-class players, an allrounder who could hold his own in the side as either an aggressive middle-order batsman or naggingly accurate offspinner. Ever since he made his debut for Kenya in 1990 he was an automatic choice - he won the Man of the Match award in their sensational victory over West Indies during the 1996 World Cup for his 3 for 14 in his first senior tournament - but his career hit a brick wall when he was slapped with a five-year ban after being found guilty of associating with a known bookmaker.

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