Profile
A right-hand batsman and a leg spinner, Collins Obuya shot to prominence in the 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup, as his team shocked the cricketing fraternity by entering the semi-finals.
“Collo” as he is nicknamed, impressed with 13 wickets at 28.76 in the WC, which subsequently earned him a one-year stint with Warwickshire. Obuya was unlucky to have missed out on a place in the team for the 2004 Champions Trophy. He then joined his teammates for the players' strike and proceeded to play club cricket for South Africa. His struggle with the ball continued and despite repeated efforts, he failed to capitalize on it. Obuya then concentrated fully on his batting and has been the team's specialist batsman since then.
Post Kenya's awful performance in the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, the then Kenyan captain, Jimmy Kamande was removed from captaincy and replaced with Collins Obuya. This move came just one day after Mike Hesson, the New Zealander, was appointed Kenya's coach.
Fast Facts
- Collins Obuya is the brother of former Kenyan cricketers, Kennedy Otieno and David Obuya.
Statistics
Show:
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Runs |
NO |
Avg. |
SR |
100's |
50's |
HS |
| ODI |
98 |
83 |
1951 |
9 |
26.36 |
68.89 |
0 |
11 |
98* |
| T20 |
18 |
16 |
319 |
4 |
26.58 |
120.37 |
0 |
2 |
75* |
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Balls |
Runs |
Wickets |
BBI |
BBM |
Avg. |
Econ. |
4w |
5w |
10w |
Extras |
| ODI |
98 |
49 |
1818 |
1637 |
35 |
5/24 |
/ |
46.77 |
5.40 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
64 |
| T20 |
18 |
6 |
117 |
122 |
5 |
3/17 |
/ |
24.4 |
6.25 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| |
Catches |
Stumpings |
Runouts |
| ODI |
42 |
0 |
12 |
| T20 |
7 |
0 |
4 |
| |
Matches |
Won |
Lost |
Tie |
No Result |
Win percentage |
| ODI |
6 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
| T20 |
9 |
3 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
33.33 |
Career
Span:
- ODI:
- 2001-2013
- T20:
- 2007-2013
- ODI
-
- Debut:
- Kenya Vs West Indies at Simba Union Ground, Nairobi - Aug 15, 2001
- Last played:
- Kenya Vs Canada at ICC Global Cricket Academy Ground, Dubai - Mar 13, 2013
- T20
-
- Debut:
- Kenya Vs Bangladesh at Nairobi Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi - Sep 01, 2007
- Last played:
- Kenya Vs Netherlands at Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek - Apr 20, 2013
