maurice odumbe Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
maurice odumbe is a cricketer(sportsman) from Kenya. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Maurice Omondi Odumbe
Born
June 15, 1969, Nairobi
Age
54 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Offbreak
Playing Role
Allrounder
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | - | 61 | - | - |
Inn | - | 59 | - | - |
Runs | - | 1409 | - | - |
Avg | - | 26.09 | - | - |
SR | - | 69.96 | - | - |
HS | - | 83 | - | - |
NO | - | 5 | - | - |
100s | - | 0 | - | - |
50s | - | 11 | - | - |
4s | - | 112 | - | - |
6s | - | 13 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | - | 61 | - | - |
Inn | - | 52 | - | - |
Balls | - | 2237 | - | - |
Runs | - | 1807 | - | - |
Wkt | - | 39 | - | - |
BBI | - | 38 / 4 | - | - |
BBM | - | 38 / 4 | - | - |
Eco | - | 4.85 | - | - |
Avg | - | 46.33 | - | - |
5W | - | 0 | - | - |
10W | - | 0 | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- EO Odumbe
- Kenya
- Aga Khan Sports Club
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Odumbe's first appearance was against Bangladesh at Amstelveen during the 1990 ICC trophy. He contributed with an aggressive 41 and picked up 1/26. Right from his early days in Dr Aggrey Primary School, Odumbe was earmarked as a special talent. He was a consistent performer for the Aga Khan club, a local Nairobi side. His first notable performance on the international stage came on 29th February, 1996, during the World Cup match against the West Indies in Pune.
On a sluggish pitch, Kenya were bowled out for 166. It seemed that West Indies would coast to the target but the Kenyan bowling was sharp. Wickets tumbled at regular intervals, with Odumbe leading from the front. His exceptional bowling figures of 10-3-15-3 bundled the West Indies out for 93 as Kenya routed them by 73 runs. Odumbe won his first Man of the Match award and the nation had unearthed a new star. Another special moment for Odumbe was during a tri-series tournament held in India during 1998 which also featured Bangladesh in 1998.
In a day-night encounter at Gwalior, Kenya got off to a great start thanks to Ravindu Shah's fifty. Kenya built on that start and towards the end, Odumbe cut loose with some fierce hits. He blasted five sixes and raced along to 83 off 91 balls. He was not finished as he picked up 3/14. Kenya registered yet another victory over a big nation as they won by 69 runs.
Kenya failed to make an impact during the 1999 World Cup in England, but Odumbe managed to come out of the tournament with his head held high. His most notable contribution was a fighting 82 off 95 balls against Sri Lanka at Southampton. In pursuit of 276, Kenya could only muster 230 as they lost the match by 45 runs but Odumbe won the man of the match award for this knock.
Odumbe replaced Steve Tikolo as the captain for the 2003 World Cup in South Africa. He led from the front and his team went on to have a memorable tournament. Kenya qualified for the super six stage of the tournament and they had defeated nations like Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka along the way. Although they lost the semi-final against India, the nation celebrated and promising times beckoned for Kenyan cricket. Odumbe ended the tournament with 211 runs at at average of 42 with three fifties and with nine wickets.
Following the high of 2003, Odumbe's career hit a road block in 2004 when he was found guilty of receiving money from book-makers and he was banned for five years. The fall from such a high was sad and dramatic. Odumbe's downfall resulted in Kenya losing their competitive edge and struggling to match the highs achieved in 2003. However, Odumbe returned to cricket at the age of 40 after the end of his ban. He played for his new team Telca against Sir Ali Muslim club in Nairobi, picking up 3 wickets.
He continued playing domestically but never got a chance to make it back into the team after his fall from grace. Odumbe had hoped to play for Kenya in the 2011 cricket World Cup, indeed had waited for a call-up to the national team since his ban expired in 2009 but the call never came.
Dealing with the loss of his mother and brother and a nasty divorce, Odumbe finally called quits on his cricketing career unable to mentally deal with the stress involved in his personal life. Armed with a college diploma in travel consultancy, he took up a job as a Marketing Consultant with a company called Dynamo Digital in 2014.
By Cricbuzz staff
As of April 2014
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
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.
In 2003 he was instrumental in Kenya reaching the World Cup semi-finals, averaging 42 with the bat and taking nine wickets. When Kenya took part in the Caribbean's Carib Beer Series in 2003-04 he again excelled with bat and ball, hammering a career-best 207 against the Leeward Islands. But then came an ICC investigation and in August 2004 he was thrown out of the game.
Martin Williamson September 2009