Full name Collins Omondi Obuya
Born July 27, 1981, Nairobi
Current age 27 years 73 days
Major teams Kenya,Africa XI,Warwickshire
Also known as Collins Omondi
Nickname Collo
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Relations Brother - KO Otieno,Brother - DO Obuya
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
ODIs
57
43
5
700
68*
18.42
1039
67.37
0
1
53
9
23
0
T20Is
5
5
1
67
18
16.75
67
100.00
0
0
3
1
2
0
First-class
40
64
8
1573
103
28.08
2
7
25
0
List A
88
66
9
975
68*
17.10
0
1
33
0
Twenty20
12
10
2
151
34*
18.87
133
113.53
0
0
9
3
7
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
ODIs
57
34
1423
1231
26
5/24
5/24
47.34
5.19
54.7
0
1
0
T20Is
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
40
3872
2416
64
5/97
37.75
3.74
60.5
1
0
List A
88
2336
2042
46
5/24
5/24
44.39
5.24
50.7
0
1
0
Twenty20
12
7
120
177
10
5/24
5/24
17.70
8.85
12.0
0
1
0
Career statistics
ODI debut
Kenya v West Indies at Nairobi, Aug 15, 2001 scorecard
Last ODI
Kenya v Bermuda at Nairobi (Gym), Oct 28, 2007 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut
Kenya v Bangladesh at Nairobi (Gym), Sep 1, 2007 scorecard
Last T20I
Kenya v Netherlands at Belfast, Aug 2, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
1999/00
Last First-class
Kenya v Namibia at Sharjah, Jan 29-31, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1999/00
Last List A
Kenya v Bermuda at Nairobi (Gym), Oct 28, 2007 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Somerset v Warwickshire at Taunton, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Kenya v Netherlands at Belfast, Aug 2, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Collins Obuya hit the headlines as a legspinning allrounder in the 2003 World Cup during Kenya's astonishing march to the semi-finals, where he picked up 13 wickets at 28.76, including 5 for 24 in the victory over Sri Lanka at Nairobi. That won him a one-year contract with Warwickshire, but he failed to make any impression. He missed his next chance on the big stage when appendicitis ruled him out of the 2004 Champions Trophy, and he then joined the players' strike which followed before heading to South Africa to play club cricket. His continued to struggle with his bowling, and in November 2005 he went to Australia for five weeks to spend time with Terry Jenner in a bid to recapture it. That failed, and Obuya had to develop his batting and he now plays as a specialist batsman and a very good fielder.
Martin Williamson February 2007
