http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CO-Obuya-c1276 appointed as Captain of the Kenyan National team – Cricket News Update
Kenyan board have appointed all- rounder, Collins Obuya,as their new captain, replacing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JK-Kamande-c1702, who lead the side in the recently concluded World Cup 2011 campaign.
Obuya, who initially started as an out and out spin bowler, has evolved himself as a batting all-rounder. He made his name in the 2003 World Cup, where his performances with the bowl led his side to the semi- finals of the tournament.
It included 13 wickets in the series, averaging 28.76 and included his career best bowling performance of 5- 24 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758.
His performance earned recognition as English county, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757, which too did little for his career.
A dip in form considerably left the 29-year old struggle at the art of spin. Though he tried to revive his bowling under the guidance of Australian spin- bowling coach, Terry Jennner, but remained unsuccessful and since has focused on his batting to flourish
at the highest level.
In the recent World Cup 2011, he proved his worth to the national team by performing well in the tournament, where other teammates failed miserably. The campaign was a disaster as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kenya-c752 failed to win any of their matches.
This resulted in Kenyan board to review their overall structure and give youth a better fair under the captaincy of Obuya.
For this reason, under the new contracted list, Kenyan authorities have excluded veteran players like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mike-J-Hesson-c76286, Kenyan Cricket hopefully will reach some sort of stability
in years to come.
Kenyan Cricket chief executive, Tom Sears,on the appointed of Obuya, said in a statement, “ Collins (Obuya) is now an extremely experienced and accomplish player who can set the standards on and off the field.”
The Kenyan all-rounder was also thrilled to captain a young side under the experience coach Hesson.
He said, “It is an exciting time to captain a developing team, and work with our new coach Mike Hesson and chairman of selectors http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alpesh-Vallabhdas-Vadher-c43803.”
Kenya is schedule to play http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 in 2 limited overs matches and 1 four- day Intercontinental Cup game, starting from July 25.
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