Lucas Oluoch

Lucas Oluoch Ndandason (born 7 August 1991) is a Kenyan cricketer. Domestically, he previously represented Nairobi Gymkhana Club, but from the 2011 season, he is playing for Coast Pekee in the East African tournaments.

Lucas Oluoch
Personal information
Full name
Lucas Oluoch Ndandason
Born (1991-08-07) 7 August 1991
Nairobi, Kenya
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm fast-medium
RelationsNick Oluoch (brother)
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 47)12 September 2011 v Netherlands
Last ODI13 September 2011 v Netherlands
T20I debut (cap 25)19 April 2013 v Netherlands
Last T20I25 November 2022 v Seychelles
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 2 25 1 29
Runs scored 6 141 4 159
Batting average 6.00 17.62 4.00 11.35
100s/50s –/– –/– –/– –/–
Top score 5* 31* 4* 33
Balls bowled 96 402 234 1128
Wickets 5 27 6 33
Bowling average 15.80 15.51 20.16 29.18
5 wickets in innings – – – –
10 wickets in match – – – –
Best bowling 3/41 4/30 3/58 4/36
Catches/stumpings 1/– 4/– –/– 9/–
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 25 November 2022

Oluoch's elder brother, Nick Oluoch is a wicketkeeper who plays for Kongonis in the East African tournaments.[1]

International career

After impressing for the Gymkhana Club, Oluoch first got a call-up to the national side during Kenya's home series against Uganda, where they played 3 List A matches in the end of 2010. Oluoch impressed greatly on his official List A debut, taking an impressive 4 wickets for 32 runs, currently his best bowling figures at the List A level. As a result, the Ugandans were bowled out for 123. Kenya eventually took the series 2–1.[2]

Oluoch made it to Kenya's provisional squad for the 2011 Cricket World Cup, but eventually did not make it to the final 15-member squad.[3]

After a dismal World Cup campaign in which the team lost all of their matches, the selectors axed the under-performing seniors, and put into place a performance-based contracts. Oluoch met that high-performance criteria, and was thus offered a central contract, a high honour, by the board.[4]

As a number of players refused contracts offered by the board and left, Oluoch was one of thirteen players who accepted contracts and remained with the governing body. With Cricket Kenya deciding to leave out players who refused contracts, Oluoch received a call-up to play in the team's Intercontinental Cup and Intercontinental Cup One-Day matches against Netherlands to be held away from home.[5]

He made his official One-Day International (ODI) debut against the Dutch at Voorburg in that series (the matches he played against Uganda was only given List A status because Uganda was not an ODI cricket playing nation at that time). He took an impressive three wickets on debut.[6]

After an impressive performance in the Netherlands, he was selected in Kenya's home series against the United Arab Emirates.[7] He made his first-class cricket in the ICC Intercontinental Cup at Mombasa Sports Club. Oluoch took a handsome 6/121 on debut, but UAE won the match by 266 runs. Captain Collins Obuya's determined 62 could not prevent the hosts from defeat.[8]

Following that, as a part of Kenya's preparations for the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, the board announced that the team would play seven unofficial Twenty20 matches in Namibia, followed by games against Zimbabwean franchise teams. Kenya could not manage much on that tour of Namibia, being defeated 6–2, but Oluoch did have an extraordinary T20 game against Namibia in which he took incredible figures of 4 wickets for 6 runs. Namibia were bowled out for 108, but unfortunately, Kenya were bowled out for an even lower 63 as the Namibians romped home by 45 runs.[9]

In January 2018, he was named in Kenya's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament.[10] In September 2018, he was named in Kenya's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup.[11]

In May 2019, he was named in Kenya's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Uganda.[12][13] In September 2019, he was named in Kenya's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[14] In November 2019, he was named in Kenya's squad for the Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament in Oman.[15]

References
  1. "Players / Kenya / Nick Oluoch". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  2. "Uganda give Kenya food for thought". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  3. "Kenya Name 30-Man Provisional World Cup Squad". CricketWorld. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  4. "Kenya's new contracts cut ties with the past". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  5. "Kenya forced to name weakened squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  6. "ICC World Cricket League Championship, 9th Match: Netherlands v Kenya at The Hague, Sep 12, 2011". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  7. "Mepani Called Up". All africa. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  8. "ICC Intercontinental Cup, Kenya v United Arab Emirates at Nairobi (Gym), Jul 28-31, 2011". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  9. "Kenya tour of Namibia, 3rd unofficial T20I: Namibia v Kenya at Windhoek, Nov 6, 2011". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  10. "Cricket Kenya hire Pakistani match analyst". Daily Nation. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  11. "Kenya Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  12. "Former national team captain back after surprise exit last year". The Star (Kenya). Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  13. "African men in Uganda for T20 showdown". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  14. "National team selection sparks controversy". The Star (Kenya). Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  15. "The 46-year-old Swamibapa's bowler is a surprise inclusion in Kenya team as Otieno dropped again". The Star (Kenya). Retrieved 17 November 2019.
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