Alex Auma Obanda (born 25 December 1987) is a Kenyan

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er who has played first-class cricket for Kenya Select.

Domestic career

When the side participated in the

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in 2007, Obanda made his first class debut and had a good series, making 296 runs at an average of 37 runs per innings. A right-handed batsman, Obanda scored a century in their draw against Centrals at

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. He was the only Kenyan player to take part in the 2011–12 Stanbic Bank 20 Series, representing the Southern Rocks. He played two matches without scoring a run.

International career

The World Twenty20 Qualifier was held in March 2012. Kenya failed to qualify for the

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later that year, though Obanda scored 298 runs in 9 matches with two half-centuries and was Kenya's leading run-scorer in the tournament (seventh overall). In January 2018, he was named in Kenya's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament. In July 2018, Obanda scored the first century of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Africa Qualifier tournament, when Kenya played

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in the Eastern sub-region group. In September 2018, Obanda was named in Kenya's squad for the

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. He was the leading run-scorer for Kenya in the tournament, with 127 runs in four matches. The following month, he was named in Kenya's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament in Oman. Obanda was included in Kenya's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Uganda. In September 2019, he represented Kenya in the

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tournament in the United Arab Emirates. In October 2021, he was named in Kenya's squad for the Regional Final of the

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tournament in Rwanda.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Obanda, Alex 1987 births Living people Kenyan cricketers Kenya One Day International cricketers Kenya Twenty20 International cricketers Eastern Aces cricketers Cricketers from Nairobi Cricketers at the 2011 Cricket World Cup