Lameck Onyango Ngoche (born 22 September 1973) is a Kenyan former

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er. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. Though initially not one of cricket's more successful figures, his career turned around during his second year in 1997, when he switched roles from bowler to a specialist tail-ender for the

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Career

Since 2004 Onyango has developed into an effective bowling all-rounder and followed up his maiden first-class half century with match winning figures of 6–21 in Kenya's 2005 Intercontinental Trophy victory over Uganda. Later, he worked on his batting and made some handy contributions to the Kenyan batting line up. After five years, Onyango was recalled in a bizarre fashion - as a number 11 against

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in 2002, but did not bowl throughout. Though missing Kenya's

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campaign of 2003, he was recalled for

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. In November 2019, he was named in Kenya's squad for the Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament in Oman. In April 2022,

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named Onyango as the interim head coach of Kenya's women's national cricket team.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Onyango, Lameck 1973 births Living people Cricketers from Nairobi Kenyan cricketers Kenyan Luo people Kenya One Day International cricketers Kenya Twenty20 International cricketers Eastern Aces cricketers Kenyan cricket coaches