Martin Armon Suji (born 2 June 1971) is a Kenyan former

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er who played

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s for the Kenyan national side between 1996 and 2006. A right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler, his international career included matches at the

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

, and 2003 World Cups, as well as at the

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

, and 1997 ICC Trophies. Suji is the older brother of Tony Suji, who also had a long career for Kenya. The brothers played together at the 1999 and 2003 World Cups.

Coaching career

Following the departure of

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after the

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, Suji was made assistant coach of the national team, assisting the caretaker Alfred Njuguna (later replaced by Andy Kirsten as full time coach in May 2008). In February 2011, he was appointed senior coach of the Ugandan national team, replacing South African

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. He remained in the role until May 2013, and oversaw the team at several major tournaments, including the 2011 WCL Division Two, the 2013 Division Two tournaments, and the

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. One of Suji's assistant coaches at Uganda was

Steve Tikolo Stephen Ogonji Tikolo (born 25 June 1971) is a former Kenya international cricketer, and a former One Day International captain. Widely regarded as the greatest Kenyan cricketer ever, Tikolo has scored the most runs and taken the second most wi ...

, his former teammate. In March 2018, Suji was appointed head coach of the

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on an initial four-month contract, encompassing the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Africa Qualifier Eastern Sub-region tournament.

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* 1971 births Living people Cricketers from Nairobi Kenyan cricketers Kenya One Day International cricketers Cricketers at the 1996 Cricket World Cup Cricketers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Cricketers at the 1999 Cricket World Cup Cricketers at the 2003 Cricket World Cup Western Chiefs cricketers Kenyan cricket coaches Coaches of the Uganda national cricket team Kenyan expatriate sportspeople in Uganda Coaches of the Rwanda national cricket team Kenyan expatriate sportspeople in Rwanda Commonwealth Games competitors for Kenya {{Kenya-cricket-bio-stub