Ragheb Gul Aga (born 10 July 1984) is a Kenyan

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er, who played as an all-rounder for

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and T20Is and for

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in English domestic cricket. He became Kenya's third captain in two months in November 2004 when he captained the team at the Intercontinental Cup Finals in place of Hitesh Modi.

County career

In 2008, Aga signed a one-year deal to play County cricket for

, having played

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for the county during the 2007 season. He was, however, surprisingly recalled to the Kenya side in 2008. Aga spent a further two seasons at Sussex, finally being released by the county at the end of the 2010 season.

Records

Aga was the first batsman to score a T20I half-century when batting at number 8 (or lower), when he scored 52 not out against Scotland on 13 November 2013. This was the highest score at this position until it was exceeded by

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in 2018.

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* * 1984 births Living people Cricketers from Nairobi Kenyan cricketers Kenyan Muslims Kenya One Day International cricketers Kenya Twenty20 International cricketers Kenyan cricket captains Sussex cricketers Kenyan expatriate cricketers in England {{Kenya-cricket-bio-stub