Thomas Odoyo Migai (born 12 May 1978) is a Kenyan former

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er and a former

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(ODI) captain. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-handed medium-fast bowler, often regarded as the best bowler produced by Kenya in the international arena.

International career

Having represented

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in the 1996

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, Odoyo's performances have since been critical to the team. His powerful batting throughout the middle-order and his seam bowling have led to Kenyan commentators labelling him the "Black Botham". Odoyo formed a bowling partnership with Martin Suji, and in 1997–98 set a then-world record ODI seventh-wicket stand of 119 with Suji's brother Tony. He was the first player from a non-

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nation to score 1,500 runs and take 100 wickets in ODIs. Though injury forced him out of the

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in 2003–04, he played once again for the

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Odoyo performed well in Kenya's tour of Zimbabwe in 2006. He scored a few runs and took 8 wickets in 4 matches as Kenya drew the series 2–2 with Zimbabwe. Odoyo was selected as captain of The Northern Nomads franchise in Kenya's domestic cricket competition the

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Coaching career

Odoyo was appointed the national cricket team's assistant coach under Robin Brown as well as head coach of Kenya national under-19 cricket team in September 2012. In March 2016, Odoyo was named the interim head coach of

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replacing Sibtain Kassamali. His support squad included former teammate Lameck OnyangoOdoyo, Onyango to coach Kenya team
/ref> In February 2018, Kenya finished in the sixth and last place in the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament and were relegated to

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. As a result, Odoyo resigned as coach of the Kenyan team.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Odoyo, Thomas 1978 births Living people Cricketers from Nairobi Kenyan cricketers Kenya One Day International cricketers Kenyan cricket captains Kenya Twenty20 International cricketers Northern Nomads cricketers ACA African XI 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 Cricketers at the 2007 Cricket World Cup Cricketers at the 2011 Cricket World Cup Alumni of City High School, Nairobi Commonwealth Games competitors for Kenya Kenyan cricket coaches Coaches of the Kenya national cricket team