Ragheb Gul Aga (born 10 July 1984) is a Kenyan cricketer, who played as an all-rounder for Kenya in ODIs and T20Is and for Sussex 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.

Ragheb Aga
Personal information
Full name
Ragheb Gul Aga
Born (1984-07-10) 10 July 1984 (age 39)
Nairobi, Kenya
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm medium-fast
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 27)11 September 2004 v India
Last ODI30 January 2014 v Scotland
ODI shirt no.75
T20I debut (cap 16)2 August 2008 v Netherlands
Last T20I26 November 2013 v Canada
T20I shirt no.75
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2007–2010Sussex (squad no. 28)
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 12 20 22 33
Runs scored 150 213 443 396
Batting average 16.66 13.31 14.76 15.84
100s/50s –/1 0/1 –/1 –/1
Top score 86 52* 66* 86
Balls bowled 402 288 2,038 1,034
Wickets 8 15 34 25
Bowling average 40.00 20.40 38.44 35.52
5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/17 3/24 5/46 4/14
Catches/stumpings 3/0 7/0 9/0 8/0
Source: Cricinfo, 12 May 2017

County career edit

In 2008, Aga signed a one-year deal to play County cricket for Sussex, having played List A cricket for the county during the 2007 season. He was, however, surprisingly recalled to the Kenya side in 2008.[1] Aga spent a further two seasons at Sussex, finally being released by the county at the end of the 2010 season.[2]

Records edit

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 Simi Singh in 2018.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "Ragheb Aga recalled for Europe tour". Cricinfo. 12 July 2008. Retrieved 23 September 2008.
  2. ^ "Sussex release three at end of season". Cricinfo. 17 September 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
  3. ^ "Records | Twenty20 Internationals | Batting records | Most runs in an innings (by batting position) | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 February 2017.

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