James Otieno Ngoche (born 29 January 1988) is a Kenyan cricketer. Known for his off-spin bowling. He is the brother of three other Kenyan international cricketers, Lameck Onyango, Shem Ngoche and Nehemiah Odhiambo.[1]

James Ngoche
Personal information
Full name
James Otieno Ngoche
Born (1988-01-29) 29 January 1988 (age 36)
Nairobi, Kenya
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm offbreak
RoleBowler
Relations
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 41)1 July 2010 v Ireland
Last ODI30 June 2013 v Scotland
T20I debut (cap 22)22 February 2012 v Ireland
Last T20I20 April 2013 v Netherlands
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Western Chiefs
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 17 7 5 30
Runs scored 35 4 11 45
Batting average 5.00 2.00 1.57 4.09
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 21* 2 6* 21*
Balls bowled 878 144 977 1,547
Wickets 20 4 15 41
Bowling average 28.45 35.00 35.13 22.60
5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/18 2/31 5/39 5/26
Catches/stumpings 6/– 0/– 3/– 12/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 13 May 2017

Biography

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Ngoche was one of three brothers, others being Shem and Nehemiah, in the Kenyan squad for the World Cup held in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka from 19 February to 2 April 2011.[1]

Suspension

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He was suspended from bowling in international cricket in 2015 after the ICC found his action to be illegal.[2]

In order to resume bowling, Ngoche was required to have his action cleared through an independent assessment at an ICC-accredited biomechanics laboratory. He underwent unofficial testing of his bowling action as part of his remedial work at the Pakistan Cricket Board's biomechanics centre at Lahore in August 2016.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Profile espncricinfo Retrieved 20 March 2011
  2. ^ "Ngoche suspended for illegal action". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Kenya's Ngoche undergoes test on bowling action in Lahore". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2023.