| Alex Obanda | |
| Country: | Kenya |
| Fullname: | Alex Auma Obanda |
| Birth Date: | 25 December 1987 |
| Birth Place: | Nairobi, Kenya |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right arm medium-fast |
| Role: | Opening Batsman |
| International: | true |
| Internationalspan: | 2007–present |
| Odidebutdate: | 18 October |
| Odidebutyear: | 2007 |
| Odidebutagainst: | Canada |
| Odicap: | 34 |
| Lastodidate: | 30 January |
| Lastodiyear: | 2014 |
| Lastodiagainst: | Scotland |
| T20idebutdate: | 4 September |
| T20idebutyear: | 2007 |
| T20idebutagainst: | Pakistan |
| T20icap: | 12 |
| Lastt20idate: | 29 August |
| Lastt20iyear: | 2022 |
| Lastt20iagainst: | Nepal |
| Club1: | Southern Rocks |
| Year1: | 2011/12 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Columns: | 4 |
| Column1: | ODI |
| Matches1: | 49 |
| Runs1: | 1,306 |
| Bat Avg1: | 30.37 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/9 |
| Top Score1: | 96* |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 15/0 |
| Column2: | T20I |
| Matches2: | 51 |
| Runs2: | 797 |
| Bat Avg2: | 18.53 |
| 100S/50S2: | 1/1 |
| Top Score2: | 103 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 7/ - |
| Column3: | FC |
| Matches3: | 17 |
| Runs3: | 856 |
| Bat Avg3: | 26.75 |
| 100S/50S3: | 1/4 |
| Top Score3: | 114 |
| Catches/Stumpings3: | 8/ - |
| Column4: | LA |
| Matches4: | 100 |
| Runs4: | 2,436 |
| Bat Avg4: | 27.06 |
| 100S/50S4: | 1/14 |
| Top Score4: | 100 |
| Catches/Stumpings4: | 32/0 |
| Date: | 5 July 2023 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/kenya/content/player/291844.html ESPNcricinfo |
Alex Auma Obanda (born 25 December 1987) is a Kenyan cricketer who has played first-class cricket for Kenya Select.
When the side participated in the Logan Cup in 2007, Obanda made his first class debut and had a good series, making 296 runs at an average of 37 runs per innings. A right-handed batsman, Obanda scored a century in their draw against Centrals at Kwekwe.[1] He was the only Kenyan player to take part in the 2011–12 Stanbic Bank 20 Series, representing the Southern Rocks.[2] He played two matches without scoring a run.[3]
The World Twenty20 Qualifier was held in March 2012. Kenya failed to qualify for the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 later that year, though Obanda scored 298 runs in 9 matches with two half-centuries and was Kenya's leading run-scorer in the tournament (seventh overall).[4] [5]
In January 2018, he was named in Kenya's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament.[6] In July 2018, Obanda scored the first century of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Africa Qualifier tournament, when Kenya played Tanzania in the Eastern sub-region group.[7]
In September 2018, Obanda was named in Kenya's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup.[8] He was the leading run-scorer for Kenya in the tournament, with 127 runs in four matches.[9] The following month, he was named in Kenya's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament in Oman.[10]
Obanda was included in Kenya's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Uganda.[11] [12] In September 2019, he represented Kenya in the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[13] In October 2021, he was named in Kenya's squad for the Regional Final of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Rwanda.[14]