| Margaret Ngoche | |
| Female: | true |
| Country: | Kenya |
| International: | true |
| Birth Date: | 2 November 1981 |
| Birth Place: | Nairobi, Kenya |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
| T20idebutdate: | 6 April |
| T20idebutyear: | 2019 |
| T20idebutagainst: | Zimbabwe |
| T20icap: | 7 |
| Lastt20idate: | 23 January |
| Lastt20iyear: | 2022 |
| Lastt20iagainst: | Malaysia |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | WT20I |
| Matches1: | 18 |
| Runs1: | 284 |
| Bat Avg1: | 20.28 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/1 |
| Top Score1: | 73 |
| Deliveries1: | 138 |
| Wickets1: | 5 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 26.40 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 3/14 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 7/– |
| Date: | 24 January 2022 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/1119426.html Cricinfo |
Margaret Ngoche or Margaret Banja (born 2 November 1981) is a Kenyan cricketer[1] and a former captain of the Kenya women's cricket team.[2] Several of Ngoche's family members have played for the Kenyan team, including her brothers Lameck Onyango, Nehemiah Odhiambo, Shem Ngoche and James Ngoche, and her sister Mary Bele.[3] [4] [5] Prior to playing cricket, Ngoche also played football for two years.[6]
Ngoche was part of the Africa squad for the women's edition of the 2007 Afro-Asia Cup in India,[7] and Kenya's team for the UAE International Women's T20 tournament, which took place in 2016.[8]
In April 2019, Ngoche was named in Kenya's squad for their first ever Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) matches, in the 2019 Victoria Tri-Series in Uganda.[9] Ngoche made her WT20I debut on 6 April 2019, for Kenya against Zimbabwe at the Lugogo Cricket Oval in Kampala, top-scoring for the team with 27 runs.[10] The following month, Ngoche was named as Kenya's captain for the 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Africa tournament in Zimbabwe.[11] [12] In Kenya's second match of the tournament, against Sierra Leone, Ngoche was again the top-scorer for the team, with 73 runs,[13] and she was named as the player of the match.[14] In May 2021, Ngoche was again named as the captain of the Kenyan team, this time for the 2021 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament in Rwanda.[15] Following the conclusion of the tournament, Ngoche was named as the captain of the team of the tournament,[16] selected by the Rwanda Cricket Association.[17]
In January 2022, Ngoche was named captain of Kenya's team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier tournament in Malaysia.[18] [19]