Kenya allrounder Collins Obuya retires from cricket

Kenya allrounder Collins Obuya has resigned from cricket following their loss to Uganda in the third spot play-off match in the African Games on Saturday. "I have chosen to resign from the game following 23 years. It's been a major honor playing for Kenya," Obuya said after the match. A legspinning allrounder, Obuya played 104 ODIs for Kenya, scoring 2044 runs and taking 35 wickets. He is their third-most elevated run-scorer in the organization, with Kenya deprived of their ODI status in 2014. He is additionally Kenya's most noteworthy run-scorer in T20Is, with 1794 runs from 76 appearances. Obuya was instrumental in Kenya's rushed to the 2003 World Cup semi-finals. His profession best take of 5 for 24 assisted Kenya with indenting a popular success over Sri Lanka and arrive at the Very Six phase. Aravinda de Silva, Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara were among the scalps he guaranteed that match as Kenya effectively protected their complete of 210. He completed the competition with 13 wickets at 28.76. In the 2011 World Cup, Obuya created his maximum effort with the bat, scoring an unbeaten 98 against Australia which acquired him the player-of-the-match grant. Obuya was named Kenya's skipper after the 2011 World Cup, yet he ventured down in 2013 after they neglected to fit the bill for the 2014 T20 World Cup.

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