Jimmy Kamande
Personal information
Full name
James Kabatha Kamande
Born (1978-12-12) 12 December 1978
Muranga, Kenya
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm off break
RoleBowler
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 20)15 May 1999 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI13 March 2011 v Australia
T20I debut (cap 3)1 September 2007 v Bangladesh
Last T20I11 February 2010 v Netherlands
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2006/07Kenya Select
Coast Pekee
Nairobi Gymkhana
Head coaching information
YearsTeam
2022–presentTanzania
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 86 12 21 117
Runs scored 1,055 83 630 1,353
Batting average 17.29 9.22 18.52 16.30
100s/50s 0/3 0/0 0/3 0/6
Top score 74 42 75 74
Balls bowled 2,619 206 2,394 3,339
Wickets 48 13 24 63
Bowling average 45.18 16.30 48.87 42.46
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/36 3/28 4/56 4/36
Catches/stumpings 20/– 1/– 16/0 34/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 15 May 2017

James Kabatha Kamande (born 12 December 1978) is a former Kenyan cricketer and former limited over captain. He is a right-handed batsman and an off break bowler.

International career

Kamande made his One Day International debut for Kenya in the 1999 World Cup in England.[1]

In the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, Kamande captained the Kenyan Cricket Team for the first time in a World Cup.[2] But poor performance in the series involved to sack him from captaincy.[3]

According to Graeme Pollock and other notable cricketers of African region (including South Africa and Zimbabwe) Jimmy was one of the best cricketer produced by Kenya, better than Steve Tikolo.

Coaching career

Kamande coached the Kenya national under-19 cricket team at the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.[4]

Kamande was appointed coach of the Tanzania national cricket team in 2022.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "ICC World Cup, 3rd Match: Kenya v Zimbabwe at Taunton, May 15, 1999". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Ouma replaced by Kamande as Kenya captain". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "Kamande sacked as Kenya captain". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  4. ↑ Musali, Denis (16 January 2018). "We are under no pressure, says Kenya U19 coach Jimmy Kamande". Kawowo. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  5. ↑ Musali, Denis (1 December 2022). "Tanzania and Nigeria come to Kigali Rwanda as favorites though others pose challenges". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 4 December 2022.


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