Maurice Odumbe

**Maurice Omondi Odumbe** (an haife shi ranar 15 ga watan Yunin 1969), tsohon ɗan wasan kurket ne na Kenya kuma tsohon kyaftin ɗin ODI na Kenya. An dakatar da Odumbe daga wasan Kurket a watan Agustan 2004 bayan da aka zarge shi da karbar kudi daga masu yin bookmaker.   An nada shi kocin kungiyar wasan kurket ta Kenya a watan Afrilun 2018.  Koyaya, David Obuya ya maye gurbinsa a matsayin kocin ƙasa a watan Oktobar 2018. 

## Lokacin makaranta
An haife shi a Nairobi, Odumbe ya halarci Makarantar Firamare ta Dr Aggrey da makarantar sakandare ta Upper Hill, inda dan wasan na hannun dama kuma mai buga wasan kwallon kafa na dama ya nuna kwarewar wasan kurket.

## Aikin cikin gida
Odumbe ya buga wasansa na farko a matakin farko a shekarar 1998 lokacin da Kenya ta buga wasan yawon shakatawa na Ingila A, inda ya yi 16 kuma ya ci 0/29, kuma ya ci gaba da taka leda sosai a kungiyarsa ta Nairobi, kungiyar Aga Khan.

A cikin shekara ta 2004, ya buga aikin mafi kyawun aji na 207 a kan tsibirin Leeward .

## Ayyukan kasa da kasa
Odumbe ya fara buga wa Kenya wasa a ranar 4 ga watan Yunin 1990 da Bangladesh a Amstelveen a gasar ICC, inda ya ci 41 ya ci 1/26, kuma ya zama daya daga cikin manyan 'yan wasan su ta Kenya ta One Day International (ODI) ta farko a gasar cin kofin duniya ta kurket na shekarar 1996. . Odumbe ya lashe kyautar gwarzon dan wasa a daya daga cikin manyan abubuwan mamaki na wasan kurket, inda ya ci 3 da 14 a wasan da Kenya ta doke West Indies .

An nada Odumbe kyaftin na kasa kafin gasar cin kofin duniya ta kurket a shekarar 1999, inda ya lashe kyautar gwarzon dan wasa a karawar da suka yi da Sri Lanka saboda isar 82 da ya yi 95. Ya zama kyaftin din Steve Tikolo a gasar cin kofin duniya ta kurket na shekarar 2003, Odumbe ya taka rawar gani sosai yayin da Kenya ta yi wasan kusa da na karshe da Indiya.

### Ban
A cikin watan Maris ɗin 2004, Hukumar Kurket ta Duniya ta binciki Odumbe bayan zargin yiwuwar daidaita wasa kuma an same shi da laifi a watan Agustan 2004 na karɓar kuɗi daga masu sayar da littattafai tare da dakatar da shi har tsawon shekaru biyar. Yayin da masu sharhi a lokacin ke ganin cewa dakatarwar za ta kawo karshen aikinsa, Odumbe ya bayyana cewa yana shirin komawa wasan cricket da zarar dakatarwar ta kare. Odumbe ya buga wasanni 61 na ODI, inda ya zira kwallaye 1409 a gudu a 26.09 kuma ya dauki wickets 39 a 46.33, da kuma wasanni 17 na matakin farko, inda ya zira kwallaye 894 a 34.34 kuma ya dauki wickets 40 a 19.55.

## Komawa wasan kurket
Ya koma wasan kurket na gasa a matakin gida a watan Agusta 2009, yana da shekaru 40. 

## Bayan wasan kurket
Odumbe ya taka rawa sosai wajen tara kudade ga matsugunan marayu na AIDS, da kuma gabatar da shirin wasanni na rediyo na mako-mako da kuma fitowa a wasu tallace-tallacen talabijin. Haka kuma yana shirin fitar da wata waka kuma ya tsaya a matsayin dan takarar jam’iyyar National Democracy Development Union a babban zaben kasar Kenya na shekarar 2007.

## Duba kuma

* An dakatar da jerin sunayen 'yan wasan kurket don gyara wasa

## Manazarta
 

## Hanyoyin haɗi na waje

* Nato, K. (2007) "Rebranded Odumbe Yanzu Yana Wasan Kwallo Daban-daban", *Ƙasar*, Nairobi, 17 Maris 2007.
* Williamson, M. (2004) "Maurice Odumbe", *Cricinfo*, http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/kenya/content/player/24708.html, Shiga 7 Afrilu 2007.