Elijah Otieno Asoyo (born 3 January 1988) is a Kenyan

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er. A right arm medium-fast bowler, Otieno is a former Kenyan under-19 player.

Domestic career

He made his senior debut playing in Kenya Select for the 2006/07 Logan Cup. A genuine tailender, Asoyo made five ducks in his first seven first-class innings. He is a player for the

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side The Eastern Aces.

International career

He was selected for Kenya in the inaugural

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Championship. Although he did not play in any of the matches at the

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World Championships, Otieno was retained in the

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for the visit of the Canada national team, making his One Day International debut in the first match of the three-match series in

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. He was later included in the

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for their two Intercontinental Cup matches against

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and the

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in early 2008, making his tournament debut in the match against the UAE. In September 2018, he was included in the Kenyan national team for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup. In October 2018, he was included in the Kenya team for the

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in Oman. He played in the first two matches. In May 2019, he was included in the Kenya team for the Regional Finals of the

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tournament in Uganda. In September 2019, he was included in the Kenya team for the

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tournament in the United Arab Emirates. On 17 September 2021, Oiteno took a

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against Uganda. In October 2021, he was included in Kenya's team for the Regional Final of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Rwanda. In June 2022, he was included in the Kenya team for the

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tournament. In Kenya's first match of the tournament, against

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, Otieno took his first five-wicket haul in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Otieno, Elijah 1988 births Living people Kenyan cricketers Kenya One Day International cricketers Kenya Twenty20 International cricketers Eastern Aces cricketers Cricketers at the 2007 Cricket World Cup Cricketers at the 2011 Cricket World Cup Twenty20 International hat-trick takers