Richard Okia (born 26 June 1983) is a Ugandan

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. A right-handed

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and

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since 2001.Teams played for by Rchard Okia
at CricketArchive His matches include two first-class matchesFirst-class matches played by Richard Okia
at Cricket Archive and eight

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matches.List A matches played by Richard Okia
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Playing career

Okia first represented the

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at the 2001 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship, playing four matches. His senior debut came five months after, in a warm-up match against

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during the

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. His only first class matches were against

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and

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during the

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in the

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. He represented Uganda at the 2004 ICC Six Nations World Cup Qualifiers, where they finished second. He also played during the

2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Three The 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Three was a cricket tournament played in Darwin, Australia between 27 May and 2 June 2007. The tournament formed part of the qualification structure for the 2011 World Cup as well as part of the wid ...

. Uganda finished first and qualified for the

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, where Okia made his

debut, playing four matches in the tournament. He was a part of the final 16-man squad selected for the

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, where Uganda finished 10th. His

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career started when he was selected for the

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. He played seven matches in a 13th-place finish for his country, and was named Man of the Match in Uganda's one wicket win over

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on November 18 in

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. He gave Uganda the victory "with an unbeaten 30-ball 33 that stole the show." Domestically, he played for the Nile Knights in the

East Africa Premier League The East Africa Premier League (EAPL) was a 20-over competition covering Kenya and Uganda. The EAPL was founded in 2011, together with the East Africa Cup, in the wake of Kenya's disastrous performance in the 2011 Cricket World Cup. It comprise ...

and East Africa Cup between 2012 and 2013.Miscellaneous matches played by Richard Okia
at Cricket Archive

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Okia, Richard 1983 births Living people Ugandan cricketers East African cricketers