Jimmy Kamande

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Jimmy Kamande

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| country = Kenya

| fullname = James Kabatha Kamande

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|12|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Muranga, Kenya

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right arm off break

| role = Bowler

| family =

| coachclub1 = Tanzania

| coachyear1 = 2022–present

| international = true

| internationalspan = 1999–2011

| odidebutdate = 15 May

| odidebutyear = 1999

| odidebutagainst = Zimbabwe

| odicap = 20

| lastodidate = 13 March

| lastodiyear = 2011

| lastodiagainst = Australia

| odishirt =

| T20Idebutdate = 1 September

| T20Idebutyear = 2007

| T20Idebutagainst = Bangladesh

| T20Icap = 3

| lastT20Idate = 11 February

| lastT20Iyear = 2010

| lastT20Iagainst = Netherlands

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| club1 = Kenya Select

| year1 = 2006/07

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| club2 = Coast Pekee

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| club3 = Nairobi Gymkhana

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| columns = 4

| column1 = ODI

| matches1 = 86

| runs1 = 1,055

| bat avg1 = 17.29

| 100s/50s1 = 0/3

| top score1 = 74

| deliveries1 = 2,619

| wickets1 = 48

| bowl avg1 = 45.18

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 4/36

| catches/stumpings1 = 20/–

| column2 = T20I

| matches2 = 12

| runs2 = 83

| bat avg2 = 9.22

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 42

| deliveries2 = 206

| wickets2 = 13

| bowl avg2 = 16.30

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 3/28

| catches/stumpings2 = 1/–

| column3 = FC

| matches3 = 21

| runs3 = 630

| bat avg3 = 18.52

| 100s/50s3 = 0/3

| top score3 = 75

| deliveries3 = 2,394

| wickets3 = 24

| bowl avg3 = 48.87

| fivefor3 = 0

| tenfor3 = 0

| best bowling3 = 4/56

| catches/stumpings3 = 16/0

| column4 = LA

| matches4 = 117

| runs4 = 1,353

| bat avg4 = 16.30

| 100s/50s4 = 0/6

| top score4 = 74

| deliveries4 = 3,339

| wickets4 = 63

| bowl avg4 = 42.46

| fivefor4 = 0

| tenfor4 = 0

| best bowling4 = 4/36

| catches/stumpings4 = 34/–

| date = 15 May

| year = 2017

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/kenya/content/player/24697.html ESPNcricinfo

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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.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65195.html |title=ICC World Cup, 3rd Match: Kenya v Zimbabwe at Taunton, May 15, 1999 |access-date=18 April 2015 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}

In the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, Kamande captained the Kenyan cricket team for the first time in a World Cup.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/kenya/content/story/480082.html |title=Ouma replaced by Kamande as Kenya captain |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=11 March 2017}} But poor performance in the tournament led him to be sacked him from captaincy.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/kenya/content/story/512082.html |title=Kamande sacked as Kenya captain |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=11 March 2017}}

Coaching career

Kamande coached the Kenya national under-19 cricket team at the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.{{cite news|url=https://kawowo.com/2018/01/16/we-are-under-no-pressure-jimmy-kamande-kenya-u19-coach/|title=We are under no pressure, says Kenya U19 coach Jimmy Kamande|first=Denis|last=Musali|newspaper=Kawowo|date=16 January 2018|access-date=4 December 2022}}

Kamande was appointed coach of the Tanzania national cricket team in 2022.{{cite news|url=https://emergingcricket.com/news/tanzania-and-nigeria-come-to-kigali-rwanda-as-favorites-though-others-pose-challenges/|title=Tanzania and Nigeria come to Kigali Rwanda as favorites though others pose challenges|first=Denis|last=Musali|publisher=Emerging Cricket|date=1 December 2022|access-date=4 December 2022}}