Career
He is a right-handed batsman and a right-handed medium-fast bowler. Odoyo went to city primary school Then City High School, Nairobi. He was a ball boy at Gymkhana as a kid but once they let him play he never stopped amazing the officials and eventually fans.
He played a great role in making cricket popular in Kenya.
Having represented Kenya in the 1996 World Cup, Odoyo"s performances have since been critical to the team His powerful batting throughout the middle-order and his seam bowling has led to Kenyan commentators labelling him the "Black Botham".
Though injury forced him out of the Carib Beer Cup in 2003-2004, he played once again for the 2004 Interstate Commerce Commission Champions Trophy Thomas Odoyo performed well in Kenya"s tour of Zimbabwe in 2006. He scored a few runs and took 8 wickets in 4 matches as Kenya drew the series with Zimbabwe at 2–2.
In 2008 Thomas Odoyo was selected as captain of The Northern Nomads franchise in Kenya"s domestic cricket competition the Sahara Elite League 1996 – 32 and 3/25 vs Pakistan in Karachi.
