Jawahir Shah

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Jawahir Shah
Personal information
Full name
Jawahir Nathoo Shah
BattingRight-handed
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  3)7 June, 1975 v  New Zealand
Last ODI14 June, 1975 v  England
Source: CricInfo, 20 January 2022

Jawahir Nathoo Shah (9 April 1942 - 15 September 2019) [1] was an East African cricketer. He played three One Day Internationals in the 1975 World Cup. He was Kenya's leading batsman from the mid 1960s for more than a decade and a half. An attractive batsman with a wide range of strokes, he hit 96 and 134 for Kenya against a strong touring India side which featured Bedi and Prasanna in 1967. [2]

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References

  1. "Cricketweb" . Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  2. Martin Williamson. "Jawahir Shah". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2016.