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- ↑ "Player Profile: Mehmood Quraishy". CricInfo. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
- ↑ "Mehmood Quraishy". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
- ↑ "Kenyan manager to undergo heart bypass surgery". CricInfo. 17 October 2001. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
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