Mohammad Sheikh, born August 29, 1980 in Nairobi

Nairobi

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Cricket

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er who has played One-Day International

One-day International

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 for the Kenyan national side. He is a left-handed batsman and a slow left-arm bowler.

Sheikh took part in the senior Cricket World Cup

Cricket World Cup

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 of 1999, while just eighteen and still at school, and, the following year, took part in the Under-19s Cricket World Cup. He has since visited England to play in Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire

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. Presently he is living in South Australia and plays for the Payneham Cricket Club.

Sheikh has not played international cricket since 2005.