Hitesh Sukhlal Mehta (born 1959) is a

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architect and former first-class

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er. Mehta was born to an

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family in

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in 1959. He represented the

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in four matches in the

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, before going on to represent the

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in the

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and

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competitions, representing Kenya in twelve ICC Trophy matches. He also made one appearance in

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for Kenya against the touring Pakistan Starlets at

in 1986. Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 33 runs in the Kenyan first innings by

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, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 23 runs by

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. With his right-arm

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bowling, he took 3 wickets for 72 runs in the Starlets first innings. Alongside his cricket career, Mehta worked as an eco-architect and was featured in ''

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'', which identified him as one of five sustainable tourism pioneers in the world in 2006. He wrote a book on ecolodges in 2010, ''Authentic Ecolodges'', which was published by

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mehta, Hitesh 1959 births Living people Kenyan people of Indian descent Sportspeople of Indian descent People from Nairobi Kenyan cricketers East African cricketers Kenyan architects Kenyan non-fiction writers