Kersi Meher-Homji is an Australian

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and

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. He writes often for ''

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'', and his most notable biography is ''The Waugh Twins'' (1998), about

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. He is of Indian

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descent and the nephew of former cricketer

Khershed Meherhomji Khershedji Rustomji Meherhomji (; 9 August 1911 – 10 February 1982) was an Indian cricketer who played as a wicket-keeper. Meherhomji toured England in 1936 and played in the Test at Manchester. He represented Parsis in Bombay Pentangular and ...

. In November 2012, his 14th book ''Cricket Conflicts and Controversies'' (foreword by the legendary

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) was favourably reviewed in "''Inside Cricket'', ''

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'',
The Roar
' website and ''

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''. His previous book, ''Cricket's Great All-rounders'', which profiles briefly the greatest

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s in the history of the game, was published in

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to a review from ''

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'' staff

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, who felt that some of Homji's inclusions (such as that of

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) were generous to say the least. This liberality, though, was not necessarily a bad thing. "Commendably," wrote Coverdale, "the book extends the traditional definition even further and includes chapters on wicketkeeper-batsmen and those useful types who have excelled in the one-day arena."Coverdale 2008. In June 2022, Meher-Homji was awarded the

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in the 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours for "service to the multicultural community, and to cricket".

References

*Coverdale, Brydon.
Dated data: Cricket's Great All-rounders
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''. 26 October 2008. (Retrieved 29 October 2008).

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External links

Kersi Meher-Homji's Contributions & Profile at The Roar Sports Opinion
accessdate=29 September 2011 {{DEFAULTSORT:Meher-Homji, Kersi Living people Australian journalists Australian media personalities Cricket historians and writers Australian people of Parsi descent Indian emigrants to Australia Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Australian Zoroastrians Year of birth missing (living people)