Mehmood Quraishy (born 4 February 1942), was a Kenyan

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er who played three One day Internationals in the 1975 World Cup for East Africa. He also appeared in one

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match in the 1975 season, having earlier played a match for the

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XI against a touring team from

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in 1964 at

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. He was later the manager of the Kenyan team. While on tour to South Africa in 2001 he had chest pains at the ground in Port Elizabeth and was assisted to hospital to undergo heart bypass surgery.

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