Homi F. Mobed (1928 or 1929 – 14 April 2015) was a Pakistani

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er who played seven matches of

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for Karachi teams between December 1956 and October 1957. Mobed was an all-rounder: a right-handed batsman and leg-spin bowler. His most successful match was a semi-final of the

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in 1956-57, when he batted at number nine for

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against Karachi Blues and made 96 in a team total of 762, and also took three wickets, helping Karachi Whites to an innings victory. A

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, he died of

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at the Parsi General Hospital in

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on 14 April 2015, aged 86. The first-class cricketer and umpire Minocher Mobed was a relative: either his father or his uncle.

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