Mohammed Sheikh (born 2 July 1973) is an English

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er. Born in

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, he is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. In his nine years of first-class cricket he has played for

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and

Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the no ...

. As early as 1994, Sheikh was playing for Warwickshire's second XI, and the following year he would move briefly to

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and

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's representative second XI teams. Pigeonholed early on as a limited overs cricketer, he reportedly has a reputation on the cricketing circuit as an accomplished impressionist and comedian. He bats with expert defensive ability and creative attacking strokes. Sheikh played with Warwickshire in their promotion season of 2001, though he would leave in 2003 for another Division Two team, Derbyshire, for whom he has played ever since.

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