Narendra P. Thakker (born 1945) is a Kenyan former cricketer who played internationally for

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, including at the

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and 1982 ICC Trophies. He played as a

wicket-keeper In cricket, the wicket-keeper is the Cricket player, player on the fielding (cricket), fielding side who stands behind the wicket, ready to stop Delivery (cricket), deliveries that pass the batsman, and take a Caught, catch, Stumped, stump the ...

. A regular player for

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in regional tournaments, Thakker first played for East Africa in 1972, when he toured England and played against several county teams. He played his one and only first-class match in January 1974, against a

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team that was returning the tour. In the match, played at

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, he opened the batting with

Jagoo Shah Jagoo Chandrakant Shah (born 1953) is a Kenyan former first-class cricketer. Shah made a single appearance in first-class cricket for a combined East Africa cricket team against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) at Nairobi in 1974. Ope ...

in both innings, scoring one run in the first innings and 22 in the second. At the 1979 ICC Trophy in England, Thakker shared East Africa's captaincy with

Charanjive Sharma Charanjive Kumar Sharma (born 1946) is a former Kenyan cricketer who played internationally for East Africa, including captaining them at the 1979 ICC Trophy. A regular player for Kenya in regional tournaments, Sharma first played for East Afric ...

, with each player captaining the team in two of its four matches. His best performance was 44 not out against

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. At the 1982 edition of the tournament, where he made his last international appearances, Thakker shared the wicket-keeping duties with

Raghuvir Patel Raghuvir Mothibhai Patel (born 1944) is a Kenyan former cricketer who played internationally for East Africa, including at the 1982 ICC Trophy. He played as a wicket-keeper. A regular player for Kenya in regional tournaments, Patel first played ...

. He was one of the few East African players at the tournament with first-class experience.ICC Trophy matches played by Narendra Thakker
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Thakker, Narendra 1945 births Living people East African cricketers Kenyan cricketers Kenyan people of Indian descent Sportspeople of Indian descent East African cricket captains Wicket-keepers

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