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Jasmer Singh Grewal

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with Grewal as the team manager. He was secretary to the Kenya Federation of Sport and with Joseph McFarnell organised Kenya's commercial cricket league. In addition to cricket Grewal also administered other sports as well including association football and hockey.
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In 2004 he supported the foundation of the organisation Friends of Kenya Cricket, which was launched to raise cricketing profile of Kenya and provide assistance to Kenyan cricket at all levels in readiness for Kenya to achieve
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from 1958 to the mid-1960s. He subsequently became involved in cricket administration and later became the chairman of the
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as KCA chairman. In 2008 he was appointed to a task force to investigate the Kenyan team's poor performances at the
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held in England in 1975. In 1996 he was appointed executive officer of the KCA. The Kenyan team beat the
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to recognise his contribution to the game. In 2005 he received the
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In 1992 Grewal was awarded and honorary life membership of the
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Kenya cricket team
Kenya Cricket Association
East Africa cricket team
inaugural Cricket World Cup
West Indies
1996 Cricket World Cup
Test status
2003 Cricket World Cup
Tom Tikolo
Sharad Ghai
2007 Cricket World Cup
England
Marylebone Cricket Club
International Cricket Council
Nairobi
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