Umesh Valjee
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| Full name | Umesh Damdor Valjee |
| Born | 30 September 1969 (age 56) Durban, Natal, South Africa |
| Role | Batsman |
Umesh Damdor Valjee, MBE (born 30 September 1969 in Durban, Natal) is a South African-born English deaf cricketer.[1][2] He is a BSL user.
He is a right-handed batsman and very occasional right-arm medium pacer.[3] Valjee came into professional cricket after being signed to British Deaf Sports Council in 1989. He is the longest-serving deaf cricketer of England, and wear the same shirt number (No. 1) as Tom Armitage—the first capped England player.[4]
Valjee is former captain of the England national deaf cricket team, and was awarded with the England Disability Cricketer of the Year in 2011.[5] He was also awarded an MBE in the 2011 New Year's Honours list for services to disabled sport.[6]
He was one of the torchbearers at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[7]
Valjee played Jamil in the BBC's series "Switch" (2001-2006), which featured deaf signing actors.[8]
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[edit | edit source]- 1969 births
- Living people
- BSL users
- Cricketers from Durban
- Deaf cricketers
- South African deaf people
- English deaf people
- English people of Indian descent
- Sportspeople of Indian descent
- British Asian cricketers
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Middlesex cricketers
- South African emigrants to the United Kingdom
- South African people of Indian descent