Hitesh Mehta

{{short description|Kenyan cricketer and architect}}

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| country = Kenya

| fullname = Hitesh Sukhlal Mehta

| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1959}}

| birth_place = Nairobi, Kenya Colony

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm off break

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| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 56

| bat avg1 = 28.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 33

| deliveries1 = 162

| wickets1 = 3

| bowl avg1 = 31.66

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 3/72

| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–

| date = 20 September

| year = 2021

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/24766.html Cricinfo

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Hitesh Sukhlal Mehta (born 1959) is a Kenyan architect and former first-class cricketer.

Mehta was born to an Indian family in Nairobi in 1959.{{cite web|url=https://www.peopleareculture.com/hitesh-mehta-ecoarchitect/ |title=Kenyan Eco-Architect Hitesh Mehta & the Web of Life |first=Meg |last=Pier |publisher=www.peopleareculture.com |access-date=2021-09-20}} He represented the East Africa cricket team in four matches in the 1979 ICC Trophy, before going on to represent the Kenya national cricket team in the 1982 and 1986 competitions, representing Kenya in twelve ICC Trophy matches.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/26/26928/ICC_Trophy_Matches.html |title=ICC Trophy Matches played by Hitesh Mehta |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2021-09-20|url-access=subscription}} He also made one appearance in first-class cricket for Kenya against the touring Pakistan Starlets at Nairobi in 1986.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/26/26928/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Hitesh Mehta |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2021-09-20|url-access=subscription}} Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 33 runs in the Kenyan first innings by Nadeem Ghauri, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 23 runs by Mohsin Kamal. With his right-arm off break bowling, he took 3 wickets for 72 runs in the Starlets first innings.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/47/47850.html |title=Kenya v Pakistan Starlets, 1986 |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2021-09-20|url-access=subscription}} Alongside his cricket career, Mehta worked as an eco-architect and was featured in National Geographic Adventure, which identified him as one of five sustainable tourism pioneers in the world in 2006. He wrote a book on ecolodges in 2010, Authentic Ecolodges, which was published by HarperCollins.