Humayun Farkhan (born 4 April 1947) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1964 to 1985.[1]
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| Born | 5 April 1947 Lyallpur, British India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964-65 to 1977-78 | Sargodha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1968-69 to 1969-70 | Punjab University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1984-85 to 1985-86 | Faisalabad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 17 September 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A slow left-arm orthodox bowler, Farkhan made his first-class debut in the 1964-65 season, taking 5 for 60 for Sargodha against Combined Services.[2] He played occasionally in the next few years, and took 6 for 204 for Sargodha when Lahore made 774 for 9 declared in the quarter-final of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in 1968-69.[3] In 1970-71, captaining Sargodha against Peshawar, he scored 38 (second-top score) and 36 (top score) and took 3 for 19 and 5 for 27 in a low-scoring match that Sargodha won by 94 runs.[4] In 1974-75 he took 6 for 61 and 6 for 23 for Sargodha against Lahore B, but it was not enough to prevent a 114-run loss in a match in which 40 wickets fell for 406 runs.[5]
He played no first-class cricket between the 1977-78 season and 1984–85, when Faisalabad, who had been unsuccessful in their initial first-class season in 1983-84, appointed him to captain the team in 1984-85. He led them to their first two victories that season and took 20 wickets himself at an average of 18.00.[6] In his first match he led Faisalabad to their first victory, over Gujranwala, taking seven wickets.[7] He led Faisalabad to three victories out of four matches in 1985-86, then retired from first-class cricket.
His brother, Sajjad Farkhan, also played first-class cricket for Sargodha and Faisalabad.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Humayun Farkhan". Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- ^ Sargodha v Combined Services 1964-65
- ^ Lahore v Sargodha 1968-69
- ^ Peshawar v Sargodha 1970-71
- ^ Wisden 1976, p. 1040.
- ^ Faisalabad Patron's Trophy bowling 1984-85
- ^ Faisalabad v Gujranwala 1984-85
- ^ Sajjad Farkhan at CricketArchive