Humayun Farkhan | |
Country: | Pakistan |
Birth Date: | 5 April 1947 |
Birth Place: | Lyallpur, British India |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Slow left-arm orthodox |
Club1: | Sargodha |
Year1: | 1964-65 to 1977-78 |
Club2: | Punjab University |
Year2: | 1968-69 to 1969-70 |
Club3: | Faisalabad |
Year3: | 1984-85 to 1985-86 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 38 |
Runs1: | 638 |
Bat Avg1: | 13.02 |
100S/50S1: | 0/1 |
Top Score1: | 52 |
Deliveries1: | 8682 |
Wickets1: | 147 |
Bowl Avg1: | 21.19 |
Fivefor1: | 9 |
Tenfor1: | 1 |
Best Bowling1: | 6/23 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 28/ - |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/40520.html Cricinfo |
Date: | 17 September 2014 |
Humayun Farkhan (born 4 April 1947) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1964 to 1985.[1]
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]