Humayun Farkhan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Humayun Farkhan

cricketer

Date of Birth: 04-Apr-1947

Place of Birth: Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: Pakistan

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Humayun Farkhan

  • Humayun Farkhan (born 4 April 1947, Lyallpur, British India) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1964 to 1985. 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.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.
  • In his first match he led Faisalabad to their first victory, over Gujranwala, taking seven wickets.
  • 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.

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