Imran Farhat Biography
Imran Farhat (born 20 May 1982 in Lahore) is a Pakistani cricketer who has played 20 Tests and 26 One Day Internationals for Pakistan, opening the batting in 47 of his 49 international innings. When in form, Farhat is an excellent player of the pull shot. However, he has the tendency to fall for one too many. A fine player of the drives either side of the wicket Farhat made his senior debut aged 15 in a one-day match for Lahore City against Malaysia, together with three other players who went on to play Test cricket (Taufeeq Umar, Bazid Khan and Kamran Akmal). Three years later, in February 2001, Farhat made his One Day International debut, against New Zealand in Auckland, scoring five runs in a chase of 150 to win. After the tour of New Zealand, where Farhat played three Tests and three ODIs, he was sent back to domestic cricket before returning against Australia in the third Test of the 2002–03 series, where he made 29 and 18 in an innings defeat. However, he was retained for the home two-Test series against South Africa in 2003–04, where he scored 235 runs including a maiden Test century in a 1–0 series win, second behind fellow opener Taufeeq Umar. A month later, Farhat played in an ODI-only series against New Zealand, which Pakistan won 5–0, and Farhat made three fifties along with his second international century, ending with 348 runs at a batting average of 69.60, once again the second-highest amount of runs — this time behind Yasir Hameed. The season was rounded off with another century, this time against India, where he made 101 to help Pakistan gain a 202-run first-innings lead and eventually won the match by nine wickets. However, Farhat tallied 81 runs in the other two matches, which Pakistan lost to lose the series 1–2. Farhat was less impressive the following season, however, and in four Tests, two against Sri Lanka and two against Australia, he only passed fifty twice, ending the season with 199 runs at 24.87 before the selectors left him out for the third Test of the series with Australia. In September 2004, just before the 2004–2005 season, he had been dropped from the ODI side following the 2004 Champions Trophy, as he had failed to pass 40 with any of his last ten innings, and that included 38 not out against the non-Test nation of Kenya, 20 against ODI debutants Hong Kong and 24 against bottom-ranked Bangladesh. He continued to score heavily in the domestic competitions and a century in a practise game against the visiting Indian team was rewarded with a place in the squad to take on India in the Test series (2006). He returned to Test cricket in style, with an important half century in the deciding third Test at Karachi. His brother Humayun Farhat has also played International cricket for pakistan
Full Name: Imran Farhat
Date of Birth: May 20, 1982, Lahore, Punjab
Major Team: Pakistan, Biman Bangladesh, Habib Bank Limited, ICL Pakistan XI, Lahore, Lahore Badshahs, Lahore Eagles, Lahore Lions, Pakistan Reserves
Playing Roll: Batsman
Batting Style: Left
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Nick Name: Romi
Current age 29 years 14 days
Major teams Pakistan, Biman Bangladesh, Habib Bank Limited, ICL Pakistan XI, Lahore, Lahore Badshahs, Lahore Eagles, Lahore Lions, Pakistan Reserves
Also known as Romi
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Relation Father-in-law - Mohammad Ilyas, Brother - Humayun Farhat
A gifted young left-handed opener who threatened at one stage to solve Pakistan's perennial opening conundrum, Imran Farhat had a brief spell in the Pakistan side after success with the national under-19 and A sides. Farhat also evokes Saeed Anwar but only fleetingly; he bludgeons rather than times his runs. He was rather too cavalier in his early appearances in the Test arena, and was promptly discarded after the tour to New Zealand in 2000-01. However, he tightened his game and achieved much more success in the 2003-04 season. Tempering his impressive array of shots with better defensive technique, Farhat scored a deluge of runs in the home series against South Africa and New Zealand, being involved in a record four successive hundred partnerships with Yasir Hameed in the one-day internationals against New Zealand. He also notched up his first century in both Tests and ODIs during this season, and then went on to score a vital 101 in Pakistan's victory against India in the Lahore Test. But since the India series, he has fallen away. A mediocre series at home to Sri Lanka and away to Australia saw him falter, especially with the emergence of the other left-handed opener, Salman Butt. When Pakistan included only one specialist opener in the squad for the series against England in 2005 - Butt - seemingly it confirmed that Farhat, temporarily, was out of national reckoning. But as an opener in Pakistan, you are never out of national reckoning and sure enough Farhat was back for the final Test against India, where he scored a fifty. That performance saw him on the plane to Sri Lanka and an average series. But with openers becoming as rare as dinosuars in Pakistan, he was retained for the summer tour to England, where he again produced some mixed results. Despite failures in the first two Tests, a broken finger and a spate of dropped catches, he came back to score a cavalier 91 in the final, fateful Oval Test. Runs against West Indies at home were followed by a barren patch in South Africa. A first away hundred followed by a patient half-century in the Napier Test of 2009 has set him up for a long sojourn in the Test side. His ODI career has however hit roadblocks since he was dropped after an indifferent run of scores in 2006.
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A gifted young left-handed opener who threatened at one stage to solve Pakistan's perennial opening conundrum, Imran Farhat had a brief spell in the Pakistan side after success with the national under-19 and A sides. Farhat also evokes Saeed Anwar but only fleetingly; he bludgeons rather than times his runs. He was rather too cavalier in his early appearances in the Test arena, and was promptly discarded after the tour to New Zealand in 2000-01. However, he tightened his game and achieved much more success in the 2003-04 season. Tempering his impressive array of shots with better defensive technique, Farhat scored a deluge of runs in the home series against South Africa and New Zealand, being involved in a record four successive hundred partnerships with Yasir Hameed in the one-day internationals against New Zealand. He also notched up his first century in both Tests and ODIs during this season, and then went on to score a vital 101 in Pakistan's victory against India in the Lahore Test. But since the India series, he has fallen away. A mediocre series at home to Sri Lanka and away to Australia saw him falter, especially with the emergence of the other left-handed opener, Salman Butt. When Pakistan included only one specialist opener in the squad for the series against England in 2005 - Butt - seemingly it confirmed that Farhat, temporarily, was out of national reckoning. But as an opener in Pakistan, you are never out of national reckoning and sure enough Farhat was back for the final Test against India, where he scored a fifty. That performance saw him on the plane to Sri Lanka and an average series. But with openers becoming as rare as dinosuars in Pakistan, he was retained for the summer tour to England, where he again produced some mixed results. Despite failures in the first two Tests, a broken finger and a spate of dropped catches, he came back to score a cavalier 91 in the final, fateful Oval Test. Runs against West Indies at home were followed by a barren patch in South Africa. A first away hundred followed by a patient half-century in the Napier Test of 2009 has set him up for a long sojourn in the Test side. His ODI career has however hit roadblocks since he was dropped after an indifferent run of scores in 2006.
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One Day Internationals for Pakistan, opening the batting in most of his international innings. Farhat made his senior debut aged 15 in a one-day match for Lahore City against Malaysia, together with three other players who went on to play Test cricket (Taufeeq Umar, Bazid Khan and Kamran Akmal). Three years later, in February 2001, Farhat made his One Day International debut, against New Zealand in Auckland, scoring 20 runs in a chase of 150 to win. After the tour of New Zealand, where Farhat played three Tests and three ODIs, he was sent back to domestic cricket before returning against Australia in the third Test of the 2002–03 series, where he made 30 and 22 in an innings defeat. However, he was retained for the home two-Test series against South Africa in 2003–04, where he scored 235 runs including a maiden Test century in a 1–0 series win, second behind fellow...
International Debut: 2001
Batting and fielding records
M Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Test 39 75 2 2327 128 31.88 4819 48.29 3 14 340 4 40 -
ODI 37 37 1 1114 107 30.94 1591 70.02 1 7 120 14 13 -
T20I 5 5 0 41 14 8.20 45 91.11 - - 7 - 4 -
Bowling records
M Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Eco SR 4W 5W 10W
Test 39 15 427 284 3 2/69 2/69 94.67 3.99 142.33 - - -
ODI 37 8 116 110 6 3/10 3/10 18.33 5.69 19.33 - - -
T20I 5 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Career Statistics
Test Debut: New Zealand v Pakistan at Auckland, 08-12, Mar 2001
ODI Debut: New Zealand v Pakistan at Auckland, Feb 17, 2001
Twenty20 Debut: Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, Feb 05, 2010
Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 39 75 2 2327 128 31.87 4819 48.28 3 14 340 4 40 0
ODIs 37 37 1 1114 107 30.94 1591 70.01 1 7 120 14 13 0
T20Is 5 5 0 41 14 8.20 45 91.11 0 0 7 0 3 0
First-class 144 249 13 9643 242 40.86 23 41 134 0
List A 141 139 10 4670 164 36.20 11 22 63 0
Twenty20 22 22 1 596 115 28.38 404 147.52 1 3 78 20 11 0
Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 39 15 427 284 3 2/69 2/69 94.66 3.99 142.3 0 0 0
ODIs 37 8 116 110 6 3/10 3/10 18.33 5.68 19.3 0 0 0
T20Is 5 - - - - - - - - - - - -
First-class 144 5380 3062 103 7/31 29.72 3.41 52.2 2 0
List A 141 2765 2398 83 4/13 4/13 28.89 5.20 33.3 3 0 0
Twenty20 22 14 292 382 24 5/26 5/26 15.91 7.84 12.1 0 1 0
Recent matches
Bat & Bowl Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
5, 3/56, 15 Punjab (Pak) v Khyber-Pak Lahore 9 Mar 2011 First-class
4, 128 Punjab (Pak) v Baluchistan Lahore 3 Mar 2011 First-class
65, 0/1 Punjab (Pak) v Federal Lahore 25 Feb 2011 First-class
75, 2/77 Punjab (Pak) v Sind Lahore 19 Feb 2011 First-class
0 Habib Bank v National Bnk Lahore 8 Feb 2011 List A
0/10, 89 Habib Bank v WAPDA Lahore 6 Feb 2011 List A
1/17, 12* Habib Bank v PIA Rawalpindi 3 Feb 2011 List A
164, 1/28 Habib Bank v Leopards Islamabad 1 Feb 2011 List A
1, 1/8 Habib Bank v K Dolphins Rawalpindi 30 Jan 2011 List A
150 Habib Bank v Sui Gas Islamabad 28 Jan 2011 List A
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Nov 2, 2010
Imran Farhat made a watchful 47
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Aug 21, 2010
Graeme Swann trapped Imran Farhat leg before
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Aug 21, 2010
Imran Farhat uses his feet against Graeme Swann
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