Humayun Farkhan

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Humayun Farkhan
Personal information
Full nameHumayun Farkhan
Born (1947-04-05) 5 April 1947 (age 73)
Lyallpur, British India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1964-65 to 1977-78 Sargodha
1968-69 to 1969-70 Punjab University
1984-85 to 1985-86 Faisalabad
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches38
Runs scored638
Batting average 13.02
100s/50s0/1
Top score52
Balls bowled8682
Wickets 147
Bowling average 21.19
5 wickets in innings 9
10 wickets in match1
Best bowling6/23
Catches/stumpings 28/
Source: Cricinfo, 17 September 2014

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. [1] 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. [2] 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. [3] 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. [4]

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. [5] In his first match he led Faisalabad to their first victory, over Gujranwala, taking seven wickets. [6] 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. [7]

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