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
(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.
| Test debut | New Zealand v Pakistan at Auckland, Mar 8-12, 2001 scorecard |
| Last Test | South Africa v Pakistan at Centurion, Feb 22-24, 2013 scorecard |
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| ODI debut | New Zealand v Pakistan at Auckland, Feb 17-18, 2001 scorecard |
| Last ODI | Pakistan v South Africa at Birmingham, Jun 10, 2013 scorecard |
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| T20I debut | Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, Feb 5, 2010 scorecard |
| Last T20I | Bangladesh v Pakistan at Dhaka, Nov 29, 2011 scorecard |
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| First-class debut | 1998/99 |
| Last First-class | Habib Bank Limited v Pakistan Television at Lahore, Jan 6-9, 2014 scorecard |
| List A debut | 1997/98 |
| Last List A | Habib Bank Limited v Pakistan Television at Lahore, Jan 11, 2014 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Karachi Dolphins v Lahore Lions at Lahore, Apr 25, 2005 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | Habib Bank Limited v Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited at Lahore, Dec 1, 2013 scorecard |
Imran Farhat
Imran Farhat
Imran Farhat
Imran Farhat
Imran Farhat
Imran Farhat
Imran Farhat
Imran Farhat
Imran Farhat
Imran Farhat
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