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Imran Farhat Biography

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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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