Imran Farhat Biography
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Full name Imran Farhat – Also known as Romi
Born May 20, 1982, Lahore, Punjab
Major teams Pakistan, Biman Bangladesh, Habib Bank Limited,
ICL Pakistan XI, Lahore, Lahore Badshahs, Lahore Eagles, Lahore Lions, Pakistan
Reserves
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Relation Father-in-law – Mohammad Ilyas, Brother – Humayun
Farhat
Imran Farhat is a Pakistani cricketer who has played over 30
Tests and One Day Internationals for Pakistan, opening the batting in most of
his international innings.
Career
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 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 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. He scored a brilliant unbeaten century in the
final test against New Zealand in 2009. His brother Humayun Farhat has also
played International cricket for Pakistan.
In 2010 he was not as successful in England against
Australia and England. He dropped vital catches.
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