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Imran Farhat
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<h2 id="personal-life">Personal life</h2> <p>His brother <a href="/facts/Humayun_Farhat/a3uX5b50">Humayun Farhat</a> has also played International cricket for Pakistan. </p><p>He's the son-in-law of former Pakistani Test batsman <a href="/facts/Mohammad_Ilyas_(cricketer)/uqescnQ4">Mohammad Ilyas</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p><p>He is an alumnus of the <a href="/facts/Beaconhouse_School_System/6QTx9ASh">Beaconhouse School System</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="cricket-career">Cricket career</h2> <h3>Domestic career</h3> <p>Farhat made his senior debut aged 15 in a <a href="/facts/One-day_cricket/hydCby00">one-day</a> match for Karachi City against <a href="/facts/Malaysia_national_cricket_team/gI2roGk7">Malaysia</a>, together with three other players who went on to play Test cricket (<a href="/facts/Taufeeq_Umar/29ABApEU">Taufeeq Umar</a>, <a href="/facts/Bazid_Khan/sPLo2gTj">Bazid Khan</a> and <a href="/facts/Kamran_Akmal/F0F86cyR">Kamran Akmal</a>). </p><p>He continued to score heavily in the domestic competitions and a century in a practice game against the visiting Indian team was rewarded with a place in the squad to take on India in the Test series in 2006. </p><p>In the <a href="/facts/2012%E2%80%9313_Quaid-e-Azam_Trophy/e5M90TFT">2012–13 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy</a>, Farhat scored 303 runs for <a href="/facts/Lahore_Ravi/v02GnUCD">Lahore Ravi</a> against <a href="/facts/Peshawar_cricket_team/E7hItDVT">Peshawar</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> He was the leading run-scorer for <a href="/facts/Habib_Bank_Limited_cricket_team/4t1CUTzw">Habib Bank Limited</a> in the <a href="/facts/2017%E2%80%9318_Quaid-e-Azam_Trophy/Ko573wqH">2017–18 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy</a>, with 494 runs in ten matches.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> He was also the leading run-scorer for Habib Bank Limited in the <a href="/facts/2018%E2%80%9319_Quaid-e-Azam_Trophy/qMV9KaxT">2018–19 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy</a>, with 744 runs in eleven matches.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p><p>In September 2019, he was named in <a href="/facts/Balochistan_cricket_team/LPej6o8N">Balochistan</a>'s squad for the <a href="/facts/2019%E2%80%9320_Quaid-e-Azam_Trophy/EgH7Gn87">2019–20 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy</a> tournament.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> In January 2021, he was named as the captain of Balochistan for the <a href="/facts/2020%E2%80%9321_Pakistan_Cup/pH41wMGk">2020–21 Pakistan Cup</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> </p> <h3>International career</h3> <p>Three years later, in February 2001, Farhat made his <a href="/facts/One_Day_International/EBq50MAd">One Day International</a> debut, against <a href="/facts/New_Zealand_national_cricket_team/tTvc2N2k">New Zealand</a> in <a href="/facts/Auckland/wRcayHa2">Auckland</a>, 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 <a href="/facts/Australia_national_cricket_team/GtjyHHS7">Australia</a> 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 <a href="/facts/South_Africa_national_cricket_team/V0M79Mrp">South Africa</a> in 2003–04, where he scored 235 runs including a maiden Test century in a 1–0 series win, second behind fellow opener <a href="/facts/Taufeeq_Umar/29ABApEU">Taufeeq Umar</a>. </p><p>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 <a href="/facts/Batting_average_(cricket)/NVu2NfpX">batting average</a> of 69.60, once again the second-highest number of runs – this time behind <a href="/facts/Yasir_Hameed/8m556MHa">Yasir Hameed</a>. The season was rounded off with another century, this time against <a href="/facts/India_national_cricket_team/m3wL0Y1x">India</a>, 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. </p><p>Farhat was less impressive the following season, however, and in four Tests, two against <a href="/facts/Sri_Lanka_national_cricket_team/wslBH0vT">Sri Lanka</a> and two against <a href="/facts/Australia_national_cricket_team/GtjyHHS7">Australia</a>, 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. </p><p>In September 2004, just before the 2004–2005 season, he had been dropped from the ODI side following the <a href="/facts/2004_ICC_Champions_Trophy/fwpJbQs9">2004 Champions Trophy</a>, as he had failed to pass 40 with any of his last ten innings, and that included 38 <a href="/facts/Not_out/4m3glflk">not out</a> against the non-Test nation of <a href="/facts/Kenya_national_cricket_team/b98IqFm9">Kenya</a>, 20 against ODI debutants Hong Kong and 24 against <a href="/facts/Bangladesh_national_cricket_team/rProcMeD">Bangladesh</a>. </p><p>He returned to Test cricket in style against India, with an important half century in the deciding third Test at Karachi. He scored a brilliant unbeaten century in the final test against <a href="/facts/New_Zealand_national_cricket_team/tTvc2N2k">New Zealand</a> in 2009. </p> <h2 id="coaching-career">Coaching career</h2> <p>In February 2021, he began to undertake level 2 coaching courses with the <a href="/facts/Pakistan_Cricket_Board/7tcXVbR4">Pakistan Cricket Board</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> </p><p>In September 2022, he was appointed batting coach to the Bahawalpur Royals squad for the inaugural season of the <a href="/facts/Pakistan_Junior_League/gaqDS70M">Pakistan Junior League</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> </p><p>In November 2022, he began to undertake level 3 coaching courses with the PCB.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> </p><p>In February 2023, he was appointed batting coach to the <a href="/facts/Afghanistan_national_cricket_team/60wUsbFV">Afghanistan team</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/40582.html">Imran Farhat</a> at <a href="/facts/ESPNcricinfo/8td80KUS">ESPNcricinfo</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Imran Farhat eyeing permanent place in national side". zeenews.india.com Retrieved 2013-05-08. <a href="http://zeenews.india.com/sports/cricket/imran-farhat-eyeing-permanent-place-in-national-side_761042.html" target="_blank">http://zeenews.india.com/sports/cricket/imran-farhat-eyeing-permanent-place-in-national-side_761042.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"PCB congratulates Imran Farhat on successful career". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 26 January 2021. <a href="https://www.pcb.com.pk/press-release-detail/pcb-congratulates-imran-farhat-on-successful-career.html" target="_blank">https://www.pcb.com.pk/press-release-detail/pcb-congratulates-imran-farhat-on-successful-career.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Cricketing dynasties: The 22 families of Pakistan Test cricket – Part 2". The News International. Pakistan. <a href="https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/665476-cricketing-dynasties-the-22-families-of-pakistan-test-cricket-part-2" target="_blank">https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/665476-cricketing-dynasties-the-22-families-of-pakistan-test-cricket-part-2</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Pak school kids 'make up' for cricket team's defeat". 14 November 2007. Archived from the original on 9 October 2008. Retrieved 27 June 2009. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081009203140/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Pak-school-kids-make-up-for-cricket-teams-defeat/239073/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20081009203140/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Pak-school-kids-make-up-for-cricket-teams-defeat/239073/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Ahsan Ali, ninth batter to record triple century in Quaid-e-Azam Trophy". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 13 November 2021. <a href="https://www.pcb.com.pk/news-detail/ahsan-ali-ninth-batter-to-record-triple-century-in-quaid-e-azam-trophy.html" target="_blank">https://www.pcb.com.pk/news-detail/ahsan-ali-ninth-batter-to-record-triple-century-in-quaid-e-azam-trophy.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, 2017/18: Habib Bank Limited Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 April 2018. <a href="http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=12073;team=2798;type=tournament" target="_blank">http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=12073;team=2798;type=tournament</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, 2018/19 – Habib Bank Limited: Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 December 2018. <a href="http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=12568;team=2798;type=tournament" target="_blank">http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=12568;team=2798;type=tournament</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"PCB announces squads for 2019-20 domestic season". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 4 September 2019. <a href="https://www.pcb.com.pk/press-release-detail/pcb-announces-squads-for-2019-20-domestic-season.html" target="_blank">https://www.pcb.com.pk/press-release-detail/pcb-announces-squads-for-2019-20-domestic-season.html</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Sarfaraz Ahmed and Babar Azam to take charge of Pakistan domestic sides". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 September 2019. <a href="https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27527401/sarfaraz-ahmed-babar-azam-take-charge-pakistan-domestic-sides" target="_blank">https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27527401/sarfaraz-ahmed-babar-azam-take-charge-pakistan-domestic-sides</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"Pakistan Cup One-Day Tournament promises action-packed cricket". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 7 January 2021. <a href="https://www.pcb.com.pk/press-release-detail/pakistan-cup-one-day-tournament-promises-action-packed-cricket.html" target="_blank">https://www.pcb.com.pk/press-release-detail/pakistan-cup-one-day-tournament-promises-action-packed-cricket.html</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"Pakistan Cup One-Day Tournament: Fixtures Schedule, Teams, Player Squads – All you need to Know". Cricket World. Retrieved 7 January 2021. <a href="https://www.cricketworld.com/pakistan-cup-one-day-tournament-fixtures-schedule-teams-player-squads-all-you-need-to-know/68040.htm" target="_blank">https://www.cricketworld.com/pakistan-cup-one-day-tournament-fixtures-schedule-teams-player-squads-all-you-need-to-know/68040.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>"Former Test, first-class and women cricketers attending Level-II coaching course". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 24 February 2021. <a href="https://www.pcb.com.pk/press-release-detail/former-test-first-class-and-women-cricketers-attending-level-ii-coaching-course.html" target="_blank">https://www.pcb.com.pk/press-release-detail/former-test-first-class-and-women-cricketers-attending-level-ii-coaching-course.html</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>"PJL coaching staff for the inaugural season announced". PCB. 8 September 2022. <a href="https://www.pcb.com.pk/press-release-detail/pjl-coaching-staff-for-the-inaugural-season-announced.html" target="_blank">https://www.pcb.com.pk/press-release-detail/pjl-coaching-staff-for-the-inaugural-season-announced.html</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>"Level 3 coaching course begins on Thursday". PCB. 16 November 2022. <a href="https://www.pcb.com.pk/press-release-detail/level-3-coaching-course-begins-on-thursday.html" target="_blank">https://www.pcb.com.pk/press-release-detail/level-3-coaching-course-begins-on-thursday.html</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>Anjum, Muhammad Yousaf (12 February 2023). "Rana Naved, Imran Farhat land coaching gigs with Afghanistan Cricket". Cricket Pakistan. <a href="https://cricketpakistan.com.pk/en/news/detail/rana-naved-imran-farhat-land-coaching-gigs-with-afghanistan-cricket" target="_blank">https://cricketpakistan.com.pk/en/news/detail/rana-naved-imran-farhat-land-coaching-gigs-with-afghanistan-cricket</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>