Farooq Hamid (born 3 March 1945) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in one Test in 1964.
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| Born | (1945-03-03) 3 March 1945 (age 77) Lahore, Punjab, British India (now Pakistan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only Test (cap 48) | 4 December 1964 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1961-62 to 1968-69 | Lahore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1962-63 to 1969-70 | PIA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNCricinfo, 13 June 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A tall right-arm opening bowler, Farooq Hamid made his first-class debut in 1961-62, and toured England with the Pakistan Eaglets in 1963. He played two matches for Pakistan against the Commonwealth XI in 1963-64, when Alf Gover judged that he was one of the fastest bowlers in the world, but lacked accuracy.[1]
Hamid toured Australia and New Zealand with the Pakistan team in 1964-65, playing his only Test against Australia in Melbourne. His only Test wicket was that of Ian Chappell, who was also playing his first Test match.[2] He continued playing first-class cricket in Pakistan until the 1969-70 season, when he retired owing to having received no encouragement or opportunity to play for his country.[3]
His best first-class bowling figures came in the match against Wellington in 1964-65, when he bowled unchanged through the innings to take 7 for 16 and dismiss Wellington for 53.[4] Playing for PIA against Peshawar in 1967-68 he took 5 for 30 and 5 for 20.[5]
Hamid's cousin Khalid Aziz also played first-class cricket in Pakistan and was a Test umpire. Farooq's sister Tahira Hamid helped to set up the Pakistan Women's Cricket Association in 1978.[6] She was the inaugural secretary.[7]