Riaz Farcy
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| Riaz Farcy | ||||
 Hong Kong |
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| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mohamed Riaz Farcy | |||
| Born | 15 January 1967 | |||
| Hong Kong | ||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium pace | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1989 | Sri Lanka Board XI | |||
| 1989 | Colts Cricket Club | |||
| First-class debut | 7 April 1989: Colts Cricket Club v Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club | |||
| Last First-class | 25 August 1989: Sri Lanka Board XI v Burgher Recreation Club | |||
| ICC Trophy debut | 13 February 1994: Hong Kong v Denmark | |||
| Last ICC Trophy | 4 April 1997: Hong Kong v Ireland | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| First-class | ICC Trophy | |||
| Matches | 5 | 14 | ||
| Runs scored | 63 | 387 | ||
| Batting average | 12.60 | 27.64 | ||
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | 1/1 | ||
| Top score | 24 | 102 | ||
| Balls bowled | 217 | 410 | ||
| Wickets | 3 | 12 | ||
| Bowling average | 31.66 | 20.41 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | n/a | ||
| Best bowling | 1/16 | 2/9 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 5/0 | 0/0 | ||
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As of 5 January 2008 |
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Mohamed Riaz Farcy is a former cricketer from Hong Kong.[1] A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler,[2] He played for the Hong Kong cricket team between 1993 and 1998.[3]
[edit] Biography
Born in Hong Kong in 1967,[2] Farcy played first-class cricket in Sri Lanka in 1989. He played three matches in the Lakspray Trophy for Colts Cricket Club and two for a Sri Lanka Board XI.[4] He made his debut for Hong Kong in 1993, playing against Bangladesh.[3] He then represented Hong Kong at the 1994 ICC Trophy in Nairobi.[5]
In 1996, he played for Hong Kong at the first ACC Trophy tournament[6] and in the Hong Kong Sixes.[3] He also played in the Tuanku Ja'afar Cup that year, setting the record for the highest score in the tournament's history when he scored 178 against Thailand.[7] He represented Hong Kong in the 1997 ICC Trophy in Kuala Lumpur,[5] winning the man of the match award after scoring a century against Italy.[8]
He played in the Hong Kong Sixes a second time in 1997, and his last known appearance for Hong Kong was in the 1998 ACC Trophy, his last match being the semi-final against Malaysia.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Cricinfo profile
- ^ a b CricketArchive profile
- ^ a b c d Other matches played by Riaz Farcy at CricketArchive
- ^ First-class matches played by Riaz Farcy at CricketArchive
- ^ a b ICC Trophy matches played by Riaz Farcy at CricketArchive
- ^ 1996 ACC Trophy at CricketEurope
- ^ Encyclopedia of World Cricket by Roy Morgan, Sports Books Publishing, 2007
- ^ Scorecard of Hong Kong v Italy, 28 March 1997 at CricketArchive
