Riaz Farcy
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| Full name | Mohamed Riaz Farcy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 January 1967 Hong Kong |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium pace | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: CricketArchive, 5 January 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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]
Born in Hong Kong on 15 January 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]
References
- ↑ Cricinfo profile
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 CricketArchive profile
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Other matches played by Riaz Farcy at CricketArchive
- ↑ First-class matches played by Riaz Farcy at CricketArchive
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 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
