Humayun Farhat (; born 24 January 1981) is a Pakistani cricket coach and former

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er who played for the

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in 2001 as a

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in his only Test cricket match. He is one of two brothers to have played

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for Pakistan.

Personal life

His brother

Imran Farhat Imran Farhat (Punjabi:عمران فرحت , born 20 May 1982) is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer who played for Pakistan national cricket team between 2001 and 2013. He usually opened the batting in most of his international inni ...

has also played international cricket for Pakistan.

Cricket career

He played one Test match, in March 2001 against

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and five

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matches for

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. He is the only

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to have played Test cricket who has not recorded a single dismissal.. He played in five

s and a one test match for Pakistan. Due to the presence of wicketkeepers like

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and Rashid Latif, he could not really cement his place in the national team. In 2007, he participated in the unofficial

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(ICL), representing Lahore Badshahs. His participation in ICL meant that he was banned from the Pakistan team for life. The rise of

Kamran Akmal Kamran Akmal ( Punjabi, Urdu: ; born 13 January 1982) is a Pakistani cricket administrator, coach and former cricketer, who played for Pakistan as a right-handed batsman & wicketkeeper. He started his international career in November 2002 with ...

as the first-choice wicket-keeper in the late 2000s further dented his chances in the national team. He retired from domestic cricket after the 2014–15 season, having played more than a hundred

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and first-class matches.

Coaching career

In August 2021, for the 2021-22 domestic season, he was appointed fielding coach to the Central Punjab's first XI team and was also appointed head coach to its Under-19 and Under-16 squads. In November 2022, he began to undertake level 3 coaching courses with the PCB.

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