Humayun Farkhan (born 4 April 1947) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1964 to 1985.
A slow left-arm orthodox bowler, Farkhan made his first-class debut in the 1964-65 season, taking 5 for 60 for Sargodha against Combined Services.Sargodha v Combined Services 1964-65 He played occasionally in the next few years, and took 6 for 204 for Sargodha when Lahore made 774 for 9 declared in the quarter-final of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in 1968-69.Lahore v Sargodha 1968-69 In 1970-71, captaining Sargodha against Peshawar, he scored 38 (second-highest score) and 36 (top score) and took 3 for 19 and 5 for 27 in a low-scoring match that Sargodha won by 94 runs.Peshawar v Sargodha 1970-71 In 1974-75 he took 6 for 61 and 6 for 23 for Sargodha against Lahore B, but it was not enough to prevent a 114-run loss in a match in which 40 wickets fell for 406 runs.Wisden 1976, p. 1040.
He played no first-class cricket between the 1977-78 season and 1984–85, when Faisalabad, who had been unsuccessful in their initial first-class season in 1983-84, appointed him to captain the team in 1984-85. He led them to their first two victories that season and took 20 wickets himself at an average of 18.00.Faisalabad Patron's Trophy bowling 1984-85 In his first match he led Faisalabad to their first victory, over Gujranwala, taking seven wickets.Faisalabad v Gujranwala 1984-85 He led Faisalabad to three victories out of four matches in 1985-86, then retired from first-class cricket.
His brother, Sajjad Farkhan, also played first-class cricket for Sargodha and Faisalabad.Sajjad Farkhan at CricketArchive
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Humayun Farkhan at CricketArchive