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{{Short description|Pakistani cricketer (born 1938)}}
{{other uses|Mohammad Farooq (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2018}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Mohammad Farooq
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|4|8|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Junagadh]], [[Gujarat]], [[British India]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium
| columns = 2
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]
| matches1 = 7
| runs1 = 85
| bat avg1 = 17.00
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 47
| deliveries1 = 1,422
| wickets1 = 21
| bowl avg1 = 32.47
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 4/70
| catches/stumpings1= 1/–
| column2 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches2 = 33
| runs2 = 173
| bat avg2 = 12.35
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| top score2 = 47
| deliveries2 = 6,126
| wickets2 = 123
| bowl avg2 = 26.98
| fivefor2 = 5
| tenfor2 = 1
| best bowling2 = 6/87
| catches/stumpings2= 7/–
| international = true
| country = Pakistan
| testdebutagainst = India
| testdebutdate = 2 December
| testdebutyear = 1960
| lasttestdate = 9 April
| lasttestagainst = New Zealand
| lasttestyear = 1965
| testcap = 37
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/41284.html Cricinfo
| date = 9 July 2017
}}
'''Mohammad Farooq''' (born 8 April 1938) is a former Pakistani international [[cricket]]er who played in seven [[Test cricket|Test matches]] between 1960 and 1965.

==Cricket career==
Mohammad Farooq was one of Pakistan's fastest bowlers in the 1960s, but his career was short.<ref>[[Christopher Martin-Jenkins]], ''The Complete Who's Who of Test Cricketers'', Rigby, Adelaide, 1983, p. 469.</ref> He made his name in 1959–60, his first season of [[first-class cricket]]. In his third first-class match, he took 6 for 87 runs and 5 for 98 to bowl [[Karachi cricket teams|Karachi]] to victory in the final of the [[Quaid-e-Azam Trophy]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Karachi v Lahore 1959-60|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/23/23955.html|website=CricketArchive|accessdate=10 July 2017}}</ref> He was selected to tour India with [[Pakistani cricket team in India in 1960–61|the Pakistan team in 1960–61]] and played in the first Test, taking the first three Indian wickets and finishing with 4 for 139 from 46 overs.<ref>{{cite web|title=India v Pakistan, Bombay 1960-61|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/pakistan-tour-of-india-1960-61-61527/india-vs-pakistan-1st-test-62883/full-scorecard|website=Cricinfo|access-date=10 July 2017}}</ref> Pakistan, however, replaced him with a batsman for the second Test, and he did not return to the team until the fifth Test, when he took two wickets.<ref>"Pakistan in India, 1960-61", ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' 1962, pp. 854–63.</ref>

Farooq toured [[Pakistani cricket team in England in 1962|England in 1962]]. He was successful in the early county matches and took 4 for 70 when included in the team for the second Test at [[Lord's]], including the wickets of [[Ted Dexter]] and [[Ken Barrington]], both [[caught behind]] off successive balls.<ref>{{cite web |title=England vs Pakistan, 2nd Test at London, Jun 21 1962 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/pakistan-tour-of-england-1962-61451/england-vs-pakistan-2nd-test-62917/full-scorecard |website=Cricinfo |access-date=16 November 2024}}</ref> He was, however, being asked to do too much bowling and succumbed to injury after the third Test and took no further part in the tour.<ref>"Pakistan in England, 1962", ''Wisden'' 1963, pp. 300-38.</ref>

After the tour, Farooq played no first-class cricket for more than two years, but returned in the 1964–65 season. After showing good form in domestic cricket he returned to the Test team against [[New Zealand cricket team in Pakistan in 1964–65|the touring New Zealanders]]. He was the most successful bowler on either side in the three-Test series, taking 10 wickets at an [[bowling average|average]] of 25.30 runs per wicket. In the first Test, at [[Pindi Club Ground|Rawalpindi]], he took 2 for 57 and 3 for 25, and going to the crease when Pakistan were 253 for 9, he scored 47 runs, his highest first-class score, in a tenth-wicket partnership of 65 in 54 minutes with [[Salahuddin (cricketer)|Salahuddin]].<ref>"New Zealand in India and Pakistan, 1964-65", ''Wisden'' 1966, pp. 902–6.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Pakistan v New Zealand, Rawalpindi 1964-65|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/27/27318.html|website=CricketArchive|accessdate=10 July 2017}}</ref> After the third Test of the series, which Pakistan won 2–0, he played no further first-class cricket.<ref name=CI>{{cite web |title=Mohammad Farooq |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/41284.html |website=Cricinfo |access-date=11 March 2021}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=41284}}

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