Farveez Maharoof      

Sri Lanka

Full name Mohamed Farveez Maharoof

Born September 7, 1984, Colombo

Current age 26 years 29 days

Major teams Sri Lanka, Asia XI,Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club, Colombo Cricket Club,Delhi Daredevils, Nondescripts Cricket Club, Sri Lanka A,Sri Lanka Schools XI, Sri Lanka Under-15s, Sri Lanka Under-19s,Wayamba, Wesley College

Also known as Fara

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	20	31	4	538	72	19.92	1345	40.00	0	3	66	3	6	0
ODIs	94	64	15	984	69*	20.08	1155	85.19	0	2	83	22	20	0
T20Is	7	4	1	23	13*	7.66	27	85.18	0	0	0	1	2	0
First-class	49	72	7	1442	115*	22.18	3129	46.08	2	4			25	0
List A	149	110	23	1866	70*	21.44	2342	79.67	0	6			34	0
Twenty20	45	30	11	293	39	15.42	255	114.90	0	0	20	12	13	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	20	32	2628	1458	24	4/52	5/122	60.75	3.32	109.5	1	0	0
ODIs	94	91	3932	3133	121	6/14	6/14	25.89	4.78	32.4	4	2	0
T20Is	7	7	144	173	7	2/18	2/18	24.71	7.20	20.5	0	0	0
First-class	49		5958	3234	99	7/73		32.66	3.25	60.1	5	1	0
List A	149		6072	4875	173	6/14	6/14	28.17	4.81	35.0	6	2	0
Twenty20	45	45	912	1125	45	3/21	3/21	25.00	7.40	20.2	0	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Harare, May 6-8, 2004 scorecard
Last Test	Australia v Sri Lanka at Hobart, Nov 16-20, 2007 scorecard
Test statistics	- Statsguru Test analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  Test match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Bowling career summary  Bowling innings list  Bowling match list  Best innings bowling  Best match bowling  Bowling series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Most catches in an innings  Fielding series statistics
ODI debut	Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Harare, Apr 25, 2004 scorecard
Last ODI	Sri Lanka v India at Dambulla, Jun 24, 2010 scorecard
ODI statistics	- Statsguru ODI analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  ODI match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Bowling career summary  Bowling innings list  Best innings bowling  Bowling series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Most catches in an innings  Fielding series statistics
T20I debut	England v Sri Lanka at Southampton, Jun 15, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I	Pakistan v Sri Lanka at King City (NW), Oct 13, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics	- Statsguru T20I analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  T20I match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Bowling career summary  Bowling innings list  Best innings bowling  Bowling series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Most catches in an innings  Fielding series statistics
First-class debut	2001/02
Last First-class	Kandurata v Wayamba at Kandy, May 6-9, 2010 scorecard
List A debut	2002/03
Last List A	Sri Lanka A v Pakistan A at Colombo (PSS), Sep 2, 2010 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club v Police Sports Club at Colombo (Colts), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Warriors v Wayamba at Port Elizabeth, Sep 11, 2010 scorecard

Profile

Farveez Maharoof is a young fast-bowling allrounder of exciting potential, and bowls lively seamers from an upright, open-chested action. Sri Lanka's selectors, impressed by his performances as under-19 captain, fast-tracked him into the national squad for the Zimbabwe tour as they looked towards the future. Faced with a weak opposition, Maharoof picked up a bunch of wickets, but then came up against better competitors during the Asia Cup. He performed reasonably well, and made a mark with his swinging deliveries when South Africa came visiting. He had worked his way up through the representative ranks, playing for Sri Lanka under-15, under-17 and under-19, and led the under-19 team on four tours, including the 2004 Youth World Cup in Bangladesh. He enjoyed a prolific school career for Wesley College, with a highest score of 243 and best bowling figures of 8 for 20. Opportunities in the Test team have been limited but in the one-day side he has started to cement a permanent spot. A mean display during the ICC Champions Trophy in England, when he exploited the end-of-summer conditions expertly, suggested he could be especially useful when Sri Lanka play in seamer-friendly conditions. His batting has taken longer to click for the senior team but his talent is obvious and a middle-order position for the under-19 team suggests that with time he has the raw ingredients to become one of Sri Lanka's finest allrounders. Most importantly, he has also indicated that he is comfortable under pressure, the traditional Achilles Heel of Sri Lanka's recent fast bowling allrounders. A useful series with bat and ball against Pakistan in early 2006 suggested he was ready to push on, but his bowling failed to impress on the tour of England - in conditions that should have suited him. Then came an astonishing display at the Champions Trophy in India when his 6 for 14 skittled West Indies for 80. He performed creditably with bat and ball for the Delhi Daredevils in the IPL's first season. A regular in the one-day side, he's yet to cement his place in the Test side.
Charlie Austin December 2008