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]

Riaz Farcy
Personal information
Full name
Mohamed Riaz Farcy
Born (1967-01-15) 15 January 1967 (age 57)
Hong Kong
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium pace
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1989Sri Lanka Board XI
1989Colts Cricket Club
First-class debut7 April 1989 Colts Cricket Club v Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club
Last First-class25 August 1989 Sri Lanka Board XI v Burgher Recreation Club
ICC Trophy debut13 February 1994 Hong Kong v Denmark
Last ICC Trophy4 April 1997 Hong Kong v Ireland
Career statistics
Competition First-class ICC Trophy
Matches 5 14
Runs scored 63 387
Batting average 12.60 27.64
100s/50s 0/0 1/1
Top score 24 102
Balls bowled 217 410
Wickets 3 12
Bowling average 31.66 20.41
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a
Best bowling 1/16 2/9
Catches/stumpings 5/0 0/0
Source: CricketArchive, 5 January 2008

Biography edit

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]

Career edit

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 edit

  1. ^ Cricinfo profile
  2. ^ a b CricketArchive profile
  3. ^ a b c d Other matches played by Riaz Farcy at CricketArchive
  4. ^ First-class matches played by Riaz Farcy at CricketArchive
  5. ^ a b ICC Trophy matches played by Riaz Farcy at CricketArchive
  6. ^ 1996 ACC Trophy Archived 2010-01-13 at the Wayback Machine at CricketEurope
  7. ^ Encyclopedia of World Cricket by Roy Morgan, Sports Books Publishing, 2007
  8. ^ Scorecard of Hong Kong v Italy, 28 March 1997 at CricketArchive