Farveez Maharoof

Personal information

Full name

Mohammad Farveez Maharoof

Born

7 September 1984 (age 32)
Colombo, Sri Lanka

Nickname

Maha, Fara The Roof

Height

6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Right arm fast-medium

Role

All-rounder

International information

National side

Sri Lanka

Test debut (cap 98)

6 May 2004 v Zimbabwe

Last Test

3-7 June 2011 v England

ODI debut (cap 121)

25 April 2004 v Zimbabwe

Last ODI

29 June 2016 v England

ODI shirt no.

T20I debut (cap 7)

15 June 2006 v England

Last T20I

5 July 2016 v England

Domestic team information

Years

Team

2003/04–2006/07

Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club

2007/08–present

Nondescripts Cricket Club

2007/08–present

2007/08–2009/10

2011

2013

Career statistics

Competition	Test	ODI	T20I	List A
Matches	22	109	8	218
Runs scored	556	1,113	33	3,209
Batting average	18.53	19.52	8.25	24.68
100s/50s	0/3	0/2	-/-	2/12
Top score	72	69*	13*	112
Balls bowled	2,940	4,640	162	8,630
Wickets	25	135	7	249
Bowling average	65.24	28.06	28.42	27.83
5 wickets in innings	0	2	0	4
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	0	n/a
Best bowling	4/52	6/14	2/18	6/14
Catches/stumpings	7/–	26/–	2/–	56/–

Source: ESPNcricinfo, 5 July 2016

Mohamed Farveez Maharoof (born 7 September 1984, in Colombo) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who plays for Tests and ODIs. He first made his impression in the 2004 U19 World Cup in which he captained the Sri Lankan team. He enjoyed a prolific school career for Wesley College, with a highest score of 243 and best bowling figures of 8 for 20. An all-rounder, he made his Test debut in 2004.

At domestic level, he has represented Bloomfield, Nondescripts, Wayamba, Delhi Daredevils, Lancashire and Barisal Burners.

Born in Colombo, Farveez Maharoof began playing cricket around the age of eight. He also played football until he was twelve and touch rugby. Maharoof, who attended Wesley College in Colombo, began as a wicketkeeper-batsman and only began bowling regularly from under-13 cricket onwards. Five players were absent with the flu in one match and Maharoof was called upon to bowl. He took six wickets, including a hat-trick, and from then on concentrated on fast bowling.

In December 2003 and January 2004, at the age of 19, Maharoof toured India with the Sri Lanka A team for a tri-series with India A and Pakistan A. He took nine wickets in the series at an average of 11.77, the best average of the tournament; Maharoof was named Man of the Match in the tournament's final, which Sri Lanka A won. A month later, Maharoof was appointed captain of Sri Lanka Under-19s for the Under-19 World Cup. He had some experience of leading teams, having captained school sides and the national youth sides. In one of the matches, Maharoof scored 56 to help his team to victory over Australia and was named Man of the Match.

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